International Women’s Day was observed at Gram Vikash Parishad’s Head Office, Rangaloo jointly by Jan Sikshan Sansthan, Nagaon, Gram Vikash Parishad and Social Welfare Department of Nagaon on 8th March 2011. To mark this auspicious occasion a day long programme was held. Officers from different departments of the district and well known persons were present in the open session presided over by Md. Siraj Uddin Ahmed General Secretary of Gram Vikas Parishad. Valuable speeches were delivered by the eminent guest speakers including Mrs Jarjina Begum (Retired Subject Teacher), Moni Deepa Saikia (District Social Welfare Officer), Rosie Kalita (Additional S.P. Nagaon), Dr. Roslin Zahan (Professor Nagaon Girls College), Based Ali (Asstt. Teacher Rangoloo High School), Abdul Munnaf (President, Gram Vikas Parishad), Rumi Begum (Senior Supervisor Kathiatali ICDS Project), emphasizing over the main objective of observing Women’s Day, women empowerment and awareness.
On this occasion tree plantation, devotional song, drawing competition and a one act play performed by JSS & GVP staff written and directed by Kajol Choudhury were one of the important parts of the day long programme including open session. Few eminent social workers felicitated on this occasion were Nagaon Zila Mahila Congress Committee president Mrs. Eliza Ahmed, District Social Welfare Officer Ms. Moni Deepa Saikia and senior advocate and former lecturer of Nagaon Law College Mrs. Deepa Saikia.
More than three hundred women participants were gathered in a slide presentation based on International Women’s Day celebration theme of the year 2011, ‘Equal access to Education, training and science and technology, pathway to decent work place for women’ Md. Siraj Uddin Ahmed, Chairman of Jan Sikshan Sansthan, Nagaon & General Secretary. Gram Vikas Parishad.
Mritunjoy 108 workers took part in the open session and spoke about the first aid- precautionary measures to be taken at emergency.
DoNER minister VK Singh will be on a two-days visit to Guwahati on Saturday. During his maiden visit, Singh will open the ICC-NEDFi-sponsored National Cold Chain Summit in Dispur. Towards the evening, Singh is expected to review the progress of the DoNER-funded projects. Before leaving Guwahati on Sunday, the former army chief is scheduled to address the 16th Convocation ceremony of the IIT, Guwahati. The entire function is being organized at the Bhupen Hazarika auditorium.
The drive to evict the illegal settlers in Guwahati seems to have mired in more controversy with the death of one more woman just before demolishing her hut on Wednesday. Identified as Pokhila Begum, the resident of Silsako area died at 11on Wednesday night hours after her hut was demolished during the eviction drive. Family members told Assam Times that the heart patient fell flat just before the arrival of the eviction team. Local residents failed to rushed her to the hospital after the eviction tem demolished the bamboo bridge.This is the second death during the on going drive to clear the wetlands in Guwahati.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the eviction drive would not halt until and unless the illegal settlers are not evicted at all. Talking to reporters on Wednesday, Gogoi said that not even a single illegal settlers would be spared. He made it plain and simple that the entire drive against the rampant encroachment in the wetlands and hill tops would be carried out as per the law. District administration officials told Assam Times that altogether 46 pucca and huts were demolished apart from 21 temples ad mosque and 35 boundary walls to clear 14 bighas of land.
The ongoing drive to clear the encroached wetlands is likely to touch several high rise buildings in Guwahati in a day or two. According to sources, if this drive is allowed to continue a 17-storied building owned by Himatsingka Group may be demolished at Pathorquarry. Other under the scanner in Chachal include Ginger Hotel, Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Hamja Properties are likely to be demolished. The possibility grips a day after the eviction officials demolished a part of the Hyundai shpwroom in Ganeshguri on Tuesday. Talking to Assam Times, district administration said that the drive would continue till the city is not made...
Assam gets a raw deal in the Narendra Modi government’s rail budget. Once again if the various political parties, Centre’s step motherly attitude reflects in the Modi government’s rail budget.This was more or less of what the various political parties, organizations and individuals said after rail minister Sadananda Gowda tabled his maiden rail budget in parliament on Tuesday. The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee said the Railway Budget has nothing new for the state and that it is full of the promises made by the erstwhile UPA government. Party leaders told Assam Times that the budget has hardly anything for Assam.Asom Gana Parishad has alleged large scale discrimination towards the...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is arriving in Guwahati on Wednesday after meeting president Pranab Mukherjee, prime minister Narendra Modi along with several other AICC leaders and Union ministers during the last three days. Gogoi on Tuesday met Mukherjee in New Delhi apart from calling on Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Union human resources development minister.
FINER has welcomed the rail budget after it was tabled in Parliamnt by Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday. According to the industry body, the rail budget has not only rightly diagnosed the ailments of the Indian Railways, but also prescribed a clear roadmap and corrective actions ahead. FINER officials said that Gowda has come out with a strong action plan to complete pending projects including projects of national status in the North Eastern region in a time-bound manner.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi pins hopes on a Rs 1,450 crore central fund for infrastructure development in10 state universities. The fund would also be utilized to set up the proposed women varsity in the state. Gogoi raised the demands when he met Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi on Tuesday. According to official sources, Gogoi sought a special incentive package for development of higher education and adequate funding for promotion of literacy and education in the state. Apart from seeking a special incentive package to boost the higher education sector by attracting private investments, Gogoi underlined the need of central funding for filling up of...
Amid simmering controversy over the eviction drive in Guwahati, the Assam State Human Right Commission has asked chief secretary to conduct an enquiry into the allegations that Chandra Devi had to lose her life after failing to bribe the eviction officials. A division bench of Commission, comprising its chairman Aftab H. Saikia, member Tarun Phookan, taking suo moto cognizance based on news paper reports and a complaint issued notice to the Chief Secretary asking him to cause a prompt and inclusive enquiry to be conducted into the complaint as well as the news item submit the report thereof before this Commission within 30 days of receipt of the Notice, vide its order dated 07/07/...
A huge Rs 750-crore project will give Guwahati fresh lease of life. The entire fund would be utilized in revamping the capital city’s drainage system. According to the Kamrup Metro district administration, the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority was working on a scientific drainage plan for the city. A detailed project report for the plan has been under discussion. GMDA is in the process of identifying low lying areas to start a scientific survey to plan a modern drainage system.
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