She lost her mother when she was just eight months old. Her mother Lakshi Dey died in a mysterious burning incident in Birubari,Guwahati five years back. Father Syamol Dey had abandoned her the very next year and was disappeared forever. Grandfather Pramod Debnath took helpless Priyanka to his house at Puthimari village near Kalaigaon after the death of her mother. Life was colorful for Priyanka at the company of her grandfather. But something terrible was waiting for little Priyanka. She lost her vision completely in 2009 due to pox infection. Illiterate Pramod could never understand that she was loosing her vision. It was too late to realize the cruel reality. This is the miserable heart rending story of a 5 years old blind girl of Puthimari village near Kalaigaon. This correspondent saw sad Priyanka at a programme at Gandhi Bakori on July 13 organized by DKN (Durgat Kalyan Nyas) an NGO founded at Kalaigaon to help poor and sick. DKN has arranged financial assistance to eleven meritorious student coming from poor families who had shown good results in the last HSLC and HS examination 2012. The NGO also provided financial assistance to three critically ill patients including Priyanka Dey. It needs mention that DKNhas been giving financial assistance to poor and sick people for last four years. The programme was presided over by its founder President DN Hazarika, Circle Officer,Harisinga Revenue Circle,Tangla. Attending the charitable session as the chief guest,Bikon Deka,Senior Manager, Bhutiachang TE and Chairman ABITA,Mangaldai Circle declared that he would arrange complete education for the blind girl in Kolkata along with possible treatment. Tears rolled from the eyes of grand father Pramod when the declaration was made. Bikon Deka also personally donated an amount of rupees ten thousand to DKN.On the occasion,he requested poor students and patients not to lose hope at any moment.He cited reference of Sonmoni Bora,IAS, presently serving as City Commissioner in Raipur (Chattisgarh) who too had come from a poor family of Assam. He advised students and others to continue struggle till victory. Prof.Binoy Kumar Medhi (ex-principal,Tangla College); Sat Ram Deka, Secy. Darrang Zilla Sahitya Sabha; Social worker Kami Ram Saharia, Arabinda Das, Principal,Kalaigaon College and retired teacher Sukleswar Deka also spoke a few words on the occasion.
It’s a tragic accident which left two people dead in Borgang area under Biswanath polic station in Darrang district last night while a bus hit them after losing its control. According to information, a Guwahati bound night super from Lakhimpur bearing No AS01 Y9561 suddenly lost its control in Borgang and hit both the people leaving them spot dead. They were identified as Bikash Mech and Manabjyoti Bora, local residents of Jorabari area. Later an irate mob attacked and damaged several buses. Investigation is going on.
ULFA was planning serial bombings in the city from March 10. This startling revelation was made by ULFA leader Champak Sarma who was arrested on Tuesday in front of the Cotton College. Champak was on his way to collect cash from the proprietor of the Wintdrop Hospital Dr Tridip Baruah showing a letter on the pad of ULFA’s 29th battalion commander Bosa Singh. Champak is an inhabitant of Baruahbari gaon under Kamalpur police station in Kamrup district. The police further conducted a raid at Champak’s rented room and recovered a huge cache of explosive materials. Police have claimed that these explosive materials were kept for the March 10 serial bombings in the city.
Altogether 12 businessmen on Tuesday deposed before the Manisana panel which is probing the violence that rocked Beltola on 24th of November. These people came to the commission office housed at the Circuit House in response to the panel’s appeal it made during the recent visit to the spot. The commission, however, asked the Dispur police to lift the people of Beltola willing to depose before it.
Yet again it’s deforestation which has almost denuded the Delhi Reserve Forest of Charaideo. The deforestation is evident from a number of illegal saw mills along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The cause behind it is the sheer apathy from the part of the forest department. Vvaluable woods of this forest are supplied to different saw mills of Arunachal Pradesh. The state forest department has been failing to protect this forest.
The hydro functioning technology of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has been behind the pollution at Galekey which causes more concern among the people of the area: The people in the area have blamed it all on the oil giant for pollution in different oil field areas since last several years. Recently in January, the ONGC causes huge pollution in Galekey Modinagar Tea Estate. The new Hydro functioning Job Technology has been causing chemical mix water leakage incident from the earth and cracked down the floor of the Galekey M.V. School and residence of a few citizens, it also create soil-air and water pollution there.
The mobile phone service provider Aircel has been expanding its business in different places of Assam continuously. But without any security ring. For its mobile networks the Aircel established ultra-modern mobile towers in different areas of Sivasagar District. The Aircel company has not been with provide 24hour security to these towers, whish is consist of different electronic materials, Generator set etc. There is no adequate security to protect its towers. There is no security personal in the sector one number tower of Nazira, which is situated in front of the Nazira HS & MP School. Deforestation causes concern
Several tea garden people including Moran's Assam Chah Mazdoor general secretary Lakheswar Tati, have been injured in police lathicharge made to quell the situation while these people were attaking the Assam Chah Mazdoor office in Moran. Hundreds of tea garden labourers at the Doomar dalang Tea Estate attacked the Assam Chah Mazdoor office in Moran in protest against the lock out of the garden from January 28. Moranhat police pounded on these striking people with lathicharge. It left several people injured. A seriously injured Tati has been shifted to the Assam Medical College Hospital. The entire incident took place following a clash over distribution of Congres ticket for the recent...
Police have arrested a peace broker, a lawyer and a journalist charging with involving in the ULFA’s recent bid to hijack an Indian Airlines plane. According to information, peoples; consultative group member Lachit Bordoloi was arrested by Moran police on Monday morning after a Gauhati High Court advocate Nekibur Zaman was arrested on Sunday evening. On the other hand, the Tinsukia police also arrested Pradip Gogoi, correspondent of North East Television on Sunday. The police have claimed that their alleged role in the plane hijack bid came to light during the interrogation of an ULFA top leader. Bordoloi was selected by ULFA as one of the members to broker the peace process with...
It’s a big setback for ULFA as three top ranked cadres of the dreaded 709th battalion have surrendered on Monday before Army in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district. According to information, commander Keshav Hazarika, his lieutenant Biraj Phukan, sergeant Major Kumud Bordoloi, all ofthem belong to the crack unit, along with 28 other have laid down their arms before General Officer Commanding B S Jaswal at a function organised at the Army’s Dinjan camp.
Nalbari police have arrested former Asam Assembly Speaker Pulakesh Baruah from his Guwahati based residence on Friday evening. The aitting Trinamul Asom Gana Parishad president was arrested in connection with the the teacher recruitment scam that rocked Nalbari district during 1999-2000. According to information, the Nalbari police led by Deputy superintendent of police, Suren Mushahary, a team arrived in Baruah’s t residence in Guwahati and arrested after quizzing for more than one hour. Baruah failed to turn up and the police took him to Nalbari with his Indica car. Police managed to get all these revelations while they were interrogating an ex -Education officer Amulya Choudhury...
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