Nambor Festival at Golaghat
The Nambor Wildlife Conservation Society of Golaghat is going to organize Nambor Festival on March 1 to 10, 2013, the main aim to organize this festival to promote tourism, eco-tourism and conservation of wildlife and forestry in the Nambor reserve forest area. The 10 days long festival will also showcase ethnic food, craft mela, SHG mela and colorful function of folk dance.
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Golaghat: Upper Assam Commissioner Julie Sonowal visited Golaghat on Thursday to investigate the the liquor tragedy which claimed more than 200 people in Golaghat and Jorhat districts.
The public hearing was held at Golaghat’s Circuit House since 10 in the morning and continued till 3 in the afternoon.
Different organizations, victim’s families visited the commissioner to register their statement.
A second public hearing will be held at Golaghat again soon to record more complaints on the liquor tragedy.
The toll in the Salmira Tea Estate tragedy in Golaghat district has gone up to 25 with the reports of more deaths after consuming illicit tragedy on Thursday even as the opposition Congress has sharpened attack on the excise minister Parimal Sukhlavaidya alleging lack of attention.
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The incident took place at Halmira Tea Estate on Thursday evening after a group of people, mostly, workers consumed illicit liquor prepared at a local household. Then many others who took the liquor from the same household complained of stomach ache and started vomiting.
They were shifted to the local hospital and then referred to the civil hospital where at least 16 people died and more than 50 others have been fighting for survival.
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