Three villagers died and twenty others have been injured when security forces sprang upon a group of people who prevented the PowerGrid authority from erecting a wall in Biswanath chariali on Tuesday. The incident took place at Baghmari at 5.30 in the morning when local people came out to the street opposing the wall erected secretly on Monday. Security forces opened fire at the protesters where one died on the spot and two others died on the way to the hospital. Angry mob later burnt down 4 police vehicles. Top ranked police and civil officials have arrived in the spot to contain the situation.
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According to the villagers of Harangajao in Dima Hasao District, Assam, the Company (JKM Infra Ltd.) responsible for construction of the East-West Highway corridor stretch at Harangajao village have callously jeopardised the natural irrigation of the adjacent paddy fields by blocking the natural streams(which remain small during winter, but widen many more times during the rainy season, which the construction company could not anticipate) and diverting the water flow, thereby not only depriving water to the paddy fields, but also creating an impending situation of flood in the villages.In the coming monsoon season, the torrential rainfall would be diverted to the villages flooding the village lands, since the highway construction company has already blocked many small natural streams, which used to naturally minimise the heavy flow of water during heavy rainfall.The Dima Hasao district authorities (the Council and the Deputy Commissioner’s Office) must wake up to the impending ecological disaster and force the Construction company to review their ongoing construction planning & execution, which is currently jeopardising the local terrain due to blockage of natural streams.Only this can avert the impending flood and normalise the natural flow of water in the area.Once damage is done to the ecology, it is irreplaceable and economy of the area is destroyed!JKM Infra Ltd. is playing with the lives and livelihood of poor people in Harangajao…even the roads built by them are unlikely to remain intact, due to lack of proper soling (that is firming the foundation layer of the roads)!
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New Delhi: UP police have caught 13 people from Assam in Moradabab who were hiding at a local mosque.
According to information, police tracked down all these 13 people from Assam at a mosque in Barwalan area on Wednesday.
According to SP in Moradabad Amit Kumar Anand, they have been shifted to quarantine for treatment.
This was revealed hours after health minister confirmed 16 COVID 19 cases in the state. They are from Jagiroad, Galaghat, Nalbari and Goalpara.Moradabad: 13 people who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi have been picked from a mosque in Barwalan area. Amit Kumar Anand, SP City says,"they are all...
Guwahati: More and more COVID 19 positive cases have been surfacing.
Two more people have tested positive in Goal para with travel history to Delhi where they attended the religious congregation at Nizamuddin.
Before that health minister confirmed 14 cases in Karimganj, Jagiroad and Nalbari with the same travel back ground.
Alert ~ 3 more #COVID19 positive cases in Goalpara, Assam, taking the total to 16.
These three new cases are also of those who joined #TablighiJamaat congregation at #NizamuddinMarkaz.
Update at 12:15 am / April 2
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 1, 2020
Guwahati: Four more people have tested COVID 19 positive at Guwahati Medical College Hospital on Wednesday taking figure of positive cases to 5.
According to state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, GMCH laboratory has confirmed COVID19 positive in Jamaluddin Arshad Ali, Hazarat Ali, Nuruddin and Jonab Ali, who attended the religious function held at Nizamuddin in Delhi in mid March. Sarma said that all those who attended the congragation in the capital city have yet to arrive in thte state.
Moreover, four others who attended the congregation are suspected COVID19 positive and have been undergoing treatment in Delhi. They have been identified as Naskar Ali, Bahar Uddin, Mustafa Ali...
Sivasagar: The Dibrugarh police again arrested Akhil Gogoi immediately after the peasant leader stepped out of the Sibsagar Central Jail on Wednesday.
Talking to reporters, the RTI activist, who was arrested amid escalating protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. 2019 dared CM Sarbananda Sonowal to read the writings on the wall saying that he also might face the consequences.
"I am ailing. I am multiple diseases and instead of releasing me police have been arresting me on a number of cases " said Gogoi.
Gogoi further rued" my mother's condition is very bed. She had not been able to undergo an eye surgery in my absence."
Notably, the authorities are...
Guwahati: The participating people in the religious function at the Nizamuddin shrine have been figured after the state confirmed the first one COVID19 patient undergoing treatment at the Silchar Medical College Hospital in Delhi.
According to information, altogether 299 people attended the function along with 3000 others from the country and abroad on March 13 and 14.
Those who have been listed out have been under to undergo medical scanning at this stage.
Kpkrajhar MP Nabo Sarania also visited the shrine. But he told a Guwahati based media that he visited the place to meet one of the participating people.
Silchar: Finally, the state confirmed it's first COVID19 patient with a travel history to Delhi where the cancer patient attended a religious function at Nizamuddin recently.
The 55 year old patient from Karimganj was undergoing treatment of cancer at the Silchar Medical College for the last couple of days.
Doctors attending on him advised quarantine treatment which he defied and kept moving in Mehekpur area in the Barakvalley town.
After preliminary confirmation, the sample was sent to Pune for laboratory confirmation which suggested it a COVID 19 positive case.
The authorities have been investigating and scrutinizing his profile. He confessed his participation in...
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Presided over by CM Sarbananda Sonowal, the meeting resolved provide free rice for 58 lakh families under the National Food Security (NFS) Scheme from Wednesday.
This is in addition to Rs 1000 each to the poor families whom NFS Act has not covered. The meeting allowed the trucks ferrying essentials commodities to enter into the State from Wednesday.
Tea gardens will start resuming operations from the same day. But the authorities will have to follow the rules of the health department. Same rules...
Amid the killer corona menace, the authorities have stepped up activities to firmly deal with illicit liquor racket.
A huge consignment of illicit liquor has been seized and destroyed by Police in Duhnoi on Monday.
Golaghat: Amid the strict enforcement of nation wide to fight the killer COVID19, the gruesome assault of police on two farming women has triggered no less shock and anger among the local resident.
The incident took place at Bagijan area on Saturday when a group of policemen came to see two women villagers in the paddy fields and mercilessly assaulted them for violating the lock down which is expected to be over by April 15.
" Both the women maintained social distancing and they were alone in the paddy field. What mistakes they have done to be beaten up so mercilessly," said Lokomoni Saikia, a local housewife.
Balwan Phukan a villager said," since they worked for livelihood and...
Guwahati: Even as COVID19 has not reached the state, Assam is remaining on maximum alert to keep the killer virus at bay.
Roads, mostly in the rural areas are lying deserted since the people are confined to their homes.
But in many urban areas, including the city of Guwahati some people are still found on the road bereft of any reason forcing the police to read the riot act.
Towards the afternoon s section groceries opened for a couple of hours to help the people gather essential commodities.
"But the government lacks coordination which was why, the people are confused, " said Debabrata Saikia. According to the Opposition leader in the state...
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