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)!
23 Aug 2014 - 10:57pm | AT News
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NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Directors General of Police, Assam and Mizoram over alleged physical assault and lathi charge on journalists.NHRC has issued a notice to the Directors General of Police, Assam and Mizoram calling for a detailed report on the alleged physical assault and lathi charge on journalists by the Assam police at Zophai Bairabi area in Kolasib district of Mizoram near Assam border, while they were on a reporting assignment on March, 8, 2018 and the March, 10, 2018. The officers have been given four weeks to respond. The commission has issued these directions after taking cognizance of a complaint. Allegedly, the victim...
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GUWAHATI: BJP is holding a huge rally in Guwahati on Saturday to tighten its base before the panchayat polls in the north eastern state. Party president Amit Shah is addressing the block and booth level party leaders and workers asking them to gear up for the rural body polls which is two months away. Several other central and state top leaders are also attending the meeting since the saffron party will go it alone in the poll unlike the assembly polls. But the party insiders take it differently. A senior party leaders call it an undeclared preparation for the general polls in 2019. “Preparations are on for panchayat polls. But the ultimate preparations are for the Lok Sabha polls which...
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Kokrajhar: BTAD chief Hagrama Mohilary, who also holds the finance portfolio on Wednesday presented the BTC budget Rs. 242987.48 lakhs and surplus budget of Rs. 1360.99 lakhs for the financial year 2018-19 highlighting education,road communication,health,PHE,Tourism,agriculture etc in the entire area. Mohilary presented Rs. 242987.48 lakhs and surplus budget of Rs. 1360.99 lakhs for the 2018-19 financial year.Mohilary,in his budget speech highlighted the education, irrigation, agriculture, road communication, health,forest department to make more gaining of development with involvedment of common masses. He said the budget is mean for council development,which estimated...
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NEW DELHI: A crucial Assam and Mizoram chief secretary level meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday agreed to maintain status quo along the inter state border. Union home secretary Rajib Guba chaired the meeting which decided to defused the tension with a joint survey by home ministry, Assam and Mizoram officials. Union home minister Rajnath Singh will chair another meeting of Sarbananda Sonowal and his Mizoram counterpart Lalthanhawla very soon to permanently solve the dispute.Union home minister Rajnath Singh asked home secretary to convene the chief secretary level talks after considering the appeals from Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and his Mizoram counterpart Lalthanhawla. Very...
Kokrajhar: Altogether 61 persons received appointment letters as Agriculture Extension Assistant at a programme in BTC Secretariat auditorium hall on Tuesday in Kokrajhar. The appointment letters was ceremmonially distributed in the presence of BTC Legislative Assembly speaker Tridip Daimary,BTC executive members Rajib Brahma,Ansumwi Khunggur Boro,BTC Principal Secretary Biren Chandra Phukan. . The candidates are recruited through the written examination conducted by central selection board(CSB) and today formally appointed by handing over appointment letters to the selected candidates. There are 61 AEA posts have been filled up in four districts of BTAD under Agriculture department...
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