Expressing dismay over the fate of an important road, named after Assam’s pioneer litterateur Sahityasamrat Lakshminath Bezbarua, the Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) urges the concerned authorities to reopen the road connecting Guwahati Railway station with Nehru Park/Gauhati Town Club point on MG road. The forum of nationalist citizens argues that LNB road should be reorganised for daily use by the commuters as well as heavy vehicles approaching the Reserve Bank of India office, Army Transit Camp and the busiest railway station of the region.
It may be mentioned that the GTC point on the north (adjacent to Judges Field and Nehru Park in Panbazar locality), where from various government city buses used ply towards many important locations like Gauhati University, Assam Engineering College, etc till Nineties, was transformed into a food court area sitting over an underground car parking place. For months now the restaurant named Food Villa remains closed and the deserted place has now been converted into a place of antisocial elements to hangout even in daytimes.
“The parking place under the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority continues to be dark and dirty all the time even though many city-based car owners use it regularly. The abandoned food court area and parking space should be demolished and bring back the original road. Otherwise, keeping the parking place intact (of course with proper maintenance) a concrete constriction can be erected so that the commuters and vehicles can easily move from MG road to the station in the south and vice versa,” said a statement from the PPFA.
The forum lamented that a busy road commemorating Sahityarathi, who authored the State anthem ‘O Moar Aponar Desh’, inside the prehistoric city was closed for reasons best known to the then administration only and it must be reopened with the help of new technology for public use. It also appealed to State chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma and urban affairs minister Jayanta Mallabaruah to take the matter seriously and rectify the past error as early as possible.
Guwahati: The United Liberation Front of Asom(I) has urged the people to skip the upcoming Rongali Bihu in the time of COVID19 menace.
In a video message, a senior leader of the outfit said from an undisclosed location that the celebration of the festival might disrupt social distance which is the key mantra to keep the killer virus at bay.
He further said that the outfit was also not celebrating it's foundation day on Tuesday because of the COVID19 menace.
The outfit fighting for an independent Assam was form on April 7, 1979 at the historic Rongghar premises where thousands of army, jawans, police and paramilitary personnel apart...
Guwahati: The North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Ltd (NERAMAC) has inducted Manoj Kumar Das in its helms at a time when enterprising fraternity in the northeastern region are having a tough time.
Das joined as managing director in the Central Public Sector Enterprise in addition to his current assignment in the North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFi) as Deputy General Manager.
Earlier Das served as the Director of Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) Guwahati for close to three and harf years and revived it with several innovative initiatives.
NERAMAC hopes same temperament in Das to be back on tracks.
Guwahati: The figure of COVID19 cases has reached 20 with 4 more people tested positive on Friday.
According state health minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma, of these three from Nalbari while the remaining one is from North Salmara.
He said that all patients who have travel history to Nizamuddin in Delhi are now stable.
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...
Guwahati: In a bid to give some sort of respite in the time of nationwide lock down, the Assam government is launching a slew of schemes targeting 72 lakh families in the state.
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...
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