Maniram Rohang (Driver), Rumi Devi, Archana Borthakur (in black), Kaberi and Luna Handique (From left to right) Archana Borthakur and her team distributing relief to flood affected people Maniram Rohang (Driver), Rumi Devi, Archana Borthakur (in black), Kaberi and Luna Handique (From left to right) Archana Borthakur and her team distributing relief to flood affected…
Dibrugarh: For 700 flood-displaced families of upper Assam, the national highway was never meant to be home. Neither were the railway tracks. Yet, for nearly 10 days, that’s where they have been taking shelter, caught between speeding traffic and rising waters.Families from Singibil Sontolisiga, Hatighuli, Duarapar Kakatigaon, Santipar, Padumoni and Barotigaon sought refuge on NH-2…
Guwahati: Education minister Ranoj Pegu on Thursday flagged off seven trucks carrying 1.61 lakh textbooks from the Assam State Textbook Production and Publication Corporation Ltd (ASTPPC) warehouse at Bonda in Guwahati for flood-affected students of Sivasagar, Charaideo and Jorhat districts.More than 1.5 lakh students live across the three districts, of whom around 1.12 lakh have…
Guwahati: Nearly 13,000 consumers in flood-ravaged Upper Assam remain without electricity 11 days after the deluge.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Thursday that the govt was continuously assessing safety conditions before restoring power in affected areas.“Consumers without electricity have declined by a further 30%. As water levels recede, we are continuously assessing safety conditions and will…
Assam’s flood death toll has reached eighty after two more people died GUWAHATI: The death toll in Assam’s floods rose to 80 after two more people died in Sivasagar district on Thursday, even as the number of affected people dropped to 2.12 lakh across four districts, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).According…
Dibrugarh: Deputy mayor of Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation (DMC), Ujjal Phukon, has proposed a multi-level parking facility at the Dibrugarh Town railway station to ease congestion.Phukon submitted the proposal to Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi on Wednesday. The facility has been proposed near the old railway car shed in the city centre.Phukon said…
Shillong: Meghalaya has barred the felicitation of political dignitaries at govt programmes, shifting the spotlight to citizens.A personnel and administrative reforms department circular issued on Wednesday said the CM, deputy CMs, ministers and other state dignitaries should not be felicitated at govt events. The only exceptions are functions attended by Union ministers or foreign dignitaries.“Instead…
Dibrugarh: Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya surveyed flood-ravaged Upper Assam on Thursday and assured displaced families of comprehensive support.He conducted an aerial survey of Sivasagar, Charaideo and Jorhat before landing at Sivasagar’s Boarding Field for a ground assessment.Accompanied by cabinet ministers Keshab Mahanta and Bimal Borah, he visited relief camps at Lakhimi Nagar Middle English…
Guwahati: JSW Group chairman Sajjan Jindal has donated Rs 5 crore to the CM’S Relief Fund for Assam flood victims without making a public announcement, drawing praise from CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.Sarma said on X that neither the govt nor his office had been informed about the contribution, which officials discovered while reviewing the relief…
Dhubri: Brahmaputra erosion is swallowing homes, farmland and livelihoods, leaving lakhs across lower Assam in a deepening humanitarian crisis.Thousands of hectares of cultivable land have been lost in Dhubri and Goalpara districts over the years as erosion continues to devastate communities.Among the worst-hit areas are Balarbhita, Chunari, Tulsibari, Jaleswar, Medertari, Jamadarhat, Fakirganj, Matifata, South Salmara,…
