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COVID tollGUWAHATI, Aug 8:

Eight COVID patients –Mahan Talukdar and AzizurRahman of Nalbari, NarayanC Deka and Dulu Paul ofTinsukia, Turab Ali ofMorigaon, Sufala Gogoi ofKokrajhar, Khanindra Nathof Nagaon, Prakash Jain ofDibrugarh – died today,taking the State’s toll to140. – Staff Reporter

Sri Lanka PMCOLOMBO, Aug 8: Sri

Lanka’s former PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa – the74-year-old Sri LankaPeople’s Party leader –will be sworn in as thecountry’s new PrimeMinister for the fourthtime at a historic Buddhisttemple on Sunday. – PTI

New CAGNEW DELHI, Aug 8:

Girish Chandra Murmu hasassumed office as theComptroller and AuditorGeneral of India fromAugust 8, an officialstatement said. He wassworn in as the CAG atRashtrapati Bhavan. – PTI

Black boxKOZHIKODE, Aug 8:

Investigators todayrecovered the black boxfrom the ill-fated Boeing737 that could providevital clues in the crash ofthe Air India Expressflight here as the deathtoll rose to 18. – PTI

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Labourers carrying their belongings arrive from Uttar Pradesh, during Unlock 3, at Anand Vihar in New Delhi on Saturday. Workersfrom various states have returned to their workplace to resume working amid the coronavirus pandemic. – PTI

RITURAJ BORTHAKUR

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: Uncertainty

loomed over the much-hyped 65-

storey ‘Twin Tower Trade Centre’

project in Guwahati after the “dis-

appearance” of National Buildings

Construction Corporation (India)

from the scene, prompting the State

government to look for a new de-

veloper.

While the developments were kept

under wraps, the Assam Industrial

Development Corporation (AIDC)

has advertised seeking “request for

proposals” to rope in a consultant for

assisting the government in devel-

oping the twin towers.

The consultant will have to assist

the government “in extensive mar-

keting and promotion of the project

to identify domestic, national or in-

ternational potential developers for

the proposed project”.

Sources in the AIDC, however,

sounded skeptical and raised ques-

tions over feasibility of the project

estimated at Rs 2,000 crore.

Ahead of the Global Investors’

Summit in February 2018, the As-

sam government had signed an MoU

with the NBCC (India) Limited for

setting up the ‘Twin Tower Trade

Centre’ in Guwahati at a project cost

of Rs 1,950 crore in self-financing

mode.

“The story during Advantage As-

sam summit was such that there

would be a big industrial boom in

the State which would lead to a high

demand of premium corporate office

space. Probably, that is why the State

government could convince the

NBCC, a PSU, to get involved in the

project. However, nothing of that

sort happened and apparently, no in-

terest was seen from any corner for

booking space in the project,” sourc-

es said.

While the Government of Assam

has committed 32 bighas of land –

estimated to cost around Rs 180 crore

– for the project, in the MoU with

NBCC, there was a provision that the

State government would be given 40

per cent of the space.

“There was no other funding pro-

posal from the government side. The

builder would have to build at their

own cost,” sources said.

Cloud over 65-storey trade centre project in GuwahatiNBCC disappears from scene

A design of the project

SEE PAGE 3

SPL CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI, Aug 8:The Kamrup Metro dis-trict has been identifiedamong 13 districts in eightStates reporting highcaseload and higher CaseFatality Rate (CFR) thanthe national average.

Union Health Secretary

Rajesh Bhushan has chaired

two rounds of meetings that

concluded here today to en-

gage with the States in or-

der to advise and support

them on efforts to prevent

and reduce mortality due to

COVID-19. Principal Secre-

tary (Health) and MD

(NHM) from the eight

States along with district

surveillance officers, district

collectors, commissioners of

the municipal corporation,

Chief Medical Officers, and

Kamrup (M) amonghigh caseload districts

States advised to ensure timely referral,hospitalization of COVID-19 patients

Medical Superintendents of

Medical Colleges participat-

ed in the virtual meeting,

said sources.

Official sources said that

coordinated, graded and pro-

active management of COV-

ID-19 by the Union and State

governments has ensured

the national CFR is on the

slide. It currently stands at

2.04 per cent.

Today’s meeting focused

on 13 districts concentrat-

ed in eight States, includ-

ing Kamrup Metro in As-

sam; Patna in Bihar; Ranchi

in Jharkhand; Alappuzha and

Thiruvananthapuram in

Kerala; Ganjam in Odisha;

Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh;

24 Parganas North, Hoogh-

ly, Howrah, Kolkata and

Maldah in West Bengal; and

Delhi.

These districts account

for nearly 9 per cent of In-

dia’s active cases and about

14 per cent of COVID

deaths. They also report low

tests per million and high

confirmation percentage. A

surge has been observed in

the daily new cases in four

districts, including Kamrup

Metro.

Several issues critical to

reducing case fatality rate

were discussed in the meet-

ing. The States were advised

to address the issues of low

lab utilization, i.e., less than

100 tests per day for RT-

PCR and 10 for others; low

tests per million population;

decrease in absolute tests

from last week; delay in test

results; and high confirmation

percentage among the health

care workers.

SEE PAGE 3SIVASISH THAKUR

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: The proposed

Dehing Patkai national park will have an

area at least double the size of the

present wildlife sanctuary, according to

the State forest department. The de-

partment has started the process of up-

grading the 111.19-sq km wildlife sanc-

tuary to a national park.

Forest sources told The Assam Trib-

une that the department was keen to at

least double the area of the sanctuary

and the details including maps were be-

ing prepared for the purpose.

“A meeting of the department chaired

by the PCCF yesterday decided on add-

ing the rest of the Jeypore reserve for-

est under Digboi Division to the pro-

posed national park. Similarly, some 35

sq km of Upper Dehing (West Block)

RF and Dirok RF would also be added.

Jeypore RF comprises 110 sq km of

which only 24 sq km are inside the sanc-

tuary at present,” sources said, acknowl-

edging that merely upgrading the sanc-

tuary to a national park would not serve

Dehing Patkai national park tohave double the sanctuary area

much purpose without enhancing its area

substantially.

Conservationists made a strong pitch

for expanding the area of the sanctuary

when the State government had an-

nounced its upgrading to a national park

on July 7 in the wake of a sustained me-

dia campaign. The Assam Tribune did a

series of investigative reports exposing

widespread illegal mining and logging

in the Dehing Patkai range.

Sources added that Oil India Limited

had a few stakes in some of the pro-

posed extension areas but those lacked

legal status and as such it would not be

difficult to incorporate those areas in the

proposed national park.

“We will also create a wildlife divi-

sion for the national park. A detailed

proposal for the national park would be

prepared within a week,” sources said.

The sanctuary is part of a much larger

contiguous habitat of rainforests (937 sq

km) – officially classified as Assam Val-

ley Tropical Wet Evergreen Forest –

that extends to the three districts of Di-

brugarh, Tinsukia and Sivasagar. How-

ever, the entire belt is not linked today,

as the forests have endured destruction

and fragmentation.

Terming the incorporation of the en-

tire Jeypore RF area as a must, a senior

forest official said that it would boost

long-term conservation of the national

park. “Jeypore is rich in biodiversity –

both faunal and floral. It has extremely

luxuriant tree cover and diverse wild-

life. The State tree holong can be seen

at its majestic height along this stretch,

towering over 50 metres,” he said.

Many of the nearly 50 species of mam-

mals found in the sanctuary were docu-

mented in the Jeypore RF area during a

camera-trapping study conducted by

wildlife biologist Dr Kashmira Kakati

during 2007-2009.

“The importance of Jeypore RF can

hardly be overemphasized. It was for

the first time in the world that seven

species of cats, including the tiger, were

recorded from just one site. It is also a

major elephant habitat,” she said.

Flood sceneimproves in State

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: The

flood situation has improved

considerably in most parts of

the State with a rapid decline

witnessed as far as the

number of flood-affected pop-

ulation is concerned.

The Regional Meteorolog-

ical Centre here has, howev-

er, issued a warning forecast-

ing heavy to very heavy rain-

fall at most places of Assam,

Meghalaya and Arunachal

Pradesh in the next 48 hours.

The daily flood bulletin of

ASDMA stated that four dis-

tricts – Dhemaji, Baksa,

Kokrajhar and Morigaon –

remain affected by floods. A

total of 6,435 people remain

affected till date, while 5,375

hectares of cropland in 98 vil-

lages under four revenue cir-

cles are still under water.

Meanwhile, the Brahmapu-

tra was flowing above danger

level in Jorhat district till this

morning, said a Central Wa-

ter Commission update.

In most of the affected dis-

tricts, people made their way

back to their homes from the

relief camps. The ASDMA

stated that only one relief

camp is in active state in Dhe-

maji district where altogether

73 people are taking shelter.

Today, incidents of flood-trig-

gered erosion were reported

from Majuli district.

Preparations made for capping blowout: OILDIBRUGARH, Aug 8: The

Oil India Limited (OIL) said

on Saturday that prepara-

tions have been made for cap-

ping the blowout in its well

at Baghjan, which is spewing

gas uncontrollably for the last

75 days.

The wellhead and its plinth

have been made ready for the

fire control operation, a re-

lease by OIL stated.

The rig upload testing of

the complete wagon is

planned for Saturday and

treatment of well killing flu-

id is under way, it said.

Well number five at Bagh-

jan has been spewing gas un-

controllably for the last 66

days since May 27 and it

caught fire on June 9, killing

two of OIL’s firefighters at

the site, besides injuring

three foreign experts.

“Capping blow out prevent-

er (BOP) stack with kill lines

have been tested successful-

ly. Assembling of Athey Wag-

on has been completed (an

equipment for fighting oil field

fires) with newly fabricated

axle, modified Boom sections

and with other accessories,”

the PSU said.

The water deluge system

has been readied for sup-

porting all operations and

safety systems are also in

place, the release added.

OIL said “Oil and gas pro-

duction continues to be affect-

ed due to forceful closure of

a few wells connected to

Baghjan EPS. Drilling and

workover operation also

continue to be affected at a

few of the locations due to

forceful closure of opera-

tion.”

As a result of protests,

blockades and bandhs by lo-

cals since May 27 due to the

blowout, the company’s cu-

mulative loss of crude oil and

natural gas has been 24068

MT and 57.16 MMSCM, re-

spectively, the release said.

OIL said it has surveyed

2,739 families till August 7 in

Doomdooma and Tinsukia

circles for providing relief

and rehabilitation.

Environmental Impact As-

sessment study on various

parameters are being carried

out by various agencies such

as TERI, CSIR-NEIST and

IIT-Guwahati apart from

OIL’s in-house monitoring of

air quality, noise level and gas

presence, the release said.

Bio remediation activities

at affected areas are also in

progress, the release added.

– PTI

SEE PAGE 3

GU classesto resumeon Sept 1

CITY CORRESPONDENT


Gauhati University will

resume regular classes for

the final semester students

under the university on

September 1.

According to a notification

of the university issued on

Friday, the university is pre-

paring to restart regular

classes for postgraduate (PG)

4th semester, undergraduate

(UG) 6th semester, LLB 6th

semester and BA LLB, BBA

LLB and BCom LLB 10th

semester.

SEE PAGE 3

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TL/P/SP000560/1

2 rooms attached bathkitchen

running water fully tiles, Rs.

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8486960273.

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Office, G.S. Road, Ulubari

#80110-72791.

TL/P/AC000809/1

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TL/P/SP000544/1

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270 sq.ft. commercial room

opposite Axis Bank, Silpukhuri

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TL/P/AC000829/1

Flat available for rent at

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80117-16256.

TL/BL000138/1

2 Nos. deluxe 2 BHK house

Hatigaon. Suitable for

Residence/Office/Guest House.

Contact : 98640-17436, 94352-

18301.

TL/BL000129/1

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K.K. Bhatta Road, Chenikuthi,

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Sixmile, Ulubari, Beltola,

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TL/P/SP000542/1

A flat with 2 bed rooms, Beltola

Tiniali, Ph. 94353-40076,

69005-23762.

TL/P/NP000280/1

Single room attached bath,

working Male, Bora Service Rs.

5000/- 70026-99192, 86387-

32473.

TL/P/AC000849/1

Approx. 500 sq.ft. semi-

furnished flat opposite Dighali

Pukhuripar Office/single person

residence. Contact :84860-

11736.

TL/P/NP000290/1

3 BHK flat at G.S. Road

Lachitnagar near KFC for rent.

Contact : 94351-95361.

TL/P/SP000514/1

2nd floor Ulubari GF 1800 sq.ft.

at Hatigaon, Lakhiminagar

Office/Godown. Call : 60003-

45815, 91012-67703.

TL/P/NP000301/1

Rooms for immediate renting at

Bhutnath 1. Four rooms suitable

for one big family or two small

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TL/P/NP000302/1

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preferably Govt. employee,

Corporate Executive’s family,

opp. Govt. Press MRD Road,

Bamunimaidam, Ghy-21, Ph.

78969-77843, 90858-00072.

TL/P/NP000306/1

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OPPOSITE ULUBARI

PETROL PUMP, NEAR G.S.

ROAD. CALL : 98640-23743.

TL/P/SP000498/1

2 bed room drawing cum dining,

kitchen, running water behind

Anuradha Cinema Hall,

Bamunimaidam. Contact:

98545-08484.

TL/P/SP000495/1

2 BHK, single room with kitchen

and toilet near LCB College,

Maligaon. Contact : 93658-

75291, 98640-72919.

TL/P/SP000494/1

2 BHK flat at DPI, Kahilipara,

Ganeshguri side @12000/- pm.

Contact : 98541-99240.

TL/P/SP000492/1

Three rooms available for rent

near Hatigaon Police Station.

Please contact 99574-32728.

TL/P/SP000505/2

1st floor 2 BHK at G.S. Road

Bye lane Ulubari Flat/4 Rs.

16,000/-, Flat-5 Rs. 17,000/-

pm. Contact Deka : 94351-

17425.

TL/P/SP000508/1

Two room with attached kitchen

toilet at Ambikagiri Nagar,

Nizara Path H/No. 20, Dial :

86385-85882.

TL/P/SP000513/1

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kitchen, Balcony, toilet

Kamakhya Gate, Durga Sarobar

H/No. 7/1 98540-50798,

60030-71316.

TL/P/SP000517/1

AT house 4 rooms at Rukmini

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preferably Commercial space/

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TL/P/SP000521/1

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house, Office, Godown, Shop

available for rent 97060-61190

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2 rooms attached for rent at

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Ph. 94357-81819, 70029-

32456.

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19611.

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Rs. 10,500/- near Ulubari

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TL/P/SP000541/1

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70058-18284.

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cold storage of 8663 cubic feet

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rent at Lokhara. Contact :

70029-15911.

TL/RL000201/4

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Arunachal Pradesh,

Nagaland and Manipur

using advanced technology

survey equipments viz.

DGPS (RTK) and ETS.

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basis to the Defence

Estates Officer, Jorhat,

P.O. Borbheta, Jorhat-

785005, Assam latest by

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seeking more information

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minimum 2 units prominently

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carrying out survey of

defence land under

jurisdiction of this office at

various locations in Assam,

Arunachal Pradesh,

Nagaland and Manipur.

Interested firms/ agencies

may submit their offers/rates

to rent out ibid equipment on

per acre/ per day basis to

the Defence Estates Officer,

Jorhat, P.O. Borbheta,

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 3

IDUKKI (Kerala), Aug 8: The toll in

the massive landslide that flattened a row

of 20 houses of tea estate workers in the

high range Idukki district of Kerala climbed

to 24, as efforts were underway amid con-

tinuing rains to locate those missing.

The Police, Fire service personnel and

the locals have teamed with two teams

ofNational Disaster Response Force

(NDRF) and are searching for missing

persons feared trapped in the debris that

has been spread over in the area. As per

the records available with the district ad-

ministration, 46 people are still missing.

“The death toll has gone up to 24. The

search operations are still going on. How-

ever, rains have started.

Despite that, our officials, and the

NDRF are engaged in search and rescue

operations,” Idukki District Collector H

Dineshan told PTI.

Twelve people were rescued on Fri-

day and are receiving treatment, he said.

The weatherman has issued a red alert

for the district on Saturday and Sunday.

The picturesque landscape of Pettimu-

di was flattened into a rough patch of boul-

ders and mud with parts of asbestos and

tin sheets seen scattered around.

The incident is said to have occurred in

the wee hours of Friday when a huge mound

of earth fell on the “row houses” and two

children and five women were among the

deceased, most of whom were plantation

workers from neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

NDRF chief in charge of south Indian

state, Rekha Nambiar told the media that

a 55-member team is entrusted with the

searchand rescue mission and hopes to

rescue everyone.

“Two of our teams are engaged in the

search operations and there is a river

nearby, the bodies are likely to be stuck

in the slush.

Search will be carried out on the banks

of the river too,” Nambiar said.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological

Department (IMD) has revised the red

alert warnings and said Idukki, Malap-

puram, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Kan-

nur will receiveextreme heavy rainfall

above 20 cms on Saturday.

The IMD has also said the alert will be

there for Idukki, Malappuram and Waya-

nad districts on Sunday as well.

According to the State Disaster Man-

agement Authority, Kerala received an

average rainfall of 95 mm in the last 24

hours while Vadakara in Kozhikode re-

corded 32.7 cms of rain,

the heaviest in the state.

Vaythiri in Wayanad received 19.3 cms

of rain while Peerumedu in Idukki dis-

trict 18.5 cms. In the four-month-long

Southwest monsoon season, which be-

gan in June first week, Kerala has re-

ported a total of 51deaths till Thursday

night due to various incidents of drown-

ing, landslides, and tree fall. – PTI

Death toll in Air IndiaExpress flight crash rises to 18

KOZHIKODE (Kerala),

Aug 8: The death toll in the

Air India Express flight crash

at the airport here rose to 18

today, with one more passen-

ger succumbing to injuries.

Malappuram District Col-

lector K Gopalakrishnan told

reporters here that one

more passenger had suc-

cumbed to injuries.

Except one, all those who

had perished in the accident

have been identified, he said.

Seventeen people were

killed and scores injured

when the AIE flight from

Dubai with 190 on board

overshot the table top run-

way while landing in heavy

rains and fell into a valley 35

feet below and broke into two

portions on Friday night.

The pilot-in-command Cap-

tain Deepak Sathe and his co-pi-

lot Akhilesh Kumar were

among those who lost their lives.

Union Minister V Mu-

raleedharan reached the city

from Delhi.

Special relief flights have

been arranged from Delhi and

one from Mumbai for render-

ing humanitarian assistance to

all the passengers and their

family members, the state-

ment said.

The Emergency Response

Director is coordinating with

all the agencies in Kozhikode,

Mumbai and Delhi for effec-

tive emergency response.

The AAIB (Aircraft Acci-

dent Investigation Bureau) ,

DGCA and Flight Safety De-

partment have reached the city

to investigate the accident, the

statement said.

In the meantime, the Cen-

tre today said investigation is

on to ascertain various aspects

of the crash.

Minister of State for Exter-

nal Affairs V Muraleedharan,

who arrived here this morning

from New Delhion the direc-

tive of Prime Minister Naren-

dra Modi was briefed by the

officials of Air India and Airport

Authority of India (AAI) on how

the accident had occurred.

“Visited the crash site at

#Calicut Airport. Officials of

@airindiain and AAI briefed on

how the accident had oc-

curred. The investigation is on

to ascertain various aspects of

the crash,” the Minister said

in a tweet. – PTI

KOZHIKODE (Kerala), Aug 8: The

Kerala government today announced Rs 10

lakh compensation to the families of those

who died when an ill-fated Air India

Express (AIE) flight veered off the runway

while attempting to land at the Karipur

International Airport here.

“The state government has decided to

provide a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the

families of those who have lost their lives.

The medical expenses of those under

treatment will be taken over by the state

government,” Vijayan told the reporters.

The CM also said out of the 18 who

died, 14 are adults and four are children.

Out of the 14 adults, seven are male and

others female.

“Currently, 149 people are in various

hospitals of Malappuram and Kozhikode, out

of which 23 are in critical condition. Earlier,

23 were discharged after being provided

initial medical assistance,” Vijayan said.

Vijayan also said that if any further

assistance is required, the state govern-

ment will take an appropriate decision to

support them to get back to normal life.

There are a few passengers from Tamil

Nadu and Telangana also.

“The post mortem process has been

Rs 10 lakh compensation to kinof AIE crash victims announced

expedited despite the COVID-19 threat and

is expected to finish before evening.

“All the accident victims will be tested for

COVID-19, including those who died in the

crash. So far, only one victim has tested

positive for coronavirus,” Vijayan said.

The CM also appreciated the instant

response of the locals living in the vicinity

of the airport and also the local authori-

ties to the tragedy, which ensured

minimum loss of lives in a disaster of such

large magnitude.

The rescue operations were finished in

the shortest possible time yesterday.

“Even though 18 precious lives have

been lost due to the impact of the crash, the

rescue operations were a miraculous work.

The general public and the officials played a

big role in spearheading the rescue

operations,” he said.

Vijayan along with Governor Arif

Mohammad Khan reached Kozhikode today

morning. They were accompanied by

ministers, the Chief Secretary and the state

police chief.

Khan expressed his condolences and

sympathies to the families of the accident

victims and his best wishes for the speedy

recovery of those injured. – PTI

Six RajasthanBJP MLAs shifted

to PorbandarJAIPUR, Aug 8: The BJP

today shifted six of its MLAs

to Gujarat’s Porbandar ahead

of the Rajasthan Assembly

session beginning August 14,

according to party sources.

They left on a chartered

flight from the Jaipur airport.

The legislators will be

staying at a luxury resort

there and likely to visit the

Somnath temple, the

sources said.

According to them, 12

party MLAs on Friday had

left Rajasthan for Gujarat’s

Ahmedabad, where they

camping at a resort.

BJP MLA Ashok Lahoti,

who accompanied the six

legislators to the Jaipur

airport, said they were being

“harassed”and voluntarily

went on a pilgrimage.

“Some BJP legislators are

being harassed through police

and the administration. Those

legislators who are being

harassed have gone on a

pilgrimage voluntarily,” Lahoti

told reporters after coming

out of the airport. – PTI

NEW DELHI, Aug 8: Fo-

cused and effective efforts to-

wards containment, testing,

isolation and treatment by the

Centre, states and Union Ter-

ritories have resulted in the

recovery rate rising to 68.32

per cent and fatality rate stead-

ily declining to 2.04 per cent,

the Health Ministry said today.

India has one of the lowest

cases per million at 1,469 as

against the global average of

2,425, it said.

According to the ministry,

effective surveillance and im-

proved testing network have

ensured early detection of cas-

es and consequentially leading

to timely clinical management

of severe and critical cases.

Coordinated implementa-

tion of ‘test, track, treat’ strat-

egy by the Centre, states and

Union Territories has ensured

that case fatality rate has been

low compared to the global

scenario, it said.

“It has continued to fall pro-

gressively and stands at 2.04

per cent as on date. With fo-

cused efforts to reduce mor-

COVID-19 recovery raterises to 68.32%

talities due to COVID-19, In-

dia has registered one of the

lowest deaths per million at 30

as compared to the global av-

erage of 91 deaths per mil-

lion,” the ministry said.

There has been a sharp in-

crease in COVID-19 recover-

ies. With 48,900 patients dis-

charged in 24 hours, India’s

total recoveries from COVID-

19 has reached 14,27,005.

“The recovery rate, on a

steady rise, stands at 68.32 per

cent,” the ministry said.

According to the Health

ministry, 6,19,088 active COV-

ID-19 cases, which is the actu-

al caseload of India, account for

29.64 per cent of the total pos-

itive cases as on date. These

patients are under medical su-

pervision either at hospitals or

in home isolation.

Expanded diagnostic lab

network and facilitation for

easy testing across the coun-

try has resulted in India test-

ing a total of 2,33,87,171 sam-

ples for COVID-19 infection.

A total of 5,98,778 tests were

conducted on Friday, the min-

istry said.

“Tests Per Million has seen

a sharp increase to 16,947 to-

day,” it said.

A key factor in this wide-

spread testing is the contin-

uously expanding network of

diagnostic labs. With 936 labs

in the government sector

and 460 private labs, India

has 1,396 labs for COVID-

19 testing.

With single-day rise of

61,537 cases, India’s corona-

virus tally reached 20,88,611,

while the death toll due to the

disease rose to 42,518, with

933 fresh fatalities being re-

ported in a day, the Health

ministry data updated at 8 am

showed. – PTI

THANE, Aug 8: The Mahar-

ashtra CID, which is probing

the Palghar mob lynching case,

has filed a chargesheet against

two minor accused in a court

at Bhiwandi in Thane district.

The chargesheet was filed

on Friday at the juvenile court,

an official said today.

Last month, the Criminal

Investigation Department

(CID) had filed two

chargesheets, one running into

4,955 pages and another of

5,921 pages, in a court in Da-

hanu Taluka in Palghar district.

In all, 154 people have been

arrested and 11 juveniles de-

tained in connection with the

incident, police have said.

“The chargesheet against

two minor accused was filed

at the Bhiwandi juvenile court

on Friday,” a top official of the

state CID said.

However, nine other juve-

nile accused have not been

CID files chargesheet inPalghar lynching case

named in that chargesheet,

another official said.

Two monks and their driver

were lynched by a mob at Gad-

chinchale village in Palghar on

April 16 when they were trav-

elling in a car to Surat (Gujarat)

to attend a funeral amid the

coronavirus-induced lockdown.

The brutal mob attack took

place amid rumours that child-

lifters were roaming in the

area during the lockdown. The

case was later handed over to

the CID for probe.

The victims were identified

by the police as Chikne Maha-

raj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), Su-

shil Giri Maharaj (35) and their

driver Nilesh Telgade (30).

The accused in the case

were charged with murder,

armed rioting and using crim-

inal force to prevent a public

servant from doing his duty,

among other offences.

Besides sections of the In-

dian Penal Code (IPC), the ac-

cused were charged under rel-

evant provisions of the Disas-

ter Management Act, the Ep-

idemic Diseases Act (since

lockdown was in force during

the incident), the Maharashtra

Police Act and the Maharash-

tra Damage to Public Proper-

ty (Prevention) Act, the re-

lease said.

After the incident caused an

uproar, the state government

suspended Kasa Police Station

in-charge Anandrao Kale, un-

der whose jurisdiction the

crime took place, and some

other policemen, including

sub-inspectors.

Besides, over 35 police con-

stables and personnel of other

ranks were transferred in the

wake of the mob attack.

The government had also

sent the then Palghar district

police chief, Gaurav Singh, on

forced leave. – PTI

Cloud ...(Contd from page 1)

The MoU signing more than two years back in February, 2018

was also attended by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)

for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and the gov-

ernment had said that the project would be completed within a

period of 60 months and work would commence in July that year.

“No progress was made so far. We are looking for a new

developer for the project for which we intend to engage a

consultant,” sources in the AIDC said.

Significantly, the ‘request for proposal’ document released yes-

terday nowhere mentions that the towers would be 65-storey,

triggering speculations that the earlier plans have been shelved.

In January last year, NBCC had floated tender for construction

of the ‘Twin Tower Trade Centre’ in Assam, but apparently no

bidder evinced interest. The proposal was for construction of

the ‘World Trade Centre’ on “design, engineering, procurement

and construction basis, including operation and maintenance”.

“If a reputed PSU like NBCC could not make any headway, it

is unlikely that the government would get any party to develop

the project,” sources added.

Dehing ...(Contd from page 1)

Conservation activist Mridupawan Phukan, who has done ex-

tensive documentation of Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary and

the elephant reserve, said that in addition to an area of 86 sq km

from Jeypore, 30 sq km of the adjoining Dilli RF that borders

Arunachal Pradesh could be added to the national park. Another

sizeable area can be incorporated from the 275-sq km Upper

Dehing (West Block) RF,” he said, adding that an extended nation-

al park would also ensure undisturbed contiguity with the Aru-

nachal Pradesh forests, including the Deomali Elephant Reserve.

The presence of a sizeable elephant population in the Dehing

Patkai range and also the tiger – not to mention its importance as the

best refuge of white-winged wood duck, Assam’s State bird – fur-

ther buttresses the claim for expanding the proposed national park.

Kamrup (M) ...(Contd from page 1)

The States were advised to

ensure timely referral and

hospitalization in view of re-

ports from some districts of

patients dying within 48 hours

of admission. States were di-

rected to ensure unavailabili-

ty of ambulances with zero tol-

erance for refusal. States were

asked to ensure timely assess-

ment and make advance pre-

paredness for infrastructure,

including ICU beds, oxygen

supply based on the prevailing

case load and the estimated

growth rate.

The States were advised to

follow all ministry protocols

for effective management of

containment and buffer zones

along with seamless patient

and clinical management of

patients with special focus on

critical cases. Another major

area highlighted was that of

preventable deaths by strict

surveillance among high-risk

population like people with co-

morbidities, pregnant wom-

en, the elderly and children,

said sources.

GU classes ...(Contd from page 1)

The notification stated that

the hostels of the university

will reopen on September 1

and undergraduate examina-

tions will begin from Septem-

ber 22 and PG examinations

will commence from Septem-

ber 25. The controller of ex-

aminations of the university

will publish detail notification

regarding the conduct of ex-

aminations.

However, there may be

changes in the plan if there are

any directives from the Univer-

sity Grants Commission (UGC).

LeT terror modulebusted in J&K

JAMMU, Aug 8: Six persons were arrested after a terror

module of the proscribed terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)

was busted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

The police said that an FIR was registered on July 9 after a

team of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu

Police apprehended Mubashir Farooq Batt, a resident of Doda

district in J&K and a BSc Nursing student in Kharar near Chan-

digarh, with a consignment of 1.5 lakh Indian currency notes

concealed in a tiffin Box.

The police said that during the investigation of the case, the

SOG Jammu apprehended five more suspects involved in the

module. They have been identified as Toqeer Ahmad Batt, Asif

Batt, a surrendered terrorist and ex-Special Police Officer (SPO)

in J&K Police, Khalid Latief Batt, Gazi Iqbal and Tariq Hussain Mir.

“All the accused are in contact with a Pakistani handler named

Haroon alias Khubaib (Mohd Amin Batt) who remained as a

district commander of LeT in Doda and exfiltrated to Pakistan

in 2007,” the police said.

The police said that during the questioning of the six arrest-

ed persons, it has surfaced that they received money amount-

ing to Rs 12,19,704 through different means on different occa-

sions as part of this module. – IANS

NATIONALIndia, Chinahold Major

Gen-level talksNEW DELHI, Aug 8: Talks

between senior Army com-

manders of India and China were

under way today to take for-

ward the disengagement proc-

ess along the Line of Actual

Control (LAC) at a number of

friction points, including in

Daulat Beg Oldi and Depsang in

eastern Ladakh, people familiar

with the developments said.

The Major General-level

talks are being held at a border

personnel meeting point in

Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) area on

the Chinese side of the LAC,

they said. The meeting comes a

week after the two armies held

the fifth round of Corps com-

mander-level (Lt Gen) discus-

sions in an effort to expedite the

disengagement process.

At the military talks, the In-

dian side has been insisting on

complete disengagement of

Chinese troops at the earliest,

and immediate restoration of

status quo ante in all areas of

eastern Ladakh prior to May 5

when the standoff began fol-

lowing a clash between the two

armies in Pangong Tso.

The Chinese People’s Liber-

ation Army (PLA) pulled back

from Galwan Valley and certain

other friction points, but the

withdrawal of its troops has not

moved forward from the Fin-

ger areas in Pangong Tso, Gogra

and Depsang as demanded by

India, according to sources.

India has been insisting that

China must withdraw its forc-

es from areas between Finger

Four and Eight. The mountain

spurs in the area are referred

to as Fingers. The formal proc-

ess of disengagement of

troops began on July 6, a day

after a nearly two-hour tele-

phonic conversation between

National Security Adviser Ajit

Doval and Chinese Foreign

Minister Wang Yi on ways to

bring down tension in the area.

Both sides held several

rounds of Major General-lev-

el talks in May and June be-

fore the level of negotiations

was upgraded to the level of

Corps commanders. – PTI

Kerala landslide toll reaches 24

4 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020

gnorance is bliss! Apropos of the

wayside labourers who routinely

imbibe tea procured from a near-

by vendor, in unhygienic, low qual-

ity polythene bag. On two occasions

when I explained them about its seri-

ous carcinogenic effects, they gave a

patient, receptive hearing. A few of

them might have relinquished this dan-

gerous practice.

Earlier, few knew how dreaded Cov-

id-19 spreads; when its precise mech-

anism came to fore, the precept of so-

cial distancing as prime prevention mo-

dality was readily accepted, as wit-

nessed at shopping points, in greeting

with Namaste rather than handshake,

etc. Some became too scary of each

other, even avoided verbal exchanges

Mr Opportunist

MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Every time a plane crashes the probability of the

next crash is lowered.

– NASSIM TALEB

How are you facing the

challenge of running a pet-

rochemical industry like

BCPL during this covid

pandemic times?

BCPL being a process plant,

it is essential to ensure safe

and continuous operations

while conforming to all the

Government directives.

Movements and contact ex-

posure have been limited and

majority of meetings and con-

ferences are online.Doctors

and paramedical staff are

working in shifts to cater to

the mandatory as well as any

emergency medical require-

ments for the workforce.

Also, various sanitization and

health safety measures are

being undertaken.

The news of getting an

international award as the

best performing petro-

chemical industry in India

makes us all proud. What

are the parameters under

which BCPL has achieved

the award?

Yes, it is indeed a proud

moment for all of us. BCPL

has been awarded the India’s

Best Company of the Year

2020 by BERKSHIRE ME-

DIA LLC, USA for our con-

‘Without black, no colour has any depth’

– Amy Grant

an anyone really define

life? Or what’s the colour

of water? Let’s put it this

way – Is life merely to in-

hale, exhale, eat, work,

sleep, sing, dance and engage in mer-

ry making till one fine day we realise

that it’s time for us to bid our mun-

dane life adieu and lull into a deep slum-

ber in our graves forever. Life, then,

at that very moment, seems as if it had

just slipped out of our hands like a fist-

ful of sand. Sadly, we didn’t have

enough time ‘to stand and stare’. Sad-

ly we didn’t pause and ponder. And it’s

too late now!

So isn’t life a rainbow of colours?

We talk of the hues of life – the dappled

and variegated shades working in tan-

dem to bring a smile on our lips or

make our eyes moist. Colours are

present all around us and are inter-

twined in every aspect of our life. Life

would have been dull and empty with-

out the presence of colours for our

choice of decoration and clothing de-

pends on colours – and our mood too.

And as American singer and musician

Amy Grant puts it that ‘black’, consid-

ered to be a dark (negative) colour,

adds depth to all other colours. She

further goes on to add: “But if you mix

black with everything, suddenly there’s

shadow – no, not just shadow, but full-

ness. You’ve got to be willing to mix

black into your palette if you want to

create something that’s real.”

That’s what life is all about – life is

colourful, not in its context of a ‘happy

go lucky life’ but colourful implying that

life is a montage of myriad emotions

conforming to the various colours

around us. These emotions can most

certainly be from the two opposite

poles of the spectrum – happy and dark

(emotions), just like the colours of hap-

piness that invigorates the human psy-

che and the colours of sorrow that

punctures the human soul.

CColours are like emotions, and they

range from so many things. Just like

the many emotions in life, each and

every emotion is so diverse and unique

in its own way – sadness, love, joy and

fear. They all have their own distinct

colour and feeling. Colour plays a vi-

tally important role in the world in

which we inhabit. Colour can sway our

thinking, change actions and cause re-

actions. It can irritate or soothe our

eyes, raise our blood pressure or re-

strain our appetite. Colours do impact

us, sometimes even negatively. We

often talk of dark colours like black,

pale colours, cursed colours, unlucky

colours, and many more. But couldn’t

these same colours be a good luck

charm upon someone else. It’s all about

how we take life in as it comes along.

Our National Tricolour too has three

colours on it – so goes its name – Tri-

colour. Everything around us is an as-

sortment of colours – right from the

earth we trod upon, to the sky above,

the rich flora and fauna, fire and ice and

all that our eyeballs can zoom on to.

This apart, the colours we actually see

also influence the way we feel and the

decisions we take in our life?

The human eye is like a binocular to

view the kaleidoscope of colours that

nature presents before us. It may so

happen that sometimes, the choice of

colour directly reflects our personali-

ty and thoughts. In fact, colours also

influence our moods, emotions and

actions. This apart, even the ones with

an impaired vision are swayed by col-

ours, if someone (who can see) offers

them a choice of colours. If we nurture

positive thoughts within us, our lives

are surrounded by colours, and there-

fore ooze happiness and confidence.

It wouldn’t be a mere exaggeration

to surmise that colours are a reflec-

tion of the human mind and vice-ver-

sa. To cite a simple example, someone

who is high on confidence (not to be

confused with overconfidence) will

most definitely be clad in brighter col-

ours, and will also make it a point to

decorate his surroundings with bright-

er colours – be it the paint on his walls,

or paintings hanging on his walls, or

even his flower garden blooming with

daffodils and bougainvilleas all the way.

On the other hand, someone down on

his luck, owing to a personal loss – fi-

nancial or otherwise, would in all prob-

ability choose dull and pale colours

going with his mood and the inner vex-

ations. It’s just like a newly decorated

bride clad in red and a widow draped

in white.

Therefore each colour is important,

and yet insignificant on its own. Just

like the Amy Grant quote, where a

dark colour like black adds depth to all

other colours, so too, all colours put

together creates a body of life, hope,

joy, despair, sorrow, disappointment,

memory, love, anger, pain, warmth,

comfort, belonging, awakening, crea-

tion, imagination, appreciation, intro-

spection, belief, happiness, discovery,

et al. Our pictures tell our story, our

thoughts, and our feelings.

We must therefore embrace this

variegated beauty, or else it shall with-

er away with the cruel ravages of

time. So let those colours dip, prance

and pirouette over our canvas of life –

let them blend, before they bleed and

disappear. The blank canvases stand

still, waiting for a new life to start

painting, casting their souls onto the

blank whiteness.

Colours are also a source of inspira-

tion for famous artists who earned a

living with colours. They have been

able to show life and the world with

colours. They give life to their works

with the help of colours. Some great

poets have also earned a living by writ-

ing poetry about colours of nature, the

flora and fauna.

So, life indeed is colourful that brings

joy to some, may be after a lean phase,

or even vice versa – so too we must

take life in its stride – and that too with

a pinch of salt.

“The pharma and medical devices sector in India is attracting

very good level of foreign direct investment.” – PD VAGHELA,

Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals

“India’s democracy is damaged when GoI illegally detains po-

litical leaders. It’s high time Mehbooba Mufti is released.” –

RAHUL GANDHI, Congress leader

“The US keeps monitoring, harassing and willfully detaining

Chinese students and researchers.” – WANG WENBIN, For-

eign Ministry spokesperson, China

“Rebel MLAs should give up hospitality of BJP and security of

Haryana police if they want dialogue with Congress.” –

RANDEEP SURJEWALA, spokesperson, AICC

“Ram is found in different forms in Ramayan, found in different

places. But Ram is everywhere and Ram is of all. Therefore

Ram is the common thread in India’s unity in diversity.” –

NARENDRA MODI, PM, India

“Several indicators are reflecting that the economic activities

are reviving in the country.” – PIYUSH GOYAL, Commerce

and Industry Minister

“The emphasis on three language policy in NEP 2020 is disap-

pointing. The Central Government should understand the sen-

timents of the Tamil people and should reconsider the imple-

mentation of the NEP.” – EDAPPADI K PALANISWAMI, CM,

Tamil Nadu

“Bhagawan Ram is symbol of love, truth and justice. Hindutta

on the other hand divides people, create hatred. With the Bhumi

Puja of Ram Temple, let politics of division and hatred be bur-

ied.” – TARUN GOGOI, ex-CM, Assam

“Age does matter but with Dhoni it’s different. He is a natural

athlete and I know what his power is....” – SURESH RAINA,

cricketer, India

Voices of the WEEKn Saikh Md. Sabah Al-Ahmed

Colours of life

tinued commitment towards

innovation, market share,

workplace culture, leader-

ship, business ethics, govern-

ance, CSR and other such pa-

rameters.

What are the products

you produce and what are

they used for?

The main products of BCPL

are Linear Low Density Pol-

yethylene (LLDPE), High

Density Polyethylene

(HDPE) and Polypropylene

(PP) polymers under the

brand name of Brahma LENE

and Brahma POL. The prod-

ucts of BCPL has a wide range

of applications in packaging,

Polyethylene sheet, bags,

heavy duty sacks, agriculture

films, liners, stretch films,

pipes & tanks, household plas-

tic items, furniture etc.

In what way is BCPL

contributing to the petro-

chemical sector in India?

BCPL is the largest petro-

chemical complex in the NER

and there has been substan-

tial increase in the consump-

tion of polymer in the region

due to BCPL.Comparing the

per capita consumption of pol-

ymers in India as compared

to the rest of the world, there

are huge growth opportuni-

ties in this industry in India.

The CAGR of polymer was

around 9% for the last 5 years

and BCPL has contributed sig-

nificantly during the period.

BCPL has sold around 10 lakh

MT polymers in the last 4

years in the domestic market.

The BCPL was visual-

ised as a game changer in

the industrial scenario of

Assam. In what way has

local ancillary industries

and entrepreneurship de-

veloped in the last few

years?

With the commissioning of

BCPL there has been a major

change in the economic envi-

ronment in the region.

Though BCPL has already

established a stable market for

the products beyond NER,

the focus however continues

for maximizing sales in Assam

and the NER by offering in-

centives and competitive pric-

ing to the entrepreneurs/ buy-

ers to promote industrializa-

tion. In fact, a lot of plastic

processing units of NE have

increased their capacities with

the advent of BCPL.

The indirect impact on the

industrial scenario can only be

approximated at this stage as

the company is continuing to

grow.

How do you assess the

role of the State Industry

department and local

youth organisations in cre-

ating the proper ambience

for development of plastic

ancillary industries based

on BCPL products?

I must say that the Assam

Government has been ex-

tremely supportive in bring-

ing our company to its present

stage. With BCPL having

gone into sustained operation,

GoA has been focusing on

promoting and attracting the

entrepreneurs by providing

incentives and subsidies avail-

able under the State Industri-

al Policy. The integrated plas-

tic-park at Tinsukia has been

set up by MoC&F along with

GoA for the consumption of

BCPL’s polymer with the

very purpose to provide op-

portunities to the local entre-

preneurs.

In what way has BCPL

been able to provide em-

ployment to the unem-

ployed local youths?

The plant employs about

650 permanent employees

and additionally around 2600

contract workers.More im-

portantly the project has also

brought a positive change in

the industrial climate of As-

sam. Huge number of local

population were employed in

the project during construc-

tion stage and many of them

are still working. BCPL has

created thousands of skilled

hands and also engages ap-

prentices every year to train

local educated youths and

make them industry ready.

BCPL had provided skill de-

velopment training to around

400 local youths in association

with CIPET and majority of

them have been placed in var-

ious industries. In future also,

BCPL shall undertake such

training programs in associa-

tion with CIPET for the skill

development of local unem-

ployed youth.

As BCPL is a gas-based

industry, has the recent

Baghjan gas well fire of Oil

India Limited affected

your gas supply?

The effect was marginal

and OIL has continued sup-

plying gas to BCPL. Even

during their crisis situation,

OIL has shown their resil-

ience to maintain supply to all

its consumers. BCPL is

thankful to OIL for their sup-

port to BCPL since its incep-

tion.

Naphtha is another im-

portant raw material apart

from gas that you need for

production. How do you

meet the requirement?

Naphtha supply agreement

was entered into between

BCPL and NRL in the year

2010. However, NRL has not

been able to supply the ade-

quate quantity of naphtha to

BCPL from their refinery due

to inadequate crude availabili-

ty and consequent lower crude

processing. Under these cir-

cumstances, BCPL explored

other avenues and has made

arrangement with HPCL

&IOCL for additional naphtha

supply from their refineries.

How is BCPL helping in

the socio-economic

development of the local

people under CSR?

Since the inception of

BCPL, we have been spend-

ing approximately Rs 1.0

crore annually and extending

support to various local and

regional events related to cul-

ture, academics and sports.

Since BCPL is expected to

enter into the CSR regime in

the coming days, our focus

will be on overall development

of the local populace residing

adjoining the BCPL units

How do you assess the

4-year-long journey of

BCPL so far and it’s role

as a vibrant industry con-

tributing to the socio-eco-

nomic growth of the peo-

ple and the State in the

coming years?

As already mentioned

above, there has been signifi-

cant change in the commer-

cial environment around the

vicinity of the plant and a com-

plete ecosystem of economic

activities is sustaining out of

the project.

The recent approval of the

CCEAfor providing feedstock

subsidy along with exemption

of VAT on natural gas under

Assam VAT Act would make

the plant financially more sta-

ble and would give impetus

to the development of the

NER. BCPL is fully commit-

ted to the overall develop-

ment and rapid industrializa-

tion of the region.

BCPL is fast emerging as

the new jewel in the crown

of Assam’s industrial devel-

opment.

Reep Hazarika, is the Managing Director of Brahmaputra Crackerand Polymer Limited (BCPL) since February 2020. He complet-ed his schooling from St Edmund’s School, Shillong and thereaf-ter graduated in Chemical Engineering from BITS, Pilani. He alsoholds a PG Diploma in Personnel Mangement from IMM, NewDelhi. He has worked in various capacities in Indian Oil Corpora-tion Limited, Numaligarh Refinery Limited, Bharat Oman Refiner-ies Limited and Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company.

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and perceived any sneezing oldster as

an agent waiting to kill them. There

was news about a lean and thin person

who removed the mask for a while and

coughed aside. The act so infuriated a

passing-by Mr Suspicion that he

screamed full-throatedly, “Conspiracy

to kill me”, and tightly held the ‘cul-

prit’ by the neck, as a butcher does

with a hen.

In another incident, one Mr Oppor-

tunist of Malda Town thought, “Alas, I

could also derive advantage from pre-

vailing Corona-induced panic, like sell-

ers of masks and sanitizers of all de-

scription at exorbitant prices. Inciden-

tally, his urgent need to visit Guwahati

on errand on open rail ticket tended to

bring cheers.

Mr Opportunist put his baggage on a

seat in an overcrowded general bogey.

Then, as planned, he proceeded towards

the toilet and returned with feigned in-

cessant sneezing all his way. In no time,

all passengers dispersed. The trium-

phant, lone Mr Opportunist, with satis-

faction of an Oscar winner relaxed him-

self; tired as he was, he lay on the berth

and fell asleep.

Early morning, as he awoke, there

was a platform in view. He asked a ven-

dor, which station was that. As he heard,

“Malda Town”, he was surprised. Con-

fused, he exclaimed, “Wasn’t that the

station the train left last night.” Prompt

came the reply: “That train had left. A

Corona patient had boarded this bogey,

so this bogey was shunted out.”

IFrom THE PAST

‘BCPL promoting plastic industry in State’

NO SECOND REFINERY FOR ASSAMNEW DELHI, Aug 8: Petroleum and Chemicals Minister Dr Triguna Sen told a depu-

tation of all-party members of Parliament today that his Ministry was prepared to beginwork on the proposed expansion of the existing refinery and setting up of a petrochemicalcomplex in Assam immediately. This could be done on the basis of the feasibility reportprepared by the experts group of his Ministry recently.

The experts report says that it is most economical and quite feasible to create additionalrefining capacity by expansion of the existing Gauhati Refinery. It has suggested that apetrochemical complex can also be located nearby.

Feasibility studies were made by a committee appointed by the Ministry of Petro-leum and Chemicals under the Chairmanship of Sri N Kashyap, Chairman of the IndianOil Corporation. Sri DR Chavan, Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals, saidin Parliament last week that the committee’s report outlined a programme com-pletely in conformity with the Prime Minister’s statement made on December 5 lastalso in Parliament.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1970

Not encouragingThe Sri Lanka Parliament Election results have not been

encouraging either for big neighbor India or, for that matter, for

the Emerald Island nation herself. The Sri Lanka Podujana

Peramuna (SLPP), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, brother of Pres-

ident Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has recorded a massive victory with

145 seats. The biggest casualty was the United National Party

(UNP), the main opposition led by the former PM Ranil Wick-

remesinghe, which won just one seat! The Samagi Jana Balawe-

gaya (SJB) led by Sajith Premadasa, who prior to the election

had broken away from the UNP, fared better, winning 54 seats.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), formerly vastly popular in

the Tamil dominated areas, faced a setback and ended up with

10 seats. The SLPP can count on the support of at least five

allies in the 225-member legislature, making it almost invinci-

ble and investing the two brothers, infamous for their crushing

of Tamil separatist rebels to end a decades-old conflict in 2009,

with sufficient power to carry forth their desired agenda. Not

only have these Parliament elections proved that Mahinda

Rajapaksa was the most popular majority Sinhala Buddhist lead-

er of Sri Lanka, these have also made Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the

war-time Defence Secretary who had earned international

censure for using brutal methods to end the civil war, the most

powerful President of the country.

There is little doubt that Sri Lanka has now become a major-

itarian nation and, considering that the polarized Opposition

was decimated, runs the risk of veering towards authoritarian-

ism. The Rajapaksa brothers have made no secret that they

want to end presidential term limits, and bring the Judiciary and

Police under their direct control. It may be recalled that after he

had been elected President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa had com-

plained he had to function under too many restrictions because

of Constitutional changes in 2015 that strengthened Parlia-

ment and the office of the Prime Minister, and put independ-

ent Commissions in charge of judiciary appointments, police,

public services and the conduct of elections. This huge popu-

lar mandate has now empowered the brothers to bring about

the Constitutional changes required to undo the 2015 reforms

and attain their authoritarian objectives. It is also well known

that Mahinda Rajapaksa is cultivating his son, Namal Rajapak-

sa, to be his political heir, which might well see the commence-

ment of dynastic rule in Sri Lanka, and usher in a regressive

trend in the parliamentary democracy. The Rajapaksa broth-

ers have also in the past displayed an inimical attitude towards

India and had openly leant towards China. In a scenario in

which India is increasingly seeing her smaller neighbours shift

away, it would require all the diplomatic skills she can muster to

retain a semblance of influence over Sri Lanka.

Plane crash tragedyThe tragedy in which 18 people including the two pilots

were killed in the Air India Dubai-Calicut Express flight crash

at Kerala’s Kozhikode airport on Friday after the plane skid-

ded off the runway and fell into a 35-feet valley before splitting

brings to the fore once again the gaps in air safety procedures

and the need for urgent improvements. Among the possible

reasons cited behind the mishap is the slippery runway, as the

pilot attempted to land on the table-top runway amid heavy

rains. Questions have also been raised as to why the flight was

not diverted to land at a nearby airport, given the high risks

involved in the landing process. The Kozhikode airport run-

way is regarded as dangerous and large aircrafts do not land on

this airport which also has issues with lights on the runway.

Normally, runways have lights in the middle which is called

‘centre light’ to give a better estimate of the runway while

landing but this particular one had no such light on this runway.

A thorough inquiry is needed to get to the roots of the tragedy

and fix responsibility for lapses.

While the overall commercial airline safety has improved

significantly since the industry’s birth over a century ago, ren-

dering aviation the safest mode of commercial transportation,

the problem lies in the fact that the safety performance has

been far from evenly distributed. Developing countries, in par-

ticular, have much poorer safety records. In a majority of air

crashes, the factors generally concern technical failures and

human errors – even though some crashes are never ade-

quately explained. Then, immediate causes apart, the absence

of a sustained threat and risk assessment procedure and poor

pilot training are invariably impacting aviation safety. The role

of pilots during emergency situations becomes extremely cru-

cial and we have had many instances in which the alacrity of

the pilots helped avert certain disasters. For reducing the inci-

dence of fatal air crashes it is imperative that we shift our

approach which has been largely reactive and incident-based.

What we need is a more proactive, predictive and systems-

based approach. India is having a disturbingly high incidence of

air accidents, which is largely attributable to the below-par air

safety standards of the country. Serious questions are also there

on the airworthiness of some flights as also the competence of

the crew in averting accidents.

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CITY

LOCAL FORECAST:

Generally cloudy sky with

one or two spells of rain/

thundershower. Maximum

and minimum

temperatures are most

likely to be 34°C and

26°C respectively on

Sunday.

TEMPERATURE:

Max 36.8°CMin 27.0°C

WEATHER

GUWAHATI

CORRESPONDENT

JORABAT, Aug 8: Heavy

rainfall for about an hour on

Saturday evening caused se-

vere waterlogging at Jorabat

and nearby areas on the out-

skirts of Guwahati city.

The flash floods sent Na-

tional Highway 37 in Assam

and NH-6 in Meghalaya, at

Jorabat, a tri-junction on the

Heavy downpour sendsJorabat under water

Assam-Meghalaya border,

under water.

As the roads turned into riv-

ers, motorists were seen strug-

gling to cross the inundated ar-

eas on the highways, leading to

traffic snarls for hours.

A Hyundai i20 car with oc-

cupants, also broke down and

started floating in the flood-

water after it tried to cross

an inundated road.

“It was a terrifying moment

to see a car floating in the flood-

water, but a few bravehearts

from Jorabat helped it reach a

safer place,” said Krishna Shar-

ma, a local resident.

Apart from the roads, sev-

eral shops and other business

establishments along the two

highways were inundated,

giving a tough time to the

businessmen and residents,

who are already bearing the

brunt of the global pandemic.

Locals say that such flood-

ing has become a common

sight at Jorabat now, as the

government turns a blind

eye when it comes to solv-

ing the issue.

It may be mentioned that

National Highway 37 here is a

toll road as a new toll plaza was

set up recently at Sonapur.

CITY CORRESPONDENT

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: A

group of theatre workers of the

State submitted a memoran-

dum to Chief Minister Sarba-

nanda Sonowal seeking support

to the fraternity that has been

suffering due to the lockdown.

A delegation comprising ac-

tor and chief correspondent of

PTI Trideep Lahkar, social

worker Pratul Barman, direc-

tor Drasta (society of perform-

ing arts) Indrajit Kakati and

actor Manab Jyoti Nath met

Sonowal on Friday in this re-

gard. The Chief Minister as-

sured the delegation that he

would discuss the issue with

the cultural affairs department.

The memorandum stated

that the theatre workers of

Assam are in acute financial

stress after almost four months

of no work. “Most of the thea-

tre workers are selling vege-

tables, while some have turned

daily wage labourers at several

places. Some have even sold

their prized possessions used

dearly in theatre productions,

only to feed a few meals to their

State theatre workers call onCM seeking financial support

families. The future of their

children is totally uncertain.

They are suffering from un-

bearable pain,” it added.

It also mentioned that while

on the one hand the lockdown

helped in containing spread of

the virus, on the other it affect-

ed the people economically.

Thousands of people lost their

jobs and innumerable people

survived on support from the

government and good Samari-

tans. The theatre activities also

came to a grinding halt during

the lockdown, it said.

Signed by president of In-

dia People’s Theatre Associa-

tion (Assam) Sudakshina Sar-

ma, former principal of Cot-

ton College and director Sa-

mahar Natya Gosthee Dr Si-

tanath Lahkar and others, the

memorandum acknowledged

that the State government has

taken several steps for the

welfare of the marginalised

people of the State. However,

somehow the professional the-

atre workers who are not as-

sociated with the mobile or

moving theatre, have been left

out of the recent welfare meas-

ures of the government.

There are hundreds of people

who earn their livelihood

working in various depart-

ments of dozens of theatre

groups across the State. These

people work in different seg-

ments such as script writing,

direction, acting, make-up, set

design, costume, lights and

others, it added.

The delegation also urged

Sonowal to support and as-

sist the theatre workers at

least for the next six months.

“Even if the pandemic gets

over soon, it will not be an

easy task to restart the thea-

tre productions as people will

be apprehensive of sitting in a

gathering inside an auditori-

um. Moreover, these artistes

have never received regular

monthly salary. The full-tim-

ers in this creative art form

have been surviving with

whatever little amount they

get from each performance of

a play. The Assamese culture

and values have been im-

mensely enriched by the con-

tribution of these artistes,”

the memorandum said.

A commercial vehicle struggles to cross a flooded road at Jorabat. – Photo: Correspondent

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: Even

as the state government has

asked the Director-General

of Police to conduct a thor-

ough probe into the group

clash between the support-

ers of Bajrang Dal and a group

of people at Bhora Singori in

Sonitpur on August 5, alle-

gations and counter-allega-

tions are pouring in from var-

ious quarters, with demands

to find the kingpin of the

group clash.

Strongly condemning the

incident, the Co-ordination

Committee against Citizen-

ship Amendment Act has

asked the state government

to arrest all the culprits re-

sponsible for the incident af-

ter a thorough probe and give

them exemplary punishment

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: At a

time when the African swine

fever (ASF) is posing a chal-

lenge to the pig rearers of

Assam, the Gauhati High

Court in its judgment on a writ

petition recently made it man-

datory to vaccinate the pigs

to be imported to Assam from

Punjab and Haryana.

The petition was filed by

the North East Progressive

Pig Farmers Association

(NEPPFA) after the Centre

decided to allow pig export

to Assam from Punjab and

Haryana. Earlier, opposing

the decision of the Central

government, Agriculture

and Veterinary Minister Atul

Bora and NEPPFA also wrote

to Upamanyu Basu, Joint

Secretary in the Department

Call to find kingpin of Sonitpurgroup clash gets louder

for trying to spread commu-

nal tension in the State.

On the other hand, the

Prabrajan Virodhi Manch

(PVM), a forum vocal against

illegal infiltration in Assam,

has demanded a probe into

the allegation of pro-Pakistan

slogans raised during the

group clash by the people of

doubtful origin.

Several persons were in-

jured in the clash between

two groups in Sonitpur on

August 5, following a bike

rally at Bhora Singori in sup-

port of the Ram Temple bhoo-

mi pujan. Whereas a team

from the district administra-

tion was also attacked and a

number of vehicles were

damaged in the incident.

“From the statements of

police and district administra-

tion representatives, it is

evident that the members of

Bajrang Dal took out the ral-

ly without obtaining the nec-

essary permission. A mem-

ber of the team admitted on

camera that no permission

was required to visit a tem-

ple. A thorough probe must

be conducted to find who or-

ganised the bike rally, which

was a blatant violation of

COVID protocol,” the com-

mittee headed by eminent

intellectual Hiren Gohain

said.

The committee also ques-

tioned the role of local MLA

Ashok Singhal and the ruling

BJP. “Not just the rally was

organised in an illegal way,

the local MLA and some oth-

ers tried to fuel communal

tension by alleging that the

local minority population

gave slogans in support of

Pakistan. Interestingly, this

allegation was categorically

refuted by the Sonitpur SP

himself,” the committee

stated.

The PVM, on the other

hand, alleged that the Sonit-

pur district administration is

trying to cover up the inci-

dent in a mysterious way.

“There are sufficient vid-

eo footages and eyewitness-

es supporting the allegations

that pro-Pakistan slogans

were raised during the inci-

dent,” PVM leader and sen-

ior advocate Upamanyu Haz-

arika said.

Hazarika also alleged that

Chief Minister Sarbananda

Sonowal-led present govern-

ment is trying to appease the

minorities and cover-up in-

cidents like Sonitpur clash for

the vote bank politics.

HC nod to vaccinationof imported pigs

of Central Animal Husband-

ry and Dairying.

In the letter, NEPPFA said,

“We strongly protest against

this decision taken in a hurry

without considering the ho-

listic picture and in the name

of the pig farmers of the en-

tire country and especially of

the North East. The entire

pig industry of India will be

in danger if the movement of

pigs from Punjab and Harya-

na to the north-eastern

states allow in such a time.”

NEPPFA further stated that

the pig farmers of the region

are going through a very diffi-

cult time for the last four

months as both movement and

sale of pigs have been stopped

in order to contain the ASF.

Till date over 17,000 pigs

died in some villages due to

ASF in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur,

Sivasagar, Majuli, Biswanath,

Karbi Anglong, West Karbi An-

glong, Kamrup (M), Sonitpur,

Jorhat and Golaghat districts.

Dr Purna Konwar, admin-

istrative officer of Assam

Livestock And Poultry Cor-

poration, said Dhemaji and

Sivasagar are the worst-hit

districts till date. He said the

disease mainly hit the villag-

es located near the rivers.

Meanwhile, Dr Konwar

claimed that the measures

taken by the state govern-

ment showed very good re-

sults in containing the disease.

He further informed that

the recent floods have

caused a delay in starting the

culling exercise to contain

the disease in the affected

areas. Now, it will start af-

ter August 15, Dr Konwar

informed.

RITURAJ BORTHAKUR


excise department is expect-

ing a 25 per cent increase in

revenue collection despite the

impacts of COVID-19. In the

first quarter of the financial year,

the department registered a

revenue of Rs 420 crore.

“Last year, during the peri-

od, the collection was Rs 511

crore. But this year, the COV-

ID-19 pandemic has its impact

on revenue collection. In the

initial period of the lockdown,

the liquor shops and bars were

closed. Bars have started open-

ing only from today. Despite the

hiccups, we managed to reduce

the revenue loss to Rs 92

crore,” an excise official said.

Significantly, the revenue

CORRESPONDENT

JORABAT, Aug 8: The

promulgation of Unnat

Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) by

the Ministry of Human Re-

source Development

(MHRD), Government of

India, is a real paradigm shift

of the learning process of

higher educational institutes

of the country, said Prof VK

Vijay, National Coordinator,

UBA, IIT Delhi.

Prof Vijay made this re-

mark while speaking at a

webinar ‘Fostering UBA, a

commitment of HEI’s be-

yond campus: Issues and chal-

lenges’ organised by the In-

ternal Quality Assurance Cell

(IQAC) of Sonapur College

on Saturday.

Excise hopes for increasein revenue collection

during the last ten days of July

(July 20 to 31) after the lock-

down in the city was relaxed

a little was a whopping Rs

140 crore

“During the same period

last year, we had collected Rs

123 crore. The increase in

revenue collection during this

period was despite that fact

that shops were open only on

one side of the road. Moreo-

ver, there are local lockdowns

at some places of the State and

the shop timings are restrict-

ed to 5 pm,” an official said.

“Most importantly bars

were also closed since

March. They contribute a sig-

nificant amount of the collec-

tion,” he added.

The increase in revenue

has been attributed to the hike

in duty and reforms brought

about in the department

which plugged the leakages.

The state government

hiked the liquor taxes by

around 25 per cent from May

to offset the losses suffered

during the lockdown period.

The fuel taxes were also raised

by Rs 5. The State can impose

taxes on only liquor and fuel.

Collection from liquor tax-

es during May has been esti-

mated at Rs 126 crore, which

is Rs 3 crore more than the

corresponding month last

year. Even in May, liquor

shops were closed for sever-

al days on account of the re-

structuring of taxes and holi-

days. But despite that, the

revenue collection increased.

From tax on foreign liquor,

the State had got Rs 6 crore in

April and Rs 65 crore in March

– during the lockdown period.

“The consumption has ap-

parently not increased. But

noting the collection in July,

we feel the department is on

track to register a 25 per cent

growth this year,” the offi-

cial added.

In 2019-2020, the excise

department revenue stood at

Rs 1,650 crore, registering

an 18 per cent jump, despite

being hit by the CAA pro-

tests and COVID-19 towards

the end of the financial year.

Excise department is one

of the major contributors to

the State coffers. There are

2,123 Indian Made Foreign

Liquor outlets in the State,

of which 973 are bars.

Webinar on Unnat Bharat Abhiyanheld at Sonapur College

Underscoring the neces-

sity of doing welfare-centric

research, Prof Vijay said that

the UBA, launched in 2014

as a flagship programme, has

provided an opportunity to

faculties and students of

higher educational institutes

to learn the real-life chal-

lenges and the traditional

wisdom of the rural people.

Students and faculty mem-

bers of more than forty-five

thousand HEIs can contrib-

ute towards finding sustain-

able solutions to the plights

of the rural people by utilis-

ing the innovative technolo-

gies, he said.

At the webinar, attended

by a large number of facul-

ties and other participants

from across the country,

Prof Vivek Kumar, Co-Co-

ordinator, UBA, also from

IIT Delhi, presented some

success stories of UBA at-

tributed to different insti-

tutes of the country includ-

ing IITs. Deliberating on

the topic, Prof Kumar said

that the UBA is mooted on

the fundamental ethos of

science and technology in-

tervention, research reori-

entation, participatory ap-

proach and the convergence

of funds and knowledge.

The webinar was held un-

der the chairmanship of Prof

Sashindra Kr Kakoty, Re-

gional Coordinator, UBA, IIT

Guwahati, who also deliber-

ated on the issue with the help

of a powerpoint presentation

on some successful initiatives

of his institute towards rural

transformation.

After the presentations

and deliberations by the re-

source persons, there was an

interactive session on the

theme where Prof Kakoty

dealt with the queries of the

participants appropriately

with his skill and wisdom.

Earlier, Dr Biman Pato-

wary, Coordinator, IQAC,

Sonapur College introduced

the resource persons and

spoke about the background

of the webinar. Dr Devab-

rot Khanikor, Principal of

the host college delivered

the welcome address. The

vote of thanks was offered

by Dr Sinam Iboton Singh,

Coordinator of UBA Cell of

the college.

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: A wild boar

which reportedly strayed out of the

forest area around the city this morn-

ing, unleashed a reign of terror on the

GNB Road for several hours and left

as many as five persons wounded, two

of them grievously.

The wild boar, which was apparently

panic-stricken, was also seen ventur-

ing out to the main road (GNB Road)

for nearly an hour. Although forest de-

partment personnel rushed to the spot,

they however, failed to spot the animal.

Rajender Basfor, a part-timer en-

gaged at the Gauhati Press Club (GPC),

too sustained multiple injuries after he

was attacked by the wild boar inside

the club campus where he was doing

his routine cleaning work along with

one of his colleagues around 8 am. The

video footage showing the wild boar

attacking Basfor has already gone viral.

Basfor who was rushed to the Ma-

Wild boar strays into city, injures 5hendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital,

received 86 stitches to his body. Later,

he was taken to Wintrobe Hospital af-

ter he developed chest pain. GPC gen-

eral secretary Sanjoy Ray informed

that the club would ensure that Basfor

gets proper medical attention.

Two other persons who were at-

tacked by the boar have been identi-

fied as Moklesh Ali and Karona Bar-

man, both employees in the Directo-

rate of Archaeology.

While Ali, who received injuries to

his neck, has been admitted to the

Gauhati Medical College and Hospi-

tal, Barman was allowed to go after

proper diagnosis.

Later in the evening, the wild boar

which reportedly ventured into a res-

idential area in Marakhali Colony near

the Assam Textile Institute, was found

dead. Police sources said that the ani-

mal was possibly killed by members

of the enraged public.

The wild boar that attacked five persons and an injured Rajender Basfor(inset) undergoing treatment at the hospital. – UB Photos

Zubeen Garg to be brandambassador of agri sector

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: In a bid to attract the new generation

to agriculture and its allied fields, Zubeen Garg will work as a

brand ambassador of Assam’s agriculture sector. This was

decided during a meeting held between Zubeen and Agricul-

ture Minister Atul Bora here today.

Zubeen also discussed with the minister a project prepared

by him, his wife Garima Saikia Garg and his friends, which

aims to strengthen the agriculture sector of Assam.

Along with Zubeen, his wife and two others namely Bankim

Rai Medhi and Jayanta Kakati were present at the meeting.

Plantation driveCITY CORRESPONDENT

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: One hundred and forty-eight cadets

from 60 Assam Girls Bn NCC, Guwahati Group, planted sap-

lings as part of a tree plantation drive yesterday.

About 180 neem, jamun, jack fruit and stone apple saplings

were planted on school and college complexes. The institutions

which took part in the drive were KV, Khanapara, Army Public

School, Narangi, Gopalboro Government High School, Rangia

College, Diamoria College and Narangi Anchalik College.

Driver killedin mishap

CITY CORRESPONDENT

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: A

water tanker driver died on

the spot after the tanker load-

ed with water turned turtle

at Naharbari of the greater

Maligaon area today.

The driver has been iden-

tified as Biren Rai.

Support to tradeunion protestSTAFF REPORTER


Hind Mazdoor Sabha Assam,

NF Railway Mazdoor Union

and All India Railwaymen

Federation (AIRF) have ex-

tended support to the nation-

wide trade union protest call

on August 9 given by as many

as ten central trade unions.

With the slogan ‘Save Rail-

ways Save the Nation’, the

railway trade unions would

join the protest tomorrow,

opposing the anti-people and

anti-workers policy of the

Union government in gener-

al and a number of railway-

specific policies of the gov-

ernment in particular.

Webinarorganised

CITY CORRESPONDENT


All Assam Handloom and

Textile Officers’ Association

organised a webinar on the

occasion of National Hand-

loom Day through Google

Meet on Friday.

The members mainly dis-

cussed the problems faced by

the weavers of the State dur-

ing the webinar.

Illicit liquordestroyed

CITY CORRESPONDENT


excise department today de-

stroyed 250 litres of illicit liq-

uor during a raid at the Lal-

mati area here.

Implements used in mak-

ing illicit liquor were also

destroyed during the raid.

However, no one has been

detained in this connection.

Blood donationcamp todaySTAFF REPORTER


Terapanth Yuvak Parishad in

association with the Gauhati

Medical College and Hospi-

tal (GMCH) Blood Bank is

organising a blood donation

camp on Sunday from 10 am

at Agragani Club, Central

Gotanagar here.

New journalistsbody launched

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: At a

representative meeting of

journalists and public leaders

held at the office of the week-

ly Pragjyotish at Bamunimaid-

an on Friday, a new journal-

ists’ organisation named Sang-

badik Sangha Purbanchal with

headquarters in Guwahati was

launched.

The meeting, held with DN

Chakravartty in the chair, con-

stituted a five-member conven-

ors’ body with Nava Thakuria

as convenor to prepare the

groundwork for setting up the

new organisation.

Thakuria dwelt on the need

to dispel wrong projection of

the North East, and stressed

the need for a bold organisa-

tion to safeguard the interests

of the people of the region.

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STAFF CORRESPONDENT

SHILLONG, Aug 8: One

more person has succumbed to

COVID-19 infection in Megha-

laya, taking the total death toll

in the State to six. As many as

34 health workers, including

doctors, nurses and support

staff, have tested positive so far

in East Khasi Hills district.

The person who passed

away on Friday at the NEIGRI-

HMS, was also a diabetic. The

State Government had not

confirmed yesterday if the

person died of COVID-19.

There are currently 594 ac-

tive cases in the State. Seven-

teen new cases have been re-

ported in the State during the

past 24 hours and 13 patients also

recovered from the viral infec-

tion during the same period.

The Director of Health

Services, Aman War, said that

several health workers have

also contracted the virus in the

relentless fight against COV-

ID-19. “Thirty-four health

workers, including doctors,

nurses and support staff, have

tested positive so far in East

Khasi Hills district,” he said.

War added that the Health

Department has asked all “hos-

pitals to be vigilant” and prevent

any health workers from going

out from quarantine centres.

The Health Department has

appointed 50 doctors, 200 nurs-

es and over 100 laboratory tech-

nicians to fight the pandemic.

Out of the total active cases,

East Khasi Hills has registered

the highest with 453, Ri-Bhoi

district has 65, West Jaintia Hills

has 15, East Jaintia Hills 18, West

Garo Hills 31, West Khasi Hills

six and South West Garo Hills,

South Garo Hills and North Garo

Hills have two cases each.

So far 40,700 samples have

been sent for testing, out of

which 39,294 have tested neg-

ative and the results of 383 re-

ports are awaited. As many as

423 patients have also recov-

ered from the infection. A to-

tal of 26,286 people from

across the country have also

returned to the State.

One moreCOVID-19 death

in ManipurCORRESPONDENT

IMPHAL, Aug 8: A 63-year-old man who had comorbidi-ties, died due to COVID-19,taking the death toll in Manipurto 11. As of Saturday, Manipurhas a total of 3,635 positivecases after the detection of 169new cases. The active and re-covered cases stand at 1,697and 1,927 respectively.

Meanwhile, four doctors anda nurse of a government publichealth centre (PHC) in Manipurhave tested COVID-19 posi-tive, official sources said today.

On the other hand, the resi-dences of five persons whotested positive outside thequarantine centres in Tamen-glong district, have been de-clared as containment areas.The five positive persons havebeen shifted to the COVIDCare Centre at the Tamenglong

Higher Secondary School.

Mizoram tally

reaches 566CORRESPONDENT

AIZAWL, Aug 8: With thedetection of eight more cases,Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally to-day reached 566.

Five of the samples exam-ined at the Zoram Medical Col-lege laboratory here last night,turned out to be positive. Twoof them are symptomatic pa-tients admitted to the medicalcollege, while the remainingthree are asymptomatic andhad been under quarantine.

Three more cases were de-tected among stranded truck-ers on the NH-306 in Kolasibdistrict last night.

Altogether, 22 stranded truckdrivers and handymen have test-ed positive so far. An officialsource said many of them areyet to be tested. Hundreds oftrucks are stranded on the high-way due to road repair works.

Following discharge of sev-en Assam Rifles men fromhospital today, the number ofdischarged cases in the Statehas risen to 296. The numberof active cases in Mizoram nowstands at 270.

CORRESPONDENT

ITANAGAR, Aug 8: Aru-

nachal Pradesh Health and

Family Welfare Minister Alo

Libang inaugurated the State’s

Dedicated COVID Health

Centre (DCHC) at Midpu in

Papum Pare district on Friday.

The prefabricated hospital

has seven fully air-conditioned

cabins with 35 beds equipped

with high dependency units for

moderately ill COVID-19 pa-

COVID-19 centre openedtients. It has also got a sepa-

rate unit for pregnant COVID-

19 patients.

Libang said that it was a

much awaited project of the

State Government in its fight

against the pandemic. He

asked the Secretary of Health,

Dr P Parthiban, to make pro-

visions for construction of a

boundary wall to check en-

croachment. He also urged all

doctors and health care work-

ers to work sincerely.

COVID-19 death tollrises to 37 in TripuraCORRESPONDENT

AGARTALA, Aug 8: One

more person died of COVID-

19 and 128 new infections were

detected during the past 24

hours in Tripura, while the

State Government has decid-

ed to enhance healthcare facil-

ities to deal with the situation

more effectively.

Till date the State has re-

corded 37 COVID-19 deaths

and the fatality rate stands at

0.63 percent. The positivity

and recovery rates are 3.04

per cent and 71.63 per cent

respectively, a medical bulle-

tin from the Tripura Health

Department said.

So far, Tripura has regis-

tered 6,035 positive cases, of

which 1,857 are still undergo-

ing treatment.

Meanwhile, a telemedicine

service has been introduced

at the dedicated COVID

treatment centre in the GB

Pant Hospital here. Doctors

will use the facility for better

treatment of COVID-19 pa-

tients.

Besides, all COVID treatment

centres and COVID care cen-

tres will get a dedicated phone

to update the relatives of the pa-

tients about their health status

between 3 pm and 4 pm on a

daily basis. Each COVID care

centre will also have a help desk.

Tripura West MP Pratima

Bhoumik today said that the

Biplab Kumar Deb Govern-

ment is committed to provid-

ing better treatment to the

COVID-19 patients.

“Each COVID care centre

will have CCTVs,” she said.

Meanwhile, 12 doctors have

been appointed on a temporary

basis to overcome the shortage

of physicians in government-run

hospitals. Steps have also been

taken to recruit nurses.

Sources said the State wit-

nessed a steep rise in COV-

ID-19 cases during the week-

long COVID survey. Of the

total 10 lakh households in the

State, the survey covered nine

lakh households, leading to a

spike in the positive cases.

A total of 1,94,005 persons

underwent COVID-19 test

and 6,035 cases have been de-

tected so far in Tripura.

Virus cases surgepast 2000 mark

in ArunachalCORRESPONDENT

ITANAGAR, Aug 8: The

number of COVID-19 cases in

Arunachal Pradesh has surged

past the 2,000 mark following

detection of 101 fresh cases on

Friday.

According to the data re-

leased by the State Directo-

rate of Health Services, the

State’s tally of confirmed

cases currently stands at

2,049. There are 720 active

cases, while 1,326 COVID-

19 patients have recovered

so far. The virus has claimed

three lives in the State so

far.

Of the 101 new cases de-

tected in 12 districts, East Ka-

meng accounts for the highest

34 cases, followed by East

Siang with 21 cases, Changlang

with 12 cases and Itanagar Cap-

ital Complex with 11 cases.

Among the new cases, 97

are asymptomatic and four

symptomatic.

Meanwhile, 81 patients

were discharged following

their recovery.

Altogether 25 patients were

discharged in Itanagar Capital

Complex, 14 in Changlang, 13

in Tirap and 10 in Tawang, sev-

en in Lohit, three each in Nam-

sai and West Kameng, two

each in East Siang and Shi-

Yomi, and one each in East

Kameng and Lower Dibang

Valley.

CORRESPONDENT

TURA, Aug 8: Displaying

rare courage, Mima Patiasa K

Sangma sacrificed her life to

save a friend. The 13-year-old

girl hailing from Resubelpara vil-

lage in North Garo Hills (NGH)

district, drowned while trying

to save her friend from falling

into a waterfall at Resu Daram

on August 2. Mima was the only

daughter of her parents.

Her exemplary courage and

selflessness have now led to

the NGH district administra-

tion recommending her name

for a bravery award.

“We are going to recom-

mend her name for a bravery

award this year as what she

did was a selfless act of sacri-

fice for her friend,” said NGH

13-yr-old girl who died saving friendrecommended for bravery award

DC SC Sadhu.

“We lost a very brave girl.

Nothing can heal the pain her

family is going through, but her

act of bravery must be recog-

nised. It is the least we can do in

her memory,” said Chengchang

Marak, a resident of Dainadubi.

The incident happened when

Mima along with three of her

friends, had gone to the water-

fall at the Daram Gurakol stream

near Rongkuchong village.

On seeing one of her friends

losing balance and slipping into

the waterfall, Mima did not

worry about her own safety, and

reached out and saved her

friend. But in that process, she

herself drowned. Her body was

later retrieved and handed over

to the family after post-mortem.

The Koksi Mahari Associa-

tion has written to Chief Min-

ister Conrad Sangma to post-

humously nominate her for the

national bravery award.

Forecast for North Eastern

States: Rain/thundershower is

very likely to occur at most

places over Arunachal Pradesh,

Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland,

Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.

Warning: Thunderstorm with

lightning is very likely to occur

at isolated places over

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,

Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur,

Mizoram and Tripura. Heavy to

very heavy rain is very likely to

occur at isolated places over

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,

Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur,

Mizoram and Tripura.

Temperatures:

Max (°C) Min (°C)

Dibrugarh 30.2 26.4

Tezpur 36.5 29.4

Silchar 35.4 26.8

Dhubri 34.3 28.4

Jorhat 34.0 24.8

N Lakhimpur 32.4 25.1

Shillong 25.6 20.0

Cherrapunjee 25.3 19.2

Aizawl 25.8 18.9

Kohima 27.0 19.2

Pasighat 31.0 24.1

Itanagar 33.6 26.8

Imphal 32.7 22.6

Agartala 36.3 27.0

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020:

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The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-

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byes.

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H H H

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Alpine ski racer and Olympic goldmedallist Lindsey Vonn will host acanine competition

series, with her dog Lucy.Titled The Pack, the

unscripted series willcelebrate the bond betweendogs and their humancompanions.

“I have overcome manyobstacles in life, but onething that has reigned trueduring good times and badhas been the love of mydogs,” said Vonn.

“Like many timesbefore, Lucy will be by myside on yet another one oflife’s adventures, and I’mexcited for everyone towatch and cheer on theseincredible contestants andtheir beloved companions.”

The series will feature 12 teams of dogsand their human owners on an adventure

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across multiple continents. At stake is amonetary prize for the winning duo

($500,000) and the animalcharity of their choice($250,000).

To win the prize forthemselves and theircharity, the teams willhave to depend on theirunderstanding of oneanother’s strengths andweaknesses and prove tohave the strongest bond inthe pack.

In each locale, thehuman and dog duos willface challenges designedin concert with a team ofaccredited veterinariansand certified dog ex-perts.

Filmed earlier this year,the series will premiere

later this year on Amazon Prime Video.(Source : IANS)

Olympic medallist Lindsey Vonn will host a show with her dog

Canine contest

at (4)32 Graven image

(4)34 Short note (4)35 Actual, in reality

(2,5)36 A love affair

especially anillicit one (5)

38 Fatness (7)41 Owing money?

(2,3)42 Annoyed,

disgusted (5)43 Not, as a prefix?

(3)44 Boxing results,

abbr. (3)45 Pampers (7)46 Progress (3,2)Down1 Get down to

pray (5)2 Nation without a

monarch (8)3 Famous French

philosopher (8)4 A feudal slave

(4)5 Body of water

(4)6 Island home of

Odysseus (6)7 Wireless sets (6)8 Dissertation (8)9 The art of bell

ringing (11)

14 Pleasant smell(9)

18 Domineering (9)

19 Greatlypleased? (7,4)

21 That is: L. (2,3)

22 Same again (5)

23 Egg cell (4)

25 Successor (4)

27 Acts or does;

accomplishes

(8)

29 Calming (8)

30 Showing a profit

or better off

financially, in a

way? (2,6)

33 Having a low pH

(6)

34 Tied up at a

wharf (6)

37 French sculptor

(5)

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40 Chargedparticles (4)

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“The series willfeature 12 teams ofdogs and theirowners on anadventure acrossmultiple continents.At stake is amonetary prize forthe winning duo($500,000) and theanimal charity of theirchoice ($250,000).

LEISURE & LIFESTYLETHE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 7SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020

8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020STATENEWS IN BRIEF

AASU protestJORHAT, Aug 8: AASU members on Friday staged a

protest in front of the Jorhat DC’s office against theHealth department for delay in providing treatment topatients in serious condition brought to hospitals,thereby causing deaths. Led by AASU Jorhat district unitassistant general secretary Bijoy Shankar Bordoloi, theprotesters showed placards and shouted slogans againstthe Health department. – Staff Correspondent

Old-age homeDHEMAJI, Aug 8: An old-age home was opened on

August 7 by the Khora Pathar Sanmilit Yuba Samaj, aLakhimpur-based NGO with financial support from theUnion Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Theold-age home at Boruah Chuck in ward no. 5 wasinaugurated by Lakhimpur MP Pradan Boruah. HemChandra Boruah, secretary of Khora Pathar Sanmilit YubaSamaj, Dhemaji MLA Ranuj Pegu, Dhemaji DeputyCommissioner Narsing Pawar, Nirama Boruah, presidentof the Family Counselling Centre, and dramatistHemanta Borpatra Gohain were present. – ANN Service

Adivasi students’ memo to CMGAURIPUR, Aug 8: The Dhubri District Adivasi

Students’ Union in a memorandum to the Chief Minister,through the Deputy Commissioner, has demandedimmediate declaration of ST status for the community,increase of daily allowance from Rs 167 to Rs 350, landfor the tea garden labourers and reservation of posts forwomen. The memorandum was signed by student bodypresident Golap Shik Baraik, secretary Rajesh Kujur andjoint secretary Udai Baraik. The delegation was led byvice president Rajen Horo. The student members alsomet SP Ananda Misra. – Correspondent

Online debate contestGUWAHATI, Aug 8: An online English debate

competition was conducted by Sainik School Goalpararecently for cadets, stated a press release. A total of 12participants debated on the topic “India can counterChina’s growing influence in the world”. Vice PrincipalLt Col ADS Jasrotia was the chief judge, while PKAdhikary, teacher and Dr Jayanta Kumar Brahma,assistant professor of Political Science at GoalparaCollege, were the other judges. Cdt Niyazul Islamsecured the first position, Cdt MU Harshitaa and CdtKapinjal Borkotoky secured the second and thirdpositions, respectively.

Python rescuedDOOMDOOMA, Aug 8: The locals of Line no.2 of

Raidang Tea Estate rescued a python on Friday night.The six-foot-long python was handed over to forestpersonnel on Saturday morning. – Correspondent

Fridge donated to hospitalDERGAON, Aug 8: The SBI Golaghat branch donated a

refrigerator to the Swahid Kushal Konwar Civil Hospitalon Saturday. After being apprised of the need, DCBibhash Chandra Modi contacted the SBI which donatedthe refrigerator under its corporate social responsibilityscheme to the ICU. – Correspondent

Webinar on pandemicsGUWAHATI, Aug 8: An international webinar

‘Plagues, Pandemics and Literature’ was organised atDakshin Kamrup College, Mirza recently. Dr Amit RBaishya, associate professor in the Department ofEnglish, University of Oklahoma, US, was the resourceperson. The webinar was inaugurated by Principal DrNabajyoti Das, while Dr Rakhee Kalita Moral deliveredthe keynote address on how plagues and pandemics hadbecame a part of literature since the medieval ages. DrBaishya spoke on how narratives treated the idea ofplague as being of foreign origin. – Staff Reporter

PMAY (Urban) at MorigaonMORIGAON, Aug 8: The second phase works of the

Prime Minister Awas Yojana (Urban) for urban poor waslaunched in Morigaon on Friday which will cover 2,511poor families of Morigaon town. An open meeting wasorganised by Morigaon Municipal Board at MorigaonBihutoli where Piyush Hazarika, Minister of State forHealth and Urban Development, distributed cheques ofRs 2 lakh to each family. Morigaon MLA Rama KantaDeori was also present. – Correspondent

Protest against drugsTEOK, Aug 8: People from several organisations and

the public staged a protest in front of the Teok PSdemanding the arrest of drug peddlers. A few days back,a youth named Utpal Boruah (22) of Hanshora area diedof drug overdose. On August 2, he and three of hisfriends consumed drugs in a car, where due to overdose,his health deteriorated. He was taken to Teok FRU,where he died. Police seized the vehicle and arrestedone Jonty Sarmah. From his confession, police arrestedone Warish Hussain involved in supply of drugs toyouths. Police also arrested two friends of the deceased– Abhijit Gogoi and Rupam Gogoi. The people here havecriticised the inactiveness of police in checking drugtrafficking. – ANN Service

Webinar on COVIDDERGAON, Aug 8: Dr Jayant Biswa Sarma, consultant

microbiologist of Mid-Yorkshire Hospital, NHS Trust,England, at an webinar on COVID-19 organised by theZoology Department of Dergaon Kamal Dowerah (DKD)College in association with the Zoological Society ofAssam (ZSA), said that the most powerful key to gettingrid of a pandemic is the management of stress. Around250 participants took part in the webinar. Principal DrRanjit Kumar Bordoloi, convenor Dr TG Devina, assistantconvenors Dr Rupamoni Thakur and Dr Bristi Dutta, ZSApresident Priyabrata Lahkar, ZSA working president DrBalendra Kumar Das and ZSA general secretary ProfJogen Chandra Kalita, were present. – Correspondent

Flood relief distributed

NALBARI, Aug 8: Students of IIT Guwahati inassociation with the Students Gymkhana Council onSaturday conducted two flood relief distribution camps –one at Barapeta village in Baksa district and another forBarbukiya, Barsimalua, Kotalkuchi and Sanekuchivillages in Nalbari district. In Nalbari district, 190families were covered while 70 were included in Baksadistrict. An awareness meet was held on menstrualhygiene, and importance of drinking purified water anduse of soap, sanitizers and masks during the COVIDsituation. – Correspondent

OBITUARY

SatyabhushanBarua

CORRESPONDENT

SIVASAGAR, Aug 8: Prof

Satyabhushan

Barua, former

head of the de-

partment of

Economics at

S i v a s a g a r

Girls’ College, a noted sports

organiser and social worker,

died on Friday evening at his

KPM Chariali residence

here. He was 90. Barua was

the secretary of the Sadou

Asom Karmachari Parishad

during the Assam Agitation

and had to go into hiding to

evade arrest. He was a life

member of the Sivasagar

Yuva Dal. His last rites were

performed at the Thana-

mukh Crematorium.

Barua leaves behind his

wife and two daughters. His

death was mourned by the

Sivasagar Zila Sahitya Sabha,

Sivasagar Girls’ College,

Sivasagar Sports Associa-

tion, Senior Citizens’ Forum,

among others.

Boloram BoraCORRESPONDENT

MORIGAON, Aug 8: Bolo-

ram Bora, a progressive farm-

er of greater Kapahera

Bhakatgaon area of Morigaon

district, breathed his last on

Friday at his own residence

due to old-age ailments. He

was 77. A man of amiable dis-

position, Bora was awarded

by the State Agriculture de-

partment as the best bee-

keeper in central Assam. He

was known as ‘Bee Man’ as

he had proved his calibre in

keeping as many as 10 bee-

hives at a time. The Assam

Tribune had also published

stories about this Bee Man

of Morigaon district. He

leaves behind his wife, two

sons and two daughters.

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

SILCHAR, Aug 8: Following public

outrage over the kidnapping and subse-

quent killing of a five-month-old infant

at Kazidahar area under Sonai constitu-

ency of Cachar district, police have ar-

rested three persons, including the mas-

termind Rajib Chasha.

Talking to The Assam Tribune on

Saturday, Additional SP (Headquarters)

Jagadish Das said, “we are probing the

incident with priority and three persons

– including Rajib Chasha, the master-

mind behind the kidnapping, along with

Kukha Bauri and Mandip Roy – have

been arrested. Further investigation is

in progress. We are looking into all pos-

sible aspects of the case.”

The Additional SP said that the situa-

tion at the place of the incident which

had turned tense following the recov-

ery of the infant’s body has now been

brought under control. The locals had

demanded arrest of the culprits and also

compensation to the family of the infant.

According to sources, the infant –

identified as Dhruvajyoti Nath – was kid-

CORRESPONDENT

TEZPUR, Aug 8: Sootea

MLA Padma Hazarika has

urged both Hindus and Mus-

lims living in the region to

maintain peace and harmony,

during a visit to the trouble-

torn Garuduba-Bhorasingri

area under Thelamara PS in

Sonitpur district.

Briefing the media, Haza-

rika said everybody having

obligation towards the nation

and the region as an Assa-

mese or as an Indian must

take a bold stand against forc-

es trying to create an un-

pleasant environment for

their vested interests.

Referring to a recent inci-

dent of attack on local people

by illegal settlers, he urged

Chief Minister Sarbananda

Sonowal to take necessary

measures for the protection

of the historic Hara-Gouri

Temple in Suti Pahar and re-

cover its land from encroach-

ment by suspected illegal

Bangladeshis, and restore its

dignity and heritage.

“A planned conspiracy by

a section of people is on to

harm the interests of the in-

digenous people. There are

many government plots of

land in Sonitpur district and

a section is trying to grab

those government lands to

settle illegal foreign nation-

Infant killing case: Mastermind among3 held, Sushmita demands CID probe

napped from his house while he was

asleep on August 4. The kidnappers had

demanded a ransom of Rs 10 lakh.

Police recovered the body of the in-

fant from a place near Sonai Bazar around

2 am on August 6.

Deputy Speaker cum Sonai MLA

Aminul Haque Laskar had also demand-

ed that the case must be dealt with in

the fast-track court and the guilty per-

sons must be given the death penalty.

People across the district have con-

demned the incident and demanded cap-

ital punishment for the culprits.

Meanwhile, All India Mahila Congress

chief and former Silchar MP Sushmita

Dev has written to Chief Minister Sar-

bananda Sonowal demanding his inter-

vention and a CID probe into the inci-

dent. “The horrific incident of the kid-

napping and murder of the infant has jolt-

ed us all. I have spoken to the Chief Min-

ister conveying him the need for tracing

the culprits via a CID investigation and

executing exemplary punishment. I have

also brought to the Chief Minister’s no-

tice regarding past instances of abduc-

tion. It is suspected that a group is active

behind all such heinous instances and

hence the Chief Minister, who is also the

Home Minister, should intervene into

the matter. The Chief Minister has as-

sured me that he would personally look

into the matter,” Dev said.

Protect Hara-GouriTemple from

encroachers: Padmaals for their vested inter-

ests. If we check the voters’

list, a maximum of them will

be detected as illegal citi-

zens,” he said.

Hazarika, who has been

vocal against illegal settlers

in government lands and

char areas, referred to the

recent Chowkighat incident

under Jamuguri police out-

post in Sootea.

He said that as per the no-

tification of the high court, the

illegal settlers have been

evicted from the area. He said

he would urge the Sonitpur

district administration and the

Government of Assam to con-

duct an eviction drive against

illegal settlers on govern-

ment land in the district.

Urging the people to stand

united for the protection of

land of the indigenous people,

he said that the BJP govern-

ment was always in favour of

protection of land and prop-

erty of the indigenous people.

Hazarika was accompanied by

Sonitpur district BJP former

president Dr Birendra Ku-

mar Nath, local MLA Ganesh

Limbu and other leaders.

Tezpur MP Pallab Lochan

Das had also visited the area

to take stock of the situation.

The district administration

with Assam Police, CRPF and

army staged a flag march in

the area.

CORRESPONDENT

NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Aug 8: A

number of antique coins of immense

numismatic value and some antique

jewellery were recovered in an inte-

rior village in Lakhimpur district re-

cently. These were recovered when

two villagers were fishing on lowland

in a paddy field in Aamguri village in

Rongoti, near Dhalpur in Lakhimpur

district on Wednesday. One Nitul Di-

hingiya and Tulin Gogoi discovered

the coins made of silver and two ban-

gles of the same metal in Nimurijan.

The coins, 14 in number are in differ-

ent shapes and sizes with both Per-

sian and Devanagiri inscriptions. It is

widely believed that the coins may

belong to the 18th century Ahom

period in Assam and of Mughal India.

It may be mentioned that in No-

vember, 2019, similar antique octan-

gular coins belonging to the mid-18th

century era of Ahom King Swargadeo

Rajeshwar Singha (1751-1769) and

Antique coins, jewellery found in Lakhimpur village

some Mughal coins with Persian in-

scriptions were found in a paddy field

at Dhakuakhana, Lakhimpur.

Our Biswanath Chariali corre-

spondent adds: According to emi-

nent historian Dr Nityananda Gogoi,

four of the coins belonged to the era

of Ahom King Rajeswar Singha (from

1758 Shaka to 1767 Shaka) and the

languages encrypted on the coins are

Sanskrit and Persian. Five coins be-

longed to the era of Ahom King Lak-

shmi Singha’s reign in 1700 Shaka

and the language is Sanskrit. Anoth-

er two coins, larger in size, belonged

to the era of Jayantiya King Ram Sing-

ha dating back to 1630 Shaka.

The Ahom kings, counselors and

ministers used to wear such silver

bangles and this is for the first time

that such type of Jayantiya king’s

coins were recovered in North As-

sam, he added.

The coins are of one rupee, fifty

paisa (aadhali) and twenty five pai-

sa (shiki). The use of the Persian

language in the Ahom era coins

presents the business foresighted-

ness of the Ahom kings and the coins

were perhaps used in business trans-

actions with the Mughal Empire, Dr

Gogoi claimed.

Laheswari Mazumdar, a

widely respected lady of

greater Dhing area of Nagaon

district breathed her last on

July 30 following a

brief illness.

A pious lady, she

was associated with

several socio-reli-

gious organisations of

her area. ‘Simple Liv-

ing and High Think-

ing’ was her motto. An ideal

mother of seven children, La-

heswari Mazumdar proved

Laheswari Mazumdar:a tribute

her calibre as a successful

woman. She showed the path

of spiritualism to many chil-

dren of the area. She always

emphasised upon

teaching of morals to

children. She was

loved and respected

by all for her amiable

disposition. Today on

the day of her ad-

yashraddha, I pray to

the Almighty for the eternal

peace of her departed soul.

– Dalim Phukan

ANN SERVICE

GOSSAIGAON, Aug 8: Premananda Bar-

man, the Satradhikar of Govinda Bhavan

Geeta Satra of Bhowraguri, passed away on

August 7, while undergoing treatment at Fa-

khruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and

Hospital, Barpeta. He was 86.

He was a disciple of Swami Krishnananda

Brahma Chari, a preacher of the Vaishnavite

faith in north India. At the call of his guru,

Satradhikar Premananda Barman established

the Govinda Bhavan Geeta Satra at Barua-

para on his own land which he donated.

The Satradhikar began his life as a lower

primary school teacher at Rajadabri LP School

after his education at Kamalsing MV School.

Later, he worked at Bhowraguri LP School

from where he retired. He then wholeheart-

edly got engaged in the Satra.

Barman leaves behind his wife, three sons,

three daughters, and grandchildren.

Anurani Basumatary, retired headmistress

of Gossaigaon Girls’ High School, former EM

Satradhikar PremanandaBarman of Bhowraguri no more

Sabharam Basumatary, Birendra Chandra

Nath, retired headmaster of Chithila High

School, Gossaigaon Sakha Satra, Sahitya Sab-

ha, Kamamnath Club cum Library, AASU

Gossaigaon unit, Kalimandir committee,

Barowari Nat Mandir committee, Dinaband-

hu Ashram condoled the death.

CORRESPONDENT

GOALPARA, Aug 8: Ajag-

ar Social Circle, an NGO

based at Agia, Goalpara is im-

plementing a project ‘SU-

POSHAN’, supported by

IGSSS since April 1, 2019 for

improving the nutritional

status of malnourished chil-

dren and anaemic women in

Lakhipur development block.

The project has covered

five gaon panchayats (GP) –

Jayramkuchi, Dhamor, Juri-

gaon Bapurbhita, Pukhuri-

para and Dodan and has

reached out to about 2,500

households.

The main objective of the

project is to adopt a multi-

pronged strategy to im-

prove the socio-economic

conditions for delivering

health and nutrition inter-

vention among low-income

group of people consisting of

small and marginal farmers,

daily wage earners, fisher-

NGO working for malnourishedwomen and children at Lakhipur

men, piggery and poultry

farmers, weavers, etc.

Talking to this correspond-

ent, NGO secretary Ashok

Nath said the organisation is

working for the poorest and

most vulnerable people of

the area who lack access to

nutritious and safe food.

He said that to tackle the

problem of malnutrition by

improving the quality of diet

and healthy consumption

pattern in the targeted area,

100 kg of fish seed were re-

leased in the one-hectare

sized community pond of Ju-

rigaon Barmanpara of Juri-

gaon GP recently in the pres-

ence of Fishery development

officers, District Fishery Of-

fice, Goalpara Julfikar Ali and

Sofikur Rahman. The NGO

also distributed 6 kg winter

paddy seed per person in

Jayramkuchi and Jurigaon

Bapurbhita GPs.

Nath said that due to COV-

ID-19 lockdown restrictions

and floods, many lactating

and pregnant mothers and

children in the age group of

0-6 were unable to access

better quality nutritious food,

and so the project also helped

around 610 children with 1

kg suji, 300 gm kaccha bad-

am and 200 ml milk per child

and supported about 105 lac-

tating and 130 pregnant

mothers with 1 kg dalia and

500 gm moong dal for pro-

viding essential nutrients and

meeting the minimum die-

tary requirements.

Nath thanked all the gov-

ernment agencies on behalf

of the NGO including the

ICDS Lakhipur, BPHC La-

khipur, Fishery Dept., Agri-

culture Dept., Veterinary

Dept., PHE Dept., gaon pan-

chayats and other line depart-

ments for effectively collab-

orating with the NGOs after

seeing very positive devel-

opments in the nutrition sta-

tus in the area.

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

JORHAT, Aug 8: An agent

reportedly operating from a

two-wheeler dealer at AT

Road here allegedly siphoned

off money collected from

over 50 two-wheeler buyers

in the name of getting their

vehicles registered at the

District Transport Office.

A police source stated that

an investigation was initiat-

ed after complaints from peo-

ple who purchased two-

wheelers from that dealer

and who did not get their

Registration Certificates

from the DTO office. The

probe found that more than

50 customers were duped by

an agent identified as Naidu.

Most of the customers

used to apply for RC through

Naidu, who used to submit

the forms and documents at

the DTO.

Naidu, after charging a fee

from the customers, was

supposed to deposit the doc-

uments seeking allotment of

vehicle number and RC.

However, during the po-

lice probe, it has come to light

that 59 customers were not

handed over the RC and

number plates as the agent

reportedly did not apply for

the same at the DTO.

The source stated that

Naidu was arrested a few

days ago after a case under

several sections of the IPC

was registered in the Jorhat

PS following FIRs by a few

duped customers. Naidu was

later released on bail and in-

vestigation is on in the case.

Two-wheeler buyersduped in Jorhat

Shops allowedto open on bothsides in Jorhatfrom Aug 10

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

JORHAT, Aug 8: The

Jorhat district administration

has withdrawn the restriction

on business establishments

to open on one side of any

street on alternate days be-

tween Monday to Friday. An

order passed by the District

Magistrate stated from Au-

gust 10, all business estab-

lishments will be allowed to

open on both sides of the

roads from 7 am to 5 pm.

The shops will not be al-

lowed from August 13 if the

owners and employees did

not conduct the COVID-19

test. The order also spoke of

plying of vehicles (both com-

mercial and private). Vehi-

cles with registration num-

bers ending with odd digits

will be allowed on odd dates,

and those with numbers

ending with even digits will

be allowed on even dates.

THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020

STATE

SHORT TENDER NOTICESealed quotation affixing court fee stamp of Rs. 8.25/- (Rupees Eight and paise twenty five)

only is hereby invited by the Directorate of Fisheries, Assam from the registered Firms/ Contractors/

suppliers for need based refreshment as detailed below for various meeting, seminars, workshop

etc in the office of the undersigned or any other venue within Guwahati for the year 2020-21.

Quotations will be received up to 1.30 pm on 17-8-2020 and will be opened on the same day

at 2.00 pm in presence of quotationers or their authorized representatives. The undersigned

will reserve the right to accept or reject all quotation without assigning any reason thereof.

Anticipated item of expenditure are as follows:

1. LIGHT REFRESHMENT (shall include the following food items of good quality).

Group- A Group- B Group-C Group-D

1. Red Tea with 1. Milk Tea 1. Milk Tea 1. Milk Tea

4 Pcs Biscuits 2. 4 pcs Biscuits 2. Veg. sandwich/roll 2. Non veg. sandwich/roll

(salted/ sweet). (salted/sweet). 3. Sweet (Rasgolla 3. Sweet (Rasgolla or

3. Banana one pcs. or such other sweets) such other sweets)

4. Kasuri/Singra one pcs.

5. Egg (Boil)/ Kaju Barfi -

one pcs/ roasted kaju

2. VEGETARIAN PACKET LUNCH (containing the items like vegetable Fried rice Mattor Paneer,

Salad ) with good quality plastic spoon and Napkin.

3. NON VEGETARIAN PACKET LUNCH (containing the items like Polao, Mutton/chicken curry,

Rasgolla ) with good quality plastic spoon and Napkin.

4. MEAL (VEGETARIAN):

a. Plain rice. d. Salad/ Papad Pickles.

b. Dal. e. Brinjal/potato fry.

c. Mixed Vegetable sabji.

5. MEAL (NON-VEGETARIAN ):

Group- A Group- B Group-C

a. Plain rice. a. Plain rice. a. Plain rice.

b. Dal. b. Dal. b. Dal.

c. Chicken curry c. Mutton curry c. Fish curry

d. Brinjal/potato fry d. Brinjal/potato fry d. Brinjal/potato fry

e. Mixed vegetable sabji e. Mixed vegetable sabji e. Mixed vegetable sabji

f. Salad/ papad f. Salad/ papad f. Salad/ papad

6. Packaged drinking water bottle:

Capacity

a. 1 liter bottle

b. 500 ml bottle

c. 20 liter Jar (Jar with dispenser returnable)

Details may be seen at the undersigned office.

Sd/- Director of Fisheries,

Assam, GuwahatiJanasanyog/C/2892/20

No. 6PSC/Sty-6/2013- 2014(Vol.-I),

NOTICE INVITING QUOTATION

(TECHNICAL PART & FINANCIAL PART)Sealed quotations in two bid system affixing court fee stamp of Rs. 8.25

(Rupees eight and paisa twenty five) only are invited from experienced

firms/parties/Private Ltd. agencies for providing cleaning and maintenance

services for the office building & compound, drains, pathways and

passages of Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) located at

Jawaharnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 as indicated herein below.

Sealed quotations must be delivered to the Secretary, Assam Public

Service Commission, Jawaharnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 on or

before 2.00 P.M. on 28-08-2020 and the technical part will be opened on

the same day at 4.00 P.M. in the presence of the quotationers/tenderers

or their authorized persons, who wish to attend. The date of opening of

the financial bids will be communicated to the tenderers later on.

Firms who qualify for the financial bids will also have to make a

presentation on how they intend to execute the work.

The Secretary of the Commission reserves the right to accept or reject

any or all quotations without assigning any reasons thereof. Assam

Public Service Commission neither binds itself to accept the lowest rate

of quotations nor does it undertake to assign reasons for the decision

taken.

A. Technical part (bid):- Must be accompanied by the following.

1. Attested copy of up-to-date registration certificate/Authorization

certificate.

2. GST registration certificate and up-to-date GST clearance certificate.

3. Attested copy of up-to-date Service Tax clearance certificate.

4. Copy of PAN- Card.

5. Work experience certificate of work of similar nature alongwith

work order for last 5(five) years.

6. Balance sheet for last 3 years.

7. Valid license for labour.

8. List of Major client for similar activities, specifically Assam Govt.

9. Term and conditions of quotationer.

10. Detail bio-data of the man-power (should be IHM trained or equivalent)

individually with their consent letter. (Name, Age, Qualification,

Experience, Medical fitness certificate, Photograph etc.).

11. ISO certificate.

B . Financial part:- Rate of Man power (Including all taxes &

other expenses).

1. House keeping section.

2. Supervisor level.

For details of tender, may log on to www.apsc.nic.in

Sd/- Secretary

Assam Public Service Commission,

Jawaharnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-22.Janasanyog/C/2900/20

SHORT NOTICE RE-INVITING QUOTATIONSealed quotation affixing court fee of Rs. 8.25 (Rupees

Eight & twenty five paisa) only are hereby Re-invited for supply

of IT consumable Item (Computer accessories and Tonner

etc) to the office of undersigned for the current financial year

i.e 2020-21 and will be received upto 1.30 PM on dated 14th

August 2020. The quotations will be opened on the same day

at 2.00 pm. The quotationer or their authorized agents may be

present at the time of opening of quotations.

The Director of Fisheries reserves the right to accept or

reject any or all the quotations without assigning any reason

thereof.

The detailed list of items and the Terms and Conditions

may be collected from the office of the undersigned during

office hours of working days.

The rate and taxes payable should be indicated against

each item separately.Sd/- Director of Fisheries,

Janasanyog/C/2889/20 Assam, Guwahati

CORRESPONDENT

DOOMDOOMA, Aug 8: In

a sensational case, the body

of Bijen Deep Tanti, a local

journalist of a satellite news

channel and an owner of a

web portal from Tinsukia was

found dead inside the office

of his web portal situated at

Na-Pukhuri Jyoti Nagar of

Tinsukia town on Saturday

morning.

He was the local journalist

of the satellite news channel

News Time Assam from Tin-

sukia and owned a web portal

named Din Protidin North-

East.

According to reports, on

Saturday morning when one

of his colleagues had gone to

the office of Bijen’s web por-

tal, he found Tanti lying dead

inside. He immediately in-

formed the landlord of the

house who subsequently in-

formed the police.

The police, including senior

district officials, immediately

Rhino killed in KazirangaCORRESPONDENT

BISWANATH CHARIALI, Aug 8: One rhino was found

dead on Saturday at about 11 am in the north of Meteka Beel

under Gabrai anti-poaching camp in Kaziranga Range.

The rhino was an adult female and found killed due to gunshots.

Six rounds of empty cartridges of .303 rifle were recovered on

the spot. The horn of the rhino was taken away by the poachers.

According to information, the staff of Gabrai, Borbeel tow-

er and Kathanibari camp heard six rounds of gunshots at

about 3 pm on Friday following which an ambush was laid

down along the Brahamaputra riverbank during night. On

Saturday morning following the footprints of the poachers,

the carcass was recovered. One suspected poacher was de-

tained and investigation is on.

Patients create ruckusat Nagaon hospital

over treatment, foodA CORRESPONDENT

NAGAON, Aug 8: All the patients created ruckus in

Nagaon Swahid Bhugeswari Phookonani Civil Hospital fol-

lowing an alleged ill behaviour of an on-duty ‘COVID war-

rior’, a physician, with COVID patients on Friday midnight.

According to sources, the hospital authorities did not

supply dinner to the patients till Friday midnight for which

the patients went on rampage and quizzed the hospital

authorities for it. In response to their queries, a section of

employees, including physicians of the hospital, went ahead

and threatened all of them.

Meanwhile, one Asha worker, identified as Anjali Bora

who was also undergoing treatment after being infected with

the virus in the hospital also alleged that the COVID patients

were getting less facilities in the hospital. The food are be-

low the standard and are not fit for the patients, she added.

Besides, one police constable of Nagaon police reserve

colony, died on Friday evening in Guwahati after being

infected with the virus.

The police constable has been identified as Lakheswar

Hazarika. The family of the deceased constable alleged

that the authorities of Nagaon Civil Hospital allegedly sup-

plied no medicine and didn’t take adequate care when he

was undergoing treatment in the hospital.

Moreover, the hospital authorities did not inform the

family members of the constable about his shifting to

Guwahati Dental Hospital-based COVID Care Centre.

Sources claimed here that 149 more persons tested

positive for the COVID-19 on Saturday, taking the total

number of positive cases in the district to 3,280. All these

new positive cases have been detected through rapid an-

tigen test, sources added.

Two more die of COVIDin Tinsukia district

CORRESPONDENT

DOOMDOOMA, Aug 8: With the death of two more

COVID-19 positive patients on Saturday, the total number

of deaths due to the virus in Tinsukia district jumped to 26.

The DIPRO, Tinsukia, said that one Narayan Chandra Deka

(54) from Raidang Tea Estate of Doomdooma and Dulu Paul

(50) from Hijuguri of Tinsukia town died on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 infected persons

in the district rose to 2816 as 137 new cases were detect-

ed in various parts of the district in the last 48 hours.

Positive cases rise to734 in Dhemaji district

ANN SERVICE

DHEMAJI, Aug 8: The total number of COVID-19 positive

cases in Dhemaji district rose to 734 with 40 more testing

positive for the virus on Saturday, official sources said.

As informed by Dr Krishna Kemprai, Joint Director of

Health Services of Dhemaji district, none of the persons

who have been tested positive for the COVID-19 on Sat-

urday have any travel history and hence, all of them have

been suspected to be infected with coronavirus through

community transmission.

Dr Kemprai also informed that 449 cases out of the total

734 positive cases have already been discharged till date and

now 285 COVID-19 patients are being kept in three hospi-

tals and two other camps in the districts under treatment.

96 test positive in JorhatSTAFF CORRESPONDENT

JORHAT, Aug 8: As many as 96 persons tested positive

for the COVID-19 in Jorhat district on Saturday, taking

the total number of positive cases to 2,764 in the district.

Jorhat Deputy Commissioner Roshni A Korati said on

Saturday evening that all the 96 positive cases were with-

out travel history and 15 were from Jorhat town.

The total number of active cases in the district on Sat-

urday was 1,296, the Deputy Commissioner added.

Killing of Tinsukia-basedjournalist condemned

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

DIBRUGARH, Aug 8: The Sangbadik

Suraksha Mancha, Assam, condemned the

alleged killing of Tinsukia-based journalist

Bijen Deep Tanti.

The journalists’ body, while condemning

the gruesome killing, demanded an inves-

tigation into the case by the CBI. The or-

ganisation has urged the State government to engage the

Central Investigative Agency to identify the killers. The per-

petrators of the crime must be punished severely, said Jyo-

tish Kumar Patir, general secretary of the Mancha.

The members of the journalists’ body, who wore black

badges to mark the protest on Saturday, also demanded

adequate compensation to the next of kin of the deceased

besides rehabilitation for the bereaved family members.

Meanwhile, the district unit of the Assam Tea Tribes Stu-

dents’ Association (ATTSA) here also condemned the killing.

ATTSA leader Lakhindra Kurmi said that State government

must institute a high level inquiry to identify the murderers. 3 rescue boats donatedto Golaghat admin

GUWAHATI, Aug 8: Three mechanised inflatable rescue

boats were donated by NRL to Golaghat district administra-

tion on Saturday.

The boats were formally handed over to Additional Dep-

uty Commissioner of Golaghat Lakhimi Dutta for use in re-

lief and rescue work during floods.

The 4.7 metre size boats with a capacity of 12 persons are

equipped with life jackets and life buoys. Priced at approximate-

ly Rs 5 lakh, each boat is powered by Mercury 25 HP 2 stroke

engine. The boats which have been tested in the presence of

State Disaster Response Force and Fire Station, Golaghat, are

expected to be an asset in the ongoing flood relief and rescue

operations in Golaghat district. – City Correspondent

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

SILCHAR, Aug 8: In the back-

drop of rising complaints of mis-

management at the COVID

Care Centre, Cachar Deputy

Commissioner Keerthi Jalli vis-

ited the COVID Care Centre at

a private school here on Satur-

day to take stock of the arrange-

ments and health condition of

the inmates therein.

Jalli, who went inside the

COVID Care Centre wearing

PPE kit, directed the officials

to provide necessary treat-

ment and other facilities to the

patients.

“Cleanliness and hygiene

should be maintained at the

COVID Care Centre. Care

should be taken for the provi-

sion of good food for the pa-

tients. Necessary facilities

should also be provided to the

doctors and nurses deputed at

the care centre,” Jalli told the

administration officials.

Jalli also eulogised and en-

couraged the doctors, nurses

and swachata mitras stationed

56 cattlerecovered, 3

apprehended inDhubri dist

CORRESPONDENT

DHUBRI, Aug 8: In a joint

operation by Dhubri police and

South Salmara Mancachar po-

lice late on Friday night, as

many as 56 cattle were seized.

As many as 44 cattle were

seized from a boat and appre-

hended three suspected cattle

smugglers, identified as Mozi-

bar Rahman, Habiluddin and

Ashad Ali, all hailing from Po-

rarchar under South Salmara

Police Station. On being chased,

another boat carrying cattle de-

liberately dropped them to the

river water near Bolderalga

Char under South Salmara Po-

lice Station, police said.

Total 12 numbers of cattle

were recovered from the river

water and but the accused per-

sons managed to escape the spot.

Meanwhile, in another opera-

tion, Dhubri police seized Rs 6

lakh and three bank passbooks

from the house of one Eunus Ali,

suspected to be involved in the

cattle smuggling cases. Howev-

er, Ali managed to escape when

police raided his house.

30 kg cannabisseized, two held

CORRESPONDENT

MANGALDAI, Aug 8: A

police team from Mangaldai

Sadar Police Station on Satur-

day seized a consignment of

cannabis from a Guwahati-

bound DI van and arrested two

persons in this connection.

Officer in charge of Mangaldai

Police Station, Inspector Dina-

bandhu Bhuyan, while talking

to media, said that under the

instruction of Superintendent

of Police, Darrang, Amrit Bhuy-

an, a checking of goods carriage

vehicles was conducted where

the said cannabis weighing

around 30 kg was recovered

hidden inside an additionally fit-

ted chamber of the van with the

registration number AS01HC

8324 moving from Tezpur to

Guwahati direction.

Both the passengers of the

vehicle, identified as Kamrul and

Khairul and residents of the

Batatdraba area in Nagaon dis-

trict, were arrested. The police

also suspected the involvement

of an gang in this organised crime

and hinted at necessary investi-

gation in this connection.

Webinar heldGUWAHATI, Aug 8: The

Department of Hindi, Lanka

Mahavidyalaya, in association

with Internal Quality Assur-

ance Cell of the college recent-

ly organised a national-level

webinar on ‘Uttarpurv Bharat

Mein Bhakti Andolan Ka Vi-

kash Avam Vistar’.

Prof Dilip Kumar Medhi from

Department of Hindi of Gauhati

University and Dr Achyut Sar-

ma graced the webinar as re-

source persons. More than 300

research scholars, academicians,

faculties and students of various

colleges and universities of the

country took part in the webi-

nar. – Staff Reporter

CORRESPONDENT

TEZPUR, Aug 8: At a time

when the government has till

date introduced a number of

schemes for the uplift of the Ed-

ucation sector, including free ad-

mission to the BPL and middle

class family students, provincial-

isation of non-provincialised

schools and colleges, introduction

of new departments in a number

of colleges in the State, etc., the

faculty members of the Depart-

ment of Commerce of Tezpur

College have expressed their to-

tal annoyance over its apathy to-

wards their long-pending issue

of non-provincialisation of their

department that has indirectly

affected the student community.

It is to be mentioned here that

the Tezpur College was estab-

lished in 1965 with a single fac-

ulty of Arts. The Faculty of Com-

merce was established in the

year 2007 following a GB reso-

lution passed in 2005. One of the

faculty members of the depart-

ment, said that the Faculty of

Commerce has been function-

ing effectively from the session

2007-2008 with increasing en-

Journalist found dead in Tinsukiarushed to the spot and started

an investigation in this connec-

tion. After examining the pri-

ma facie, the police suspected

that he was murdered. Further

investigation is on.

The young journalist who

was in his thirties leaves be-

hind his wife, a son and a new

born daughter besides a host

of relatives.

The murder of the young

journalist was widely con-

demned in Tinsukia district.

Tinsukia District Journalists

Association, Tinsukia Dis-

trict Committee of APCU,

vice president of Assam Un-

ion of Working Journalists

(South-East Zone) Kamal

Talukder, Doomdooma

MLA Durga Bhumij, Tinsu-

kia, Doomdooma, Digboi and

Saikhowa Press Clubs and

Tinsukia E-Media Forum

condemned the brutal mur-

der of the young journalist

and demanded a proper en-

quiry into the incident and

immediate arrest of the cul-

prits involved in it.

These organisations and in-

dividuals also demanded the

government to provide com-

pensation to the family of the

journalist.

The carcass of a rhino that was killed by poachers, atKhora range in Kaziranga on Saturday. – UB Photos

Cachar DC visitsCOVID Care Centre,

meets inmatesat the centre for being in the

forefront in the fight against

the COVID-19.

On the other hand, the Dep-

uty Commissioner sought co-

hesive efforts and cooperation

from the people and all others

engaged in the fight against

COVID-19. It may be men-

tioned that at a time when COV-

ID-19 positive cases are esca-

lating at brisk pace across the

district, the administration and

health department has acceler-

ated the Rapid Antigen tests and

opened various screening cen-

tres through the district urging

people to step up voluntarily for

undergoing the tests.

Meanwhile, a release issued

from the office of the DDIPRO

stated that while around 2,115

tests were conducted under

rapid antigen test on Friday

alone, District Media Expert

Suman Choudhury said that

158 persons have tested

COVID-19 positive till 6:30 pm

on Saturday. As many as 2,124

rapid antigen tests were done

on Saturday, he added.

Concern over govt apathy towardsCommerce dept, Tezpur College

rolment with each passing year.

“Currently the Faculty of Com-

merce has a student-strength of

around 1100. However, it is a

matter of grave concern that the

students and their guardians are

deprived of the government

scheme of free admission as this

stream is not yet provincialised.

If this stream was provincialised,

a large number of students be-

longing to lower middle class

and BPL families would have

been relieved from paying huge

amount of admission and exam-

ination fees.”

The teacher added that be-

cause of the high admission fees,

the financially weak students

are compelled to take up part-

time jobs due to which their

attendance and studies are

hampered. Students from

nearby places like Rangapara,

Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Aru-

nachal Pradesh, Darrang,

Udalguri, Nagaon, Jorhat, Gola-

ghat etc., throng Tezpur Col-

lege every year even though

there are colleges offering free

admissions in those areas.

Tezpur has only one Govern-

ment College offering Com-

merce i.e., Darrang College.

The increasing inrolment in

Tezpur College shows the high

demand for a second govern-

ment commerce institution at

Tezpur. However, the govern-

ment is turning a blind eye to-

wards this prestigious institute.

As the free admission scheme

is not applicable in this College

for the department of Com-

merce, this year the enrolment

into this stream was very less

with only 239 students for the

academic session 2020-2021.

Describing how dedicatedly

they serve the department, the

faculty member also men-

tioned that the teachers of this

department are very poorly

paid despite their full dedica-

tion. “It is such a massive dis-

parity that some teachers earn

lakhs of rupees monthly, while

there are other teachers who

do not even earn Rs 10,000 per

month, after putting in equal

effort,” the member said and

urged the government to take

up their issue seriously as it will

reflect on the overall develop-

ment of the department and the

students as well.

Paddy seedlings being distributed to flood-affected persons in Nowbosia constituency ofLakhimpur on Saturday. – UB Photos


Sl. Gr. Name of Work No. of Category Tender District Bid Security Bid Tender Last date Date of Time of Eligibility of

No. No. School Value (in Rs.) Security Cost of receiving opening completion Tenderer vide

(in Rs.) drawn in (in Rs.) Tender of Tender Govt. Order

favour of Documents Documents No. DASR.

at at 132/2018/2,

14.00 hrs. 11.00 hrs dtd. 20.7.2018

1 TG-01 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Kamrup 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (M) (for General) Guwahati (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Amchang T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months

(for reserved Division-II,

Category) Dispur

2 TG-02 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Udalguri 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Udalguri (ten) (A & B)

in Assam at 2,10,778.00 (R&B) months

i) Bhootiachang T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Paneri T.E. Category) Udalguri

3 TG-03 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Udalguri 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Udalguri (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Ambika T.E. 1,05,449.00 (R&B) months

(for reserved Division,

Category) Udalguri

4 TG-04 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Udalguri 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Udalguri (ten) (A & B)

in Assam at 2,10,778.00 (R&B) months

i) Beteli T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Dhansiri T.E. Category) Udalguri

5 TG-05 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,16,590.00 Karimganj 6,32,332.00 E.E. PWD, 9,485.00 04-09-2020 05.09.2020 12 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Silchar (twelve) (A & B)

in Assam at 3,16,166.00 Building months

i) Pathini T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Sephinjuribheel T.E. Category) Silchar

iii) Bubrighat T.E.

6 TG-06 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Karimganj 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Silchar (ten) (A & B)


i) Dullavchera T.E. (for reserved Division,

at Damcher Category) Silchar

ii) Goombhira T.E.

7 TG-07 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Hailakandi 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I



i) Lakhinagar T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Koya T.E Category) Silchar

8 TG-08 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Cachar 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I



i) Borjalinga T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Haticherra T.E Category) Silchar

9 TG-09 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Cachar 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Silchar (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Monierkhal T.E 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Silchar

10 TG-10 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Cachar 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Silchar (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Itachora T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Silchar

11 TG-11 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Dhubri 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dhubri (ten) (A & B)


i) Chaibari T.E. (Bilasipara East) (for reserved Division,

ii) Chapar T.E. Category) Dhubri

12 TG-12 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Biswanath 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dhubri (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Hatinga T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Dhubri

13 TG-13 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Dhemaji 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) North (ten) (A & B)

in Assam at 2,10,778.00 Lakhimpur months

i) Madhupur T.E. (for reserved Building

ii) Ananda T.E. (Chouldhowa) Category) Division,

Lakhimpur

14 TG-14 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Lakhimpur 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) North (ten) (A & B)

in Assam at 2,10,778.00 Lakhimpur months

i) Dijoo T.E. (for reserved Building

ii) Siajuli T.E Category) Division,

Lakhimpur

15 TG-15 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,16,590.00 Sonitpur 6,32,332.00 E.E. PWD, 9,485.00 04-09-2020 05.09.2020 12 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Tezpur (twelve) (A & B)


i) Tulip T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Dhekiajuli T.E. Category) Tezpur

iii) Sonajuli T.E.

16 TG-16 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Sonitpur 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Tezpur (ten) (A & B)


i) Naharani T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Thakurbari TE Category) Tezpur

17 TG-17 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Sonitpur 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Tezpur (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Rupajuli T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Tezpur




i) Dibrudarrang T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Panbari T.E. Category) Tezpur

19 TG-19 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,16,590.00 Sonitpur 6,32,332.00 E.E. PWD, 9,485.00 04-09-2020 05.09.2020 12 Class-I



i) Sonabeel T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Adabari T.E. Category) Tezpur

iii) Phulbari TE




i) Tezpur & Gogora T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Narayanpur T.E. Calegory) Tezpur

21 TG-21 Construction of Model High I I 1,05,44,863.00 Darrang 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Tezpur (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Tongani T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months

(Mangaldoi) (for reserved Division,

Category) Tezpur

22 TG-22 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,16,590.00 Biswanath 6,32,332.00 E.E. PWD, 9,485.00 04-09-2020 05.09.2020 12 Class-I



i) Jingia T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Ketla T.E. Category) Tezpur

iii) Sakomatha T.E.

23 TG-23 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Biswanath 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I



i) Pertabgarh T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Pabhoi T.E. Category) Tezpur

24 TG-24 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Biswanath 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Tczpur (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Halem T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Tezpur

25 TG-25 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Biswanath 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Tczpur (ten) (A & B)


i) Brahmajan T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Naya Gogora T.E. Category) Tezpur

26 TG-26 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Karbi 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas Anglong (for General) Diphu (ten) (A & B)


i) Lahorijan T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Ulukhuwa T.E. Category) Diphu.

PRESS NOTICENo. BN/13/2020/21 Dated Guwahati the 7th August, 2020

The Chief Engineer, P.W.D. (Building), Assam, on behalf of the Governor of Assam invites fresh bids for the following works from eligible registered contractors of under P.W.D. (Building), Assam, having experience of similar nature of work.

Details of the bid may be seen at e-procurement portal website i.e. www.assamtenders.gov.in and also in the office of the undersigned during office hours from 12-08-2020 (11.00 AM) to 02-09-2020 (2.00 PM) for Category-I, 13-08-2020 (11.00 AM) to 03-09-2020 (2.00

PM) for Category-II & 14-08-2020 (11.00 AM) to 04-09-2020 (2.00 PM) for Category-III. Tender documents can be downloaded online w.e.f. 12-08-2020 (11.00 AM) for Category-I, 13-08-2020 (11.00 AM) for Category-II & 14-08-2020 (11.00 AM) for Category-III.

The bidders must be enrolled in www.assamtenders.gov.in.

27 TG-27 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Jorhat 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Jorhat (ten) (A & B)


i) Nagnijan T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Bosabari T.E Category) Jorhat

28 TG-28 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,16,590.00 Golaghat 6,32,332.00 E.E. PWD, 9,485.00 04-09-2020 05.09.2020 12 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Jorhat (twelve) (A & B)


i) Bholokiting T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) HarooCharai T.E. Category) Jorhat

iii) Souakhat




i) Dhokhin Hengera T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Chokiting Chan Mazdur Category) Jorhat

New LPS

iii) Pabhajan T.E




i) Bukhial T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Behora T.E Category) Jorhat

iii) Hathikhuli T.E.




i) Rajoi T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Kathalguri T.E. Category) Jorhat




i) Moormuria (CinnamaraT.E.) (for reserved Division,

ii) Hatigarh T.E. Category) Jorhat

33 TG-33 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Charaideo 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Sivasagar (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Naharhabi T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Sivasagar

34 TG-34 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Charaideo 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Sivasagar (ten) (A & B)


i) Bamun Pukhuri T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Khumtai T.E. Category) Sivasagar

35 TG-35 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,16,590.00 Charaideo 6,32,332.00 E.E. PWD, 9,485.00 04-09-2020 05.09.2020 12 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Sivasagar (twelve) (A & B)


i) Mekipur T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Towkak T.E Category) Sivasagar

iii) Borhat T.E.

36 TG-36 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Sivasagar 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I


Assam at Khangia T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Sivasagar



in Assam at Rajmai T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Sivasagar



in Assam at Amguri T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Sivasagar

39 TG-39 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Nagaon 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Nagaon (ten) (A & B)


i) Keldin T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Dijubheli T.E. Category) Nagaon

40 TG-40 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Nagaon 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Nagaon (ten) (A & B)


i) Purnasalona T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Sagunbari T.E. Category) Nagaon

41 TG-41 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Morigaon 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Nagaon (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Gopal 1,05,449.00 Building months

Krishna T.E. (for reserved Division,

Category) Nagaon

42 TG-42 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,863.00 Tinsukia 2,10,897.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 02-09-2020 03-09-2020 8 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (eight) (A, B & C)

in Assam at Dhelakhat T.E 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Dibrugarh

43 TG-43 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Tinsukia 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (ten) (A & B)


i) Tara T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Doedham T.E Category) Dibrugarh




i) Margherita T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Pengeree T.E Category) Dibrugarh

45 TG-45 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,16,590.00 Tinsukia 6,32,332.00 E.E. PWD, 9,485.00 04-09-2020 05.09.2020 12 Class-I

School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (twelve) (A & B)


i) Laina T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Sankar T.E Category) Dibrugarh

iii) Tippuk T.E




i) Rongagorah T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Deamolie T.E Category) Dibrugarh

iii) Bozaloni T.E




i) Samdang T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Hapjan T.E Category) Dibrugarh

iii) Powai T.E




i) Balijan T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Bordubi T.E. Category) Dibrugarh



in Assam at Hatimara T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Dibrugarh



in Assam at Hansara T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Dibrugarh



in Assam at Sabitri T.E 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Dibrugarh




i) Deohal T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Dangri T.E. Category) Dibrugarh

iii) Kuinsang T.E.

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in Assam at Kehyung T.E 1,05,449.00 Building months


Category) Dibrugarh

54 TG-54 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Dibrugarh 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I



i) Pithaguti T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Sepon T.E. Category) Dibrugarh

55 TG -55 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,16,590.00 Dibrugarh 6,32,332.00 E.E. PWD, 9,485.00 04-09-2020 05.09.2020 12 Class-I



i) Dikhari T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Tiloijaan T.E Category) Dibrugarh

iii) Jamirah T.E




i) Jalan T.E at Hiloidhari (for reserved Division,

ii) Maijan T.E Category) Dibrugarh

iii) Makulbari T.E

57 TG -57 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Dibrugarh 4,21,555.00 E.E. PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I



i) Namsang T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Dilli T.E. Category) Dibrugarb.




i) Halmari T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Nilmoni T.E Category) Dibrugarh




i) Tarajan T.E (for reserved Division,

ii) Dirial T.E Category) Dibrugarh

iii) Teenali T.E.

60 TG -60 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,77,727.00 Dibrugarh 4,21,555.00 E.E.PWD, 6,323.00 03-09-2020 04.09.2020 10 Class-I



i) Nahartoli T.E. (forreserved Division,

ii) Sialkathi T.E. Category) Dibrugarh




i) Chabua T.E. (for reserved Division,

ii) Lengrai T.E. Category) Dibrugarh

Sd/- Chief Engineer, P.W.D., (Building) Assam

Chandmari, Guwahati-3

NOTE.

1. Pre-bid meeting: Date & Time: 11:00 hrs. of 19-08-2020.

Venue: Office of the Chief Engineer, P.W.D.(Bldg), Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3

2. Online mode of submission for both Technical and Financial Bid is mandatory.

3. A hard copy of the technical bid submitted online is also to be submitted at the office chamber of the undersigned on or before 02.09.2020 up to 2:00 pm for Category-I, 03.09.2020 up to

2:00 pm for Category-II & 04.09.2020 up to 2:00 pm for Category-III for evaluation purpose. For any discrepancy between the online bid and the hard copy of the bid, the online bid will govern

and will be considered for evaluation.

4. Along with the hard copy of the technical bid, the following documents (in Original) must also be submitted on or before 02.09.2020 up to 2:00 pm for Category-I, 03.09.2020 up to 2:00

pm for Category-II & 04.09.2020 up to 2:00 pm for Category-III.

a. Original Power of Attorney for signing the BID, if any.

b. Bid Security in the form of Original TD R/ FDR/ Bank Guarantee from a Nationalised/ Scheduled Bank.

c. Original DD/ Banker’s Cheque of the specified amount against the works should be in favour of “Assam State Road Board Maintenance (Roads) Fund” A/C No.-10566991479 of S.B.I,

New Guwahati Branch of Branch Code No. 00221 towards cost of Bid document for the job. .

5. Bidders are advised to scan their Technical Papers at a resolution of 100 dpi (in Black & White mode) in “.pdf format for multiple pages with maximum file size of 25 MB. If the file size

exceeds 25 MB, the bidders are advised to create multiple files and upload the same in “Upload Additional Document” stage.

6. In the event of date of bid opening being a holiday, the activities will take place on the next working day.

7. All the interested bidders are requested to read the bid document carefully before submission of their bid.

8. The estimated amount (Tender amount) may vary and the Tender amount uploaded in the Detailed NIT shall be treated as final.

9. The Bidders are advised to visit the construction sites prior to submission of Bids in consultation with respective Executive Engineers.

10. The Govt. Assam Advisories/Notifications regarding COVID-19 for Construction Sites are to be followed

Sd/- Chief Engineer, P.W.D., (Building) Assam

Chandmari, Guwahati-3

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Janasanyog/C/2909/20

THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Customers interact with a salesperson at a jewellery store, as gold prices continue to surgeduring the lockdown, in Thane district on Saturday. – PTI

NEW DELHI, Aug 8: Theworld is looking for trustedpartners where there is ruleof law, transparency in sys-tems, strong judiciary anddemocratic traditions, and In-dia can become a key player inglobal supply chains as it pro-vides all of these, Commerceand Industry Minister PiyushGoyal said today.

He said India has to engagewith the world with competi-tive prices, high-quality prod-ucts, large-scale economies ofmanufacturing, high productivi-ty levels, but “not on the crutch-es” of government subsidies.

The world is “looking fortrusted partners... who have arule of law, who have transpar-ency in the system, who have acourt of appeal, which have vi-brant media, strong judiciaryand democratic traditions.These are the type of partnersthe world is looking for and In-dia provides all of these and canbecome a trusted partner in

Goyal says India can becometrusted global player

global supply chains,” the min-ister said in a CII webinar.

Talking about the perform-ance of the country’s exports,Goyal said the current num-bers of outbound shipmentsare reflecting signs of signifi-cant improvement.

He said exports last monthreached about 91 per cent lev-el as compared to July 2019.

“In fact, in thelast 10 days ofAugust, we are at over 95 percent export level. If you re-move oil-based and gem andjewellery exports, we haveactually grown in July and inthe last 10 days of July, we havegrown by above 10 per centand I think that should be mu-sic to ears for all the analystswho are worried about wheth-er it will be ‘U’-shaped or a‘V’-shaped recovery.

“But at the same time, wecannot rest on our laurels. Thisis a short-term phenomenon,we all need to work harder to

institutionalise this,” he added.The minister also said that

for the last 11 days, Indian rail-ways have been running thefreight trains at twice thespeed of what they were run-ning one year ago.

“So from about 23 km/hr,freight trains today are runningat 46 km/hr,” he said, adding,for the first time in the history

of Indian Rail-ways, rather than

industry coming to Railwaysand pleading that their mate-rial be given priority, todayRailway is reaching out to in-dustry to get more freight.

In the last 11 days, the min-ister said, Indian Railways hasmoved 4 per cent more freightthan they did in the same 11days of 2019.

Goyal also said many peo-ple wondered earlier why In-dia had imposed restrictionson export of medicines.

He said the restrictionswere never meant to stop sup-

ply of medicines, they wererather imposed to ensure anequitable distribution acrossthe globe, otherwise in theperiod of crisis, a few nationswould have cornered all theavailable pharmacy and medi-cal stocks and the poor, and lessrich countries would have re-mained deprived of adequatemedicines.

Further, he said that “whenwe talk of a strong India, weare talking of India where ‘S’stands for ‘sabka saath, sabkavikas, aur sabka vishwas’ , ‘T’is for total focus on goal of aself-reliant India, ‘R’ - resilientIndia, ‘O’ for opening up our-selves to new horizons, ‘N’stands for nationalism and ‘G’stands for gearing up for a bet-ter tomorrow.”

Speaking in a separate webi-nar, Goyal said the governmentis working towards using thecurrent crisis to strengthen theeconomy and make India a self-reliant country. – PTI

Supply chains

Irani asks bigbrands to

source directlyfrom weaversNEW DELHI, Aug 8: Union

Minister Smriti Irani has calledupon big commercial brandslike BIBA and Arvind Mills tosource cloth directly from theweavers, a move that will helpprovide remunerative prices tothem by eliminating middle-men engaged in the process.

“We are appealing to peo-ple in the commercial seg-ment, big brands such asBIBA, Arvind to come togeth-er with the weavers andsource their cloth directlyfrom the weavers, therebybringing about a synergy thatwas long absent,” she said.

The Minister for Textilesand Women and Child Devel-opment made the remarks in avirtual interaction with Sadh-guru, Founder, Isha Foundation.

The conversation centeredaround breathing new life intoIndia’s textile industry and re-versing the fortunes of indige-nous weavers. The conversa-tion, a part of the ‘In Conver-sation with the Mystic’ series,was webcast live on August 7to mark the National Hand-loom Day.

Last year, Sadhguru launched‘Save the Weave’, a campaignto revive and popularise India’sancient weaves.

During the interaction,Sadhguru spoke about theneed to encourage the Indiantextile industry by introduc-ing handloom products inschools, tourism circuits andaviation industry.

He also pitched for schooluniforms to be made fromhandmade weaves.

It is a crime to wrap a childin a polyfibre. You do that todead fish, not to living children.Especially a child’s body is veryvulnerable to this – both theirphysical and psychologicalwell-being is impacted by poly-fibre entering into their sys-tem,” Sadhguru said. – PTI

NEW DELHI, Aug 8: To boost ‘self-reliant India’ endeavour, Union MinisterNitin Gadkari today urged the industryto identify the sectors heavily reliant onimports, particularly from China, and lookfor substitutes towards indigenous pro-duction to make India a super power.

Asserting that a case study is in the off-ing based on three years of imports andexports, Gadkari said China’s 70 per centof exports pertained to ten sectors thatincluded electrical machinery and equip-ment accounting for 26.09 per cent of itsexports worth $671 billion and machineryincluding computers grabbing 10.70 percent of its exports worth $417 billion.

Road Transport, Highways and MSMEMinister Gadkari while addressing a CIIevent, ‘India@75 Summit - Mission 2022’,urged the industry to look beyond metrop-olises and developed cities to lay a network

Identify sectors to boost exports, makeIndia ‘self-reliant’: Gadkari to industry

of industries and ventures in rural, far-flungand tribal areas which never got attention.

“It pains me that 90 per cent of thefocus of industry bodies is on major in-dustries in big cities and metropolises.There is seldom any focus on rural, tribaland remote areas. There is a need tochange it... Advance sector-wise planningis the need of the hour to make India asuper power,” Gadkari said.

“China’s 70 per cent of exports are from10 sectors,” Gadkari said and urged CII toidentify what was imported in India and howcan that be replaced with indigenous pro-duction for ‘self-reliance’ while assuring allgovernment support in this initiative.

He said of the China’s exports of ma-chinery and equipment, furniture and re-lated things accounted for $100 billion, plas-tic products ($84 billion), vehicles ($74.40billion) and clothings ($66.80 billion).

“CII should identify sectors to boostexports and reduce imports. In some are-as we will have to increase import duty toencourage Indian manufacturers,” he said.

Assuring all possible help to the indus-try for making rural and tribal areas theirhub, the minister said a wide network ofhighways, railways and waterways wasbound to bring down logistics cost.

He also said that a host of initiativesincluding redefining the definition ofMSMEs will yield rich dividends.

The minister informed that the gov-ernment is working on a scheme for in-clusion of smallest units under the MSMEambit and providing for their micro-fi-nancial requirements.

He also stressed the need for upgrada-tion of technology by industry players andurged them to explore joint ventures tobring in foreign low-cost capital. – PTI

NEW DELHI, Aug 8: TheFinance Ministry today said 15proposals worth Rs 6,399crore of stressed NBFCs andHFCs have been sanctionedunder the special liquidityscheme announced as part ofthe Rs 20.97-lakh-crore ‘Aat-manirbhar Bharat’ package.

The scheme launched on July1 permits both primary andsecondary market purchases ofdebt and seeks to address theshort-term liquidity issues ofnon-banking financial compa-nies (NBFCs) and housing fi-nance companies (HFCs).

“The Special LiquidityScheme (SLS) of Rs 30,000crore was announced as a partof the #AatmanirbharBharatpackage with an aim to im-prove the liquidity position ofNBFCs and HFCs,” FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamansaid in a tweet.

Sharing implementation sta-tus update of the scheme, she

15 proposals of stressed NBFCs,HFCs worth Rs 6,399 cr sanctioned

said 15 proposals with a total sanc-tioned amount of Rs 6,399 crorehave been cleared as on August7 while 37 more applicationsseeking financing of up to Rs11,037 crore are under process.

NBFCs and HFCs came un-der stress following a seriesof defaults by IL&FS Groupfirms in September 2018.

Any NBFC including micro-finance institutions registered

with RBI under the RBI Act,1934 (excluding those regis-tered as Core InvestmentCompanies) and any HFC reg-istered with the National Hous-ing Bank under the NationalHousing Bank Act, 1987 whichis complying with certain spec-ified conditions, are eligible toraise funding from this facility.

The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has provided funds forthe scheme by subscribing to

government-guaranteed spe-cial securities issued by a trustset up by SBI Capital MarketsLtd (SBICAP).

The scheme is being imple-mented by SLS Trust, the SPVset up by SBICAP.

The special liquidityscheme is open for threemonths for making subscrip-tions by the Trust.

Under the scheme, the gov-ernment will provide an un-conditional and irrevocableguarantee to the special secu-rities issued by the Trust.

The instruments will becommercial papers and non-convertible debentures with aresidual maturity of not morethan three months and ratedas investment grade.

Therefore, those marketparticipants who are looking toexit their standard investmentswith a residual maturity of 90days may also approach theSLS Trust. – PTI

Special liquidityscheme

Tata Motors rolls out health& hygiene accessories

NEW DELHI, Aug 8: Thegovernment on Friday an-nounced a list of 24 top mobileapps developed by Indian en-trepreneurs under the Aat-manirbhar Bharat App Innova-tion Challenge.

The initiative was launchedby Prime Minister NarendraModi to reduce dependency onforeign apps.

The app challenge waslaunched on the Innovate plat-form of MyGov, the citizenengagement platform of thegovernment, and received asmany as 6,940 entries fromtech entrepreneurs and start-ups across the country in ninecategories – business, e-learning, entertainment,games, health, news, officeand work from home, othersand social.

“Interesting and innovativeapps were received in all cate-gories and the jury after thepresentations identified 24apps to be rewarded with priz-es. Another 20 apps wereidentified for special mentionwhich have a great potential inbeing apps for the future,”

Govt announces winners ofAatmanirbhar Bharat app contest

MyGov said in a statement.The contest was started af-

ter the government banned 59Chinese apps, which includedsome widely used platformslike TikTok, Helo, UC Brows-er, Likee and ShareIt.

Chingari app won the con-test in the social app category.It was followed by YourQuoteand Koo.

CaptionPlus was declaredthe winner in the entertain-ment category, fake newschecking app Logically in thenews category, Hitwicket ingames, Zoho Workplace andCliq in office, stepsetgo inhealth, disprz in e-learning,Zoho Invoice, Books & Ex-pense in business and Map-myIndia in other category.

The winner in each of thecategories will get Rs 20 lakhin prize money, the first run-ner-up Rs 15 lakh and secondrunner-up will get Rs 10 lakh.

“The jury also made a men-tion that there are many oth-er apps who are at variousstages of development andthey will also compete withthe award winning apps in the

near future. Accordingly, itwas suggested to have a poli-cy to have such challenges ona regular basis to constantlyupdate the leader boards,” thestatement said.

The jury has suggested pro-viding institutional supportthrough mentoring and tyingup with incubation centres ofAtal Innovation Mission as alsoother government institutionsto kick-start the app-buildingecosystem in India, the state-ment said.

Social media app Mitron andHidoc Dr were listed amongthe apps that have potential tobe winners of such contests inthe future.

MyGov also recognisedSparkLive, Iamhere, KaagazScanner, Boom, docubay, pa-perboy, math games, aster, kitefly, sasta sundar and xploree AIkeyboard among the apps thathave potential to win such acontest in the future.

“For the award-winningapps, MyGov has also launcheda poll on MyGov for citizensto vote for their favorite apps,”the statement said. – PTI

Centre releasesRs 553 cr to

StatesNEW DELHI, Aug 8: The

Centre has released Rs 553crore to States under a schemeto promote mechanisation in theagriculture sector.

The Sub-Mission on Agricul-tural Mechanisation (SMAM)was launched in April 2014 withan aim to have inclusive growth

of farm mechanisation to boostproductivity.

“In the year 2020-21, budgetof Rs 1,033 crore has been pro-vided for the scheme, out ofwhich Rs 553 crore has beenreleased to State governments,”an official statement said.

Agricultural mechanisationhelps in increasing productionthrough timely farm operationsand cut in operations by ensur-ing better management of inputs.

Mechanisation also enhanc-es the productivity of naturalresources and reduces drudg-ery associated with variousfarm operations.

The Agriculture Ministrypointed out that paddy strawburning is one of the major prob-lems in the northern region ofthe country causing pollution.

With an objective of movingaway farmers of this region fromthe practice of crop residueburning, the scheme of CRM(crop residue management) wasinitiated in 2018 wherein farm-ers are provided machinery forin-situ management of crop res-idue through establishment ofCHCs (custom hiring centres).

Individual farmers are alsoprovided subsidy for procure-ment of machinery. Total fundsof Rs 1,178.47 crore were pro-vided in the year 2018-19 and2019-20 to Punjab, Haryana,Uttar Pradesh and NCT.

“In 2020-21, Rs 600 crore hasbeen provided in the budget forthe scheme and Rs 548.20 crorehave been released to the Stateswell before time to ensure theycan take up the activities in ad-vance,” the statement said.

The Agriculture Ministry hasalso developed a multi-lingualmobile app – ‘CHC- Farm Ma-chinery’ which connects farm-ers with CHCs.– PTI

Agriculturalmechanisation

BUSINESS REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Aug 8:Home-grown auto-maker TataMotors today announced theroll-out of a range of health andhygiene accessories for itscustomers.

In line with the company’sendeavour to ensure the safe-ty of its customers, these ac-cessories are designed to pro-vide car owners with an addi-tional level of safety for their

new and existing Tata cars, a

statement by Tata Motors said,

adding that all these products

will be offered as Tata Motors

genuine accessories and will

be available across the Tata

Motors outlets in the country.

The accessories range in-

cludes Air-o-Pure 95 Air Pu-

rifier, Air-o-Pure 95 Air Fil-

ter, and Health - Pro Sanitiza-

tion Kit.

Customers looking for a

one-stop solution to maintain

their safety while travellingcan opt for ‘Health- Pro Sani-tization Kit’ which is speciallydesigned to provide the cus-tomers with critical hygieneitems like hand sanitizer, N95masks, hand gloves, safetytouch key, tissue box, mist dif-fuser and a driving kit withcovers for the exposed touchpoints like the steering wheel,handbrake, gear knob and theseats, the statement said.

Tata Motors is also offeringa vehicle air and surface disin-

fectant service which emitsozone to clean the air frombacteria/virus, it said and add-ed that once kept in a closedcar for 20 minutes, the systemdisinfects the in- cabin space.

Besides, to maintain safedistance between the driverand the passengers, the com-pany has launched separatorfilms, which creates a barrierbetween the front occupantsand the rear passengers,thereby enhancing their safe-ty, the statement added.

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TURIN, Aug 8: A Portugal

international celebrated ec-

statically at the end of the

Champions League match

between Juventus and Lyon.

But it wasn’t Cristiano

Ronaldo, who could only

trudge off the pitch dejected

after Juventus was eliminat-

ed from the competition de-

spite his two goals securing

a 2-1 victory in the rear-

ranged second-leg match on

Friday.

Lyon goalkeeper Anthony

Lopes raced to the end

where the away fans should

have been, jumped over the

advertising hoardings and sat

on top of the Perspex fence

at the front of the stands, kiss-

ing the badge on his shirt and

pumping his fists in the air in

celebration.

Lyon had eliminated Juven-

tus and progressed to the

quarterfinals on away goals

after a 2-2 draw on aggregate.

“It’s a huge joy. It was re-

ally hard,” Lopes said. “The

group was incredible collec-

tively and individually. It’s the

victory of the whole group.

“We have the ambition to

Ronaldo nets 2 butJuventus knocked out

go far in this competition,”

Lopes continued. “We have

the right to think about it, no

one can take that away. We

needed a real strength of

character to do it tonight.”

There were no fans allowed

in the stadium in Turin be-

cause of the coronavirus pan-

demic. Although a crowd of

about 50 Juventus fans were

outside to welcome their

team as well as hurl insults at

the Lyon team bus.

The Juventus-Lyon match

was rescheduled from March

17 after the pandemic which

shut down sports around the

globe. The French league did

not resume while Juventus

struggled after the restart of

Serie A but nevertheless

claimed a record-extending

ninth successive title.

Lyon captain Memphis

Depay would not have been

able to play had the match

taken place as scheduled be-

cause he had a serious knee

injury. – AP

Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus reacts during the Champions League round of 16 second legagainst Lyon at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy. – AP/PTI

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 8: After Friday’s

barrage of misreads, short misses and rim-

outs on greens he could not figure out, Tiger

Woods might want to go back to his old putter.

And find a new sand wedge while he’s at it.

Woods, who got under par on Day 1 of the

PGA Championship by swapping his usual

putter for one that was a little longer, ended

up in a battle simply to make the cut in the

second round. He shot 2-over 72 to finish at

even par at the midway point at Harding Park.

He is eight shots behind leader Haotong Li.

Most of the problems had to do with his

putting.

“I really struggled with getting the speed

of the greens today, he said. They looked fast-

er than what they were putting. They were

firm coming into the greens, but they weren’t

putting as fast as they looked. And then as the

day wore on, they got a little more fuzzy and

got even slower,” Woods said.

On Day 1, he made 141 feet worth of putts.

On Day 2, the grand total was 52 feet, and

that was with the help of 12 footer on No. 16

Woods struggles simply to make cut at PGAthat looked more like 50 considering the way

the rest of the round had gone.

The rough putting day contributed to an

0-for-5 performance in the sand-save cate-

gory, which brought him to 0 for 7 for the

tournament.

A day that began with legit imate

thoughts of Woods capturing his 16th ma-

jor ended with him needing to play the

last three holes at even par or better sim-

ply to make the cut.

He did, but there are eight shots and more

than three dozen players separating himself

and Li. An improbable gap to make up under

the best of circumstances. Impossible if he

keeps putting like that.

“You give it a run, but it’s just not rolling

out,” Woods said.

He complained that the practice green has

been rolling faster than the greens on the

course all week.

Sure enough, the trouble started right away.

On the first hole, he lined up an 8-footer, ex-

pecting it to move slightly to the right as it

approached the hole. It stayed dead straight.

It was the first of five misses from 12 feet and

closer on the day.

He needed 17 putts over the front nine, and

made the turn in 2-over 37. At that point, he

hadn’t made a putt longer than 3 feet. – AP

Tiger Woods of the UnitedStates looks over a puttduring the second round ofthe PGA Championship atthe TPC Harding Park inSan Francisco, California.

MANCHESTER, Aug 8:

Eliminating the record 13-

time champion has Manches-

ter City players believing

they can deliver the team’s

first Champions League title.

Real Madrid’s defensive

mistakes by Raphael Varane

were seized on by Raheem

Sterling and Gabriel Jesus to

lead City into a quarterfinal

against Lyon.

They clinched another 2-1

victory against Madrid on Fri-

day after winning by the same

score in the first leg in the

Spanish capital in February

before the competition was

paused due to the pandemic.

“They’re a top club, Real

Madrid, the best club in this

competition so far – this is

massive,” Gabriel Jesus said.

“It’s all about believing.

We can make a mistake, so

believe always. And I press,

I press a lot. That is one of

my powers, press all the time

and help my team. I was hap-

py I scored.”

First the Brazilian set up

the opener scored by Ster-

ling in the ninth minute at an

empty Etihad Stadium.

Man City seize onmistakes to oust Madrid

With Madrid captain Ser-

gio Ramos banned after be-

ing sent off in the Madrid leg,

Raphael Varane was without

his usual central defensive

partner. And the Frenchman

was caught out in possession

by Gabriel Jesus, who squared

for Sterling to tap past goal-

keeper Thibaut Courtois for

his 100th City goal.

“With the players that

we’ve got, there’s no inferi-

ority, we played really well,”

Sterling said.

“They’ve got some great

players but with the energy,

the performance we showed,

we were brilliant tonight.”

Real began to make its pres-

ence felt and equalized

through Karim Benzema,

who headed in powerfully

from Rodrygo’s cross in the

28th minute.

City went close to a sec-

ond before the break after a

poor clearance from Courtois

went straight to Kevin De

Bruyne, but Phil Foden –

playing as a false nine with

Sergio Aguero injured

struck wide. – AP

Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne (L) jumps for a header with Real Madrid’s Lucas Vazquezduring the Champions League round of 16 second leg in Manchester. – AP/PTI

NEW DELHI, Aug 8: German sports apparel and footwearmajor Puma could be the frontrunner in bagging the Indiancricket team’s kit sponsorship rights while rival Adidas couldalso enter the fray.

However, it couldn’t be confirmed whether Nike would re-bid after refusing BCCI’s scaled down bid offer from their Rs370 crore (plus 30 crore royalty), which they paid from 2016to 2020.

“I can confirm you that Puma has bought the ITT (Invita-tion to Tender) document worth Rs 1 lakh. While buying biddocument doesn’t mean one is bidding, Puma has showngenuine interest in submitting a bid,” a senior BCCI officialtold PTI on conditions of anonymity.

It is learnt that Adidas too has shown interest but whetherit will be bidding for the sponsorship rights is still not known.Even though some feel that the German giant could inde-pendently bid for merchandise products, which will be a sep-arate tender.

Selling of exclusive merchandise products depends onhow many exclusive stores a company has along with thepoint of sales (shops that sells your company’s products).

While Puma has over 350 exclusive stores, Adidas hasmore than 450 outlets which makes these two companiesthe most sought after.

A senior industry insider explained the whole sponsorshipissue in these turbulent economic times.

“Don’t be surprised if the new rights holder pays some-thing around 200 crore for a five-year deal which will besignificantly less than what Nike paid during previous term,”the industry veteran explained. – PTI

Puma buys biddocument

NEW DELHI, Aug 8: In-

dia’s premier pacer Jhulan

Goswami will be 39 by the

time the postponed Women’s

World Cup comes in 2022 but

the leading wicket-taker in

ODIs has not given up on com-

peting in the mega event, say-

ing she would try to stay in

reckoning by performing con-

sistently.

The 2021 ODI World Cup

in New Zealand in February-

March was expected to be the

last one for greats like Jhulan

and India captain Mithali Raj.

Following ICC’s announce-

ment on Friday, Mithali had

tweeted that the postpone-

ment by another 12 months

will give her team much need

preparation time as the COV-

ID-19 pandemic impacted

their plans immensely but the

goal remains to win their maid-

en global trophy.

Jhulan, who too is 37 like

2022 World Cup is thegoal now: Jhulan

Mithali, also wants to be there

in New Zealand 18 months

from now but says her fitness

and performance in the run up

to the event will decide that.

“We have got a lot of time

for preparation, almost 18

months, but on the other hand,

it would have been good if it

happened next year as I was

focused on that for long,” Jhu-

lan told PTI.

“Now you will need to

think beyond that. We have

not played any cricket in the

past five-six months and play-

ers like me (who play only

ODIs) played back in Novem-

ber (2019) as all teams played

T20s ahead of the World Cup

2020 (in Australia in Feb-

March).”

Does she see herself play-

ing the 2022 edition?

“To play for India is the

biggest honour. Yes 2022 is

the goal now but you have to

be part of the process and play

matches consistently and

perform and then you can

think about the World Cup

because there is a lot of time

left and it is not round the

corner any more.

“At this time, I can only think

about the next series and per-

forming in it and start from zero

and that is what I am going to

do. I can’t tell you what may

happen between now and 2022

as it is still far way.” – PTI

DHAKA, Aug 8: Premier

Bangladesh all-rounder Shak-

ib Al Hasan is set to start

training at the BKSP facility

at Savar near here from next

month, ahead of his return to

competitive cricket.

The southpaw was banned

for two years, one year of it

suspended, for failing to re-

port corrupt approaches by an

alleged Indian bookie during

the Indian Premier League.

His ban ends on October

29 this year.

“Shakib will come to the

BKSP next month where he

will have coaches and train-

ers available,” Shakib’s men-

tor Nazmul Abedeen was

quoted as saying by ESPN-

cricinfo.

Shakib set to return to training“We are functional as the

coaches are all residing within

the campus, so we can work

with him well. Shakib will

have everything at his dispos-

al,” he added.

Abedeen, who was the

Bangladesh Cricket Board’s

game development manager

for many years, is one of

Shakib’s earliest coaches. He

now serves as the cricket

adviser at the BKSP facility.

According to Abedeen, the

33-year-old Shakib, who is

currently in the United

States with his family, plans

to return to Dhaka at the end

of August in a bid to prepare

for his return to internation-

al cricket.

Shakib was in sublime form

before the ban, amassing 606

runs in the 2019 World Cup

in the UK last year.

He has featured in 56

Tests, claiming 210 wickets

and scoring 3862 runs.

In the limited overs for-

mat, Shakib has 6323 runs

and 260 wickets from 206

ODIs and while accumulat-

ing 5777 runs and 92 wickets

in T20Is. – PTI

LONDON, Aug 8: Chelsea winger

Christian Pulisic faces six weeks out with

a right hamstring injury that could see

him miss the start of the English Pre-

mier League.

The American was injured last Sat-

urday in the 2-1 loss to Arsenal in the

FA Cup final after scoring at Wembley

Stadium.

“With Christian Pulisic I think it’s go-

ing to be touch and go for the start of the

season,” Chelsea manager Frank Lamp-

ard said on Friday. “We’re probably look-

ing around a six-week injury. So with six

weeks, doing the maths, it gets very

close to, and is probably into, the start of

the new season. But we have to treat it

right, the injury.”

The season is due to begin on Sep-

tember 12.

Pulisic had 11 goals and eight assists in

his first season at Chelsea after joining

Pulisic out for 6 weeks, could miss start of EPLfrom Borussia Dortmund.

“In the big scheme of things with

Christian, when he reflects on his first

season, the improvement levels coming

here when you think of the goals and

assists he’s had this year, it’s the best of

his career,” Lampard said.

“And that’s his first year in the Pre-

mier League. From where he’s gone at

the start to how he’s ended up and how

he has played in the restart, he should be

very happy, and that’s down to his work.

“So we’ll get him fit, and get him ready.

If he misses the first one or two games

of the season, then we’ll have a firing

Christian hopefully as hungry as he

looked for the restart.”

Chelsea’s season continues in the

Champions League, with the London club

trying to overturn a 3-0 deficit against

Bayern Munich in the pandemic-delayed

round of 16 on Saturday. – AP

Christian Pulisic

Shakib Al Hasan

Jhulan

MANCHESTER, Aug 8: Jos

Buttler and Chris Woakes’

counter-attacking partnership

for England stopped the Paki-

stan charge in the second ses-

England chase 277 for winin 1st Test against Pakistan

sion on Day four as the first Test

between the two sides gears

up to a dramatic conclusion at

Old Trafford. While England

need 110 more runs to win,

Pakistan need 5 more wickets.

England started the second

session on 55/1 with captain

Joe Root and Dom Sibley in

the middle. The pair contin-

ued to hang around well into

the second session and their

partnership was on 64 when

Sibley succumbed to Yasir

Shah. Sibley went for a hard

drive across the line to a ball

that Yasir delivered from over

the wicket, it only took an

edge and flew straight to Asad

Shafiq at first slip.

Two overs later, Naseem

Shah successfully set up Root

who also edged the delivery

to first slip and England all of

a sudden lost both their set

batsmen. Yasir struck again

soon with the wicket of Ben

Stokes who was done in by

the extra bounce.

Pakistan’s Yasir Shah (R) celebrates with his team-mates aftertaking the wicket of England’s Dom Sibley during day four of the1st Test in Manchester, on Saturday.

Brief scores: Pakistan: 326 and169 vs England: 219 & 167/5 (JoeRoot 42, Dom Sibley 36; Yasir Shah2/74). (At Tea) – IANS

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MY SPACE ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

MITRA PHUKAN spreads some cheer in these gloomy times.

Last Rongali Bihu, as we remained confined in our homes, two sisters, dressed in matching mekhela-sadors, a makeshift drum and ukuleles in hand, brightened up our existence with their heartwarming renditions of Phul phulise boxontot and Moina kun bidhataai xajile ; in a matter of days, the video clocked millions of

likes on a popular streaming platform, signalling the arrival of the Nandy Sisters.

Antara Nandy is a graduate student at the Symbiosis Centre of Media and Communication. Ankita Nandy, the younger of the duo, is in junior college. From Assamese to Bengali, from Tamil to Marathi, they have sung songs in almost all major Indian languages, often live from their balcony in Pune and mostly, flawlessly. Born in Sivasagar, Upper Assam, infant Antara would stop crying every time a song played on the tape recorder and listen in rapt attention; she also demanded a song instead of a story at bed-time. It was no wonder that Antara went on to become one of the finalists on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs in 2009, and is now working with the likes of A.R. Rahman. One of her self-composed songs was nominated for awards in several film festivals last year and bagged a couple of them, most significantly at the Mumbai International Film Festival. Excerpts from an exclusive interview:

Both of you being very young, how have you balanced your stud-ies and your singing? Was there a point when you had to choose?

Yes, there were multiple times when we had to choose; we will be very honest, it wasn�t easy. In the preliminary years, it is still doable but when you reach higher secondary, it becomes so much more difficult, especially because I (Antara) was a Science student. But if you are passionate about something, you find a balance. You have to have a madness in you to be able to overcome these everyday hurdles. Also, our parents had one rule: do well and you can pursue music. We had no choice, we had to do well.

Antara, you are already a star, thanks to Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs. How was the experience and what did you gain from it?

I was only nine and too young to consciously understand or wean a definite meaning out of the experience. But now that I think of it, I feel it inculcated in me a sense of confidence as that was the first time I had sung in front of an audience, and that, too, on television. There were a lot of firsts: I learnt how to hold a mic, and that for the higher notes, you have to hold it slightly away and for the softer notes, you have to gently bring it closer. They trained us really well.

Ankita, has your sister stepping into the world of singing also inspired you to do the same?

Yes, definitely. I was five when I saw her on national television and since then, I have always wanted to be an amazing singer like her.

Antara, who are some of your favourite singers/musicians and how have they influenced you?

It is a really, really long list. But I would like to name my guru Ustaad Rashid Khan jiAjoy Chakraborty Sir, Koushiki Chakraborty Ma�am, etc. And, of course, from Assam, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Sir, Papon da, Zubeen da, and Kalpana Patowary Ma�am. All of them are unique in their own way and I have learnt so so much from them.

Tell us about your amazing range of songs chosen from As-samese to Tamil. Also, how do you prepare for each live perfor-mance?

Singing in different languages actually started with people requesting us to sing in their native languages on Facebook and Instagram; we just accepted the challenge thrown at us. We both have a hunger for learning new things and we started learning the basics of the languages we sang in; it was a fun process and many of our friends helped us get the diction

right. For a live performance, we first learn the songs, and then we sit with our ukuleles and crack out an arrangement. Once that is in place, we just practise, practise and practise till we are confident of going live.

Any favourite memory associated with Assam?

There are a flood of memories when you say

�Assam�, but let�s see if we can recollect some of them.

We miss all our Kaziranga trips, every single one of them; we also miss going to the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati and the Mahabhairab Temple in Tezpur, as well as performing

during Bihu. More than anything, we miss the warm hospitality back

home, the simplicity and richness of our culture, and the amazing food. Future plans please.Antara: I just go with the flow, as

opportunities come along, I try and make the most of them. I am work-ing on a couple of projects, but the balcony concerts with my sister are here to stay. We will try and keep our listeners happy and positive through this difficult period, and come up with fresh ideas.

Officially, more than 1.1 mil-lion sanitation workers are the reason we roam about on clean Indian streets. The domain of a sanitation worker

includes a wide range of work. This pri-marily includes cleaning and sweeping of houses, streets, institutional premises, railway lines, train toilets, public toilets, drains and sewers. Apart from these, it also includes the handling of munici-pal waste of different kinds, including hazardous medical wastes, emptying, carrying and disposing human wastes, and emptying septic tanks of toilets at both household and community levels. Moreover, they are also seen handling animal carcasses, supervising the last rituals of dead persons, and cleaning up after childbirth.

As per official records, there are around 1200 sanitation workers en-gaged under the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), though, unoffi-cially, the number would be much more than this, and they are relentlessly per-forming their duties even amidst the countrywide lockdown.

Sanitation workers perform those tasks that are vital for ensuring the hy-gienic conditions of our surroundings in offices, schools, hospitals, airports, to mention a few. They keep our environ-ment clean and infection-free, but they themselves face huge hazards, physically and mentally, as a result of their work environment, the rules and regulations of the organisation and the leadership style of their managers. All these hazards exist because none of the organisations pay any attention to the safety, the quality of work-life and the growth of these workers.

These people lead a very short life

because of their ignorance towards their own health and hygiene. To make some easy money, which the locally appointed brokers lure them with, these workers, mostly in their teens, get into the profes-sion. But gradually their work-life, which comprises many risks and an inadequate awareness about the hazards involved, leads to serious health disorders.

�The fear of corona won�t feed us and we cannot see our family starving,� says 35-year-old Ranjit Basfor, who has been in this profession for the last 20 years. Much like him, the safai work-ers of the area tolerate the rebuke and stigma associated with their job profile and continue to render their services. As he recalls, �Kuch log to hamein insaan hi nahin samajhte� Bura to lagta hain� par kaam to karna hi parega.� (Some people don�t even think of us as humans, at times it hurts� but life and work has to go on). Ranjit single-handedly takes charge of cleaning three residential areas under the Adabari Tinali region. As a young lad who never went to school,

he was introduced to this hazardous task by some of the youngsters of his colony who were working as sanitation staff in the various hotels of Guwahati. Ranjit also started his job there but as the remuneration was minimal, he started looking for a job in the residential areas.

go out for door-to-door collection of garbage.� He has been working as a safai worker in the Kamakhya Nagar Development Committee since the last ten to 15 years. As his hand cart (thela) cannot carry the load of the entire colony at one go, he makes two to three rounds daily to collect all the garbage. The col-lected garbage is then dumped near

from where the authorities shift it to the dumping ground in Boragaon, near Gorchuk.

There exists a huge gap in between the sanitation infrastructure laid out by the government and the provisions availed by the sanitation workers. Two

Sanitation workers

face stigma and

many challenges

in carrying out

their duties, writes

DR. MOUSHUMI

BHATTACHARJEE.

A struggle to clean

laws were promulgated by the Central Government in the past two decades which sought to address the issue of such work and its conditions. �The 1993

-engers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993, did not ban such work, but rather, sought to regulate its conditions, and furthermore, it had no real provision for punishing those who did not comply. Naturally, it had little or no impact in addressing either the existence or the nature of this practice. Secondly, the Prohibition of Employ-ment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, prohibited the construction or maintenance of un-hygienic toilets and the engagement or employment of anyone as a manual scavenger.� (Ghosh, 2017)

The execution of the Clean India Campaign involves tremendous human as well as financial resources. But little do we realise that the people who are engaged in cleaning the trash are also made up of flesh and blood, just like us. Though the concerns around sanitation work seem to be growing, there still exists a gap where we do not find any studies which specifically deal with a road map to deal with these flaws which come in between while achieving an impactful outcome of the projects. Organisations working for the welfare of sanitation workers feel that the absence of proper sanitation systems and non-availability of mechanised emptying and cleaning of garbage is the only vulnerability of sanitation workers. It gets even more challenging because of their minimal education, which makes them easy victims in the path of money-making. These workers are mostly school drop-outs, and come from the lower strata of the society. The community to which they belong mostly engage themselves in

throughout generations. So efforts must be made to raise their level of aware-ness by providing them basic education.

These susceptible workers are far too often invisible, disliked, and many of the challenges they face in their liveli-hood stem from this fundamental lack of acknowledgment. These �sanitation squads� (Doron, 2016) with their �unclean occupations� have often been viewed as the primary reason for the practice of untouchability in the society. The prac-tice continues even if one moves out of this caste-based occupation (D�souza, 2016). With such stigma associated with their lives, working conditions of sanita-tion workers have remained virtually unchanged over the years.

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Malabika Mitra has a Ph.D. in English, is a former newsreader, literary critic and with experience in corporate communi-

Antaraal. According to her, the world is �experiencing the magic of cinema to beat the tedium of staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.� And as part of the All Ladies League�s (ALL) India Chapter for Cinema, was made. ALL is a global organisation to connect women worldwide as �sisters beyond borders� or �soul sisters�.

INDRANI RAIMEDHI writes about a new short film that captures the

dilemma of a family during the pandemic.

In times of trouble

Melody makersThe term ‘balcony concert’ has gained new meaning since the NANDY SISTERS started streaming live from their home in Pune, giving one delightful rendition after another.

The film was shot in 12 re-

Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Rajasthani, Tamil,

Gujarati, Malayalam, Punjabi and Marathi. The aim of the venture was

to reach out to the �soul sisters� of ALL, across India, and give them a chance to engage creatively and beat stress and depression that was arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to Antaraal Home is Where the Heart is, was made dur-ing the lockdown by this organisation.

Briefly stating the premise of the film, Malabika Mitra says, �It is the story of a 50+ mother and her 30+ daugh-ter during and before the pandemic. The actors had to translate their script, shoot the scenes and send them over for review.� With limited knowhow and equipment, it involved several retakes. Editing an Assamese film in Chennai was particularly challenging for her due to the language barrier, but finally it was done by a team of college students from Jorhat.

�Antaraal, meaning an interval,

has taught us to appreciate life, the importance of family and friends, togetherness of communities, resil-ience of nations, and gratitude for ev-ery breath,� she says, adding, �It is a message to those young Indians who turn their backs on their own country and their ageing parents, on discover-ing the benefits of living in Europe or America.� Reality strikes only at the

appreciate their homeland and family. This social message is in consonance with the general trend that most of the younger generation has resorted to.

-goi, who played the character of the mother, and Mitra, who essayed the role of the daughter, it was their first stint at acting in a movie. The entire short film was shot in the homes of the actors with a very basic set-up, follow-ing strict lockdown rules, using mobile cameras that were handled by the family members of the actors.

Beena Unnikrishnan, a painter and filmmaker, guided the actors through voice messages on WhatsApp, explain-

ing how the scenes need to be shot to capture the essence of the story. The young team of ALL-India Chapter for Cinema played an important role in the project. Antaraal was finally released digitally on YouTube.

Mitra thanks her family for being her support system. �Shooting the film would have been impossible without

Kumar, shot the scenes, while my little

role of ringing the mobile on time.� �I was very excited to be doing an As-

samese movie from Chennai. It meant a lot emotionally during those tough lockdown days, as I was far away and my travel plans to my hometown had to be cancelled. Perhaps, this is the first time that an As-samese movie has been made down South. I am thrilled to be a part of this,�

she adds.Beena Unnikrishnan has this to say,

�While the pandemic put a pause to most people�s lives, Antaraal gave an opportunity to all the participants to discover their hidden talents and also introspect into the effects brought about by the situation� of being grateful and connecting to our roots, the relevance of the homeland� This experience has enriched the lives of all those involved. The entire team and their families bonded together in a special way through this collective effort.�

Malabika Mitra in a scene

from Antaraal.

Ranjit Basfor

THE ASSAM TRIBUNE GUWAHATI SUNDAY READING AUGUST 9, 2020

FASHION

Prasantt Ghosh [email protected]

Sharmin Pasha is a food writer currently based in Dubai, UAE, where she teaches privately-

organised cooking lessons on different techniques of cooking. She also hosts an informative

page featuring Assamese recipes on Facebook, which was created to showcase the culinary

treasures of Assam to the world and to preserve ethnic recipes for generations to come.

Method:

Marinate the fish in the yoghurt and

salt for about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, set a large frying pan

over medium to high heat and pour in

the oil. Stir in the cardamom pods and

the bay leaf.

Add the sliced onions and sauté, until

translucent.

Stir in the ginger paste and the garlic

paste and sauté until aromatic. Add the

fish, the spring onion, pepper powder

and salt to taste. Pour in the water and

bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and cook until the water

evaporates.

Sprinkle in some coriander and the

chopped chillies. Cook, covered, for

two to three minutes or until oil spots

appear on the surface.

Transfer to a serving dish.

Serve with rice.

CULINARY corner

Sharmin PashaTuna fish cake Fish with spring onions

WOMEN PLUS

Priyanka Kaushik

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If we are familiar with terms like �Fashion Capital� and �Financial Capital�, we should proudly call North-East India the �organic capital� of the

country. Simplicity, minimalism, sustainability are qualities that are inherent to the people of North-East India. Significant data shows that Assam accounts for almost 43 per cent of the rural weaver households present in the country today, i.e., 10.9 lakh, followed by 3.4 lakh in West Bengal and 2.1 lakh in Manipur, and so on. It shows that Assam has been able to preserve the art of weaving better than any other State. How-ever, as an industry, we should be concerned when prices of raw materials surge up, and despera-tion creeps in among weavers. This is a good reason for us to focus and pull all our resources in the right direction and emerge as leaders in sustainability and �slow movement�.

Entrepreneurs, quite simply, are persons who make a differ-ence by creating value using their cerebral and spiritual instincts and making money as a result of it. Now, when the country needs more job creators, than job seek-ers, as significant placeholders in the collective population, women�s role here is of the essence. This role takes on a new significance at a time when India has seen a sharp and consistent decline in women�s work participation rates over three decades. This is the case even more now, in pandemic times, as joblessness has shot up in both rural and urban areas, among men and women; and this situation is unlikely to improve for some years to come. This is also a time to bring about a fundamental change in the approach to women entrepreneurs.

The various initiatives to reach out to women and initiate devel-opment through entrepreneur-

the reasons it is not meeting the desired result is because there is an overlapping of government resources and its distribution. We need to break it up and see where the drifts are.

There are many ways to comprehensively counter these outcomes. One way to start would be to understand where the inten-tions of well-meaning NGOs and government initiatives and the motivations of women align. If a general observation is made, we will see that there is a considerable ongoing effort to placing women leaders in rural sectors. But how do we facilitate an adequate emergence of such leaders? Why

despite the measures taken so far? These are important questions.

But before we delve into these questions, it is important to ad-dress a fundamental approach. These entrepreneurs are the ones who have shown the courage to dream and walk the unfamiliar ter-

rains. It does not matter if they fit into some constructed ideas bor-rowed from history. The country needs them as much as they need �help�. We need to consciously decide to move from �helping� them to entering into a �partner-ship� with them. As an entrepre-neur who returned to her roots in Assam to work with women in the rural sector, let me share some examples that I can highlight.

One of the major obstacles is access to funding. There are schemes that one may avail, but they don�t come without chal-lenges. In my own experience with MUDRA Shishu loans (as well as those of many women entrepreneurs), women have rarely benefitted from them, although these were meant to be primarily for first-time entrepreneurs. Bank-ers do not feel comfortable giving loans to women entrepreneurs, but they will to their husbands. Better monitoring mechanisms must be placed to eliminate biases and prejudices based on gender/race/religion.

There are not enough in-novative solutions to lengthy generalised skill development and training programmes in the rural sector.

Not enough smart buyer-seller meeting platforms that can help bridge the gap.

It would be a tremendous support to initiate a campaign that invites top entrepreneurial stalwarts to volunteer as mentors

-preneurs in the rural sector. But please note such mentors should not need to see business plans or detailed project reports to know if there is a prospect. They need to help discover the potential, show empathy, motivate and guide such entrepreneurs to success.

It is a collective effort of the governments, industry leaders and entrepreneurs that will shape the future of this country. Motivations and intentions are plenty; it is only about aligning them consciously.

It would be a tremendous support to initiate a campaign that invites top entrepreneurial stalwarts to volunteer as mentors – specifically for women entrepreneurs in the rural sector.

Method:

Drain the cans of tuna and tip

onto a plate. Add the chopped

spring onion pieces, the coriander

leaves, green chillies, soya sauce,

hot sauce, salt and pepper. Mix well.

Mash the boiled potato, until

smooth and add it to the tuna

mixture. Add the egg. Mix until well

incorporated.

Shape the mixture into the size of

ping-pong balls. Flatten them lightly

into patties.

Heat oil in a frying pan over me-

dium heat. Fry the fish cakes, until

golden brown, on both sides.

Serve hot.

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Tricolour thumbprint bookmark

You will need a white cardstock of two inch width and four inches length. Take acryclic colours in saffron and green shades or even stamp pads. The thicker the colour, the bet-ter the thumbprint. Simply place an orange

coloured thumbprint onto the bookmark angled 30 degrees to the left and the next one on top of the first, but 30 degrees to the right, making the shape

of a heart. Repeat this with the green colour as well to make another heart below the first. Make two more such hearts and let it dry. At the end make a hole at the top of the cardstock, and string it with a ribbon.

Kids use pulses to make all sorts of crafts at school. So this wouldn�t be a difficult task for them. Firstly, ask them to draw the Indian trico-lour on a piece of paper. Take the pulses in the

masoor dal for the top, green moong for the bottom, urad dal or rice for the middle, and rajma for the flagstaff. Apply glue on to the flag and stick the pulses accordingly.

Ice-cream stick tricolour

Paint some ice-cream sticks in orange, white and green. And use some glue to secure them at the back. You can use this as a coaster

or a tea light holder. And if you add a longish stick to it as a flagstaff, it can be a proper flag as well.

As the celebrations this year will be home-based, we should make an effort to decorate our homes with all things tricolour. This paper garland will be a wonderful

-sors, glue, a string or yarn. Cut the craft paper into the size of the bunting you wish to make (the picture shows four inch by five inch). Now make accordion folds along any one side of the paper, until your reach the end of the paper. Apply craft glue along any one end of the folded paper. Gather all the folds in the middle; dividing

the paper into two even parts. Now slowly bring the two divided (glued) parts together to join them. Un-fold the rest of the folds once the glue is dry. You will have created a semi-circular accordion fold pattern.

Create more of these in all the three colours. Once you have as many as you wish, take a long piece of yarn to attach the patterns and create the paper banner.

One of the worst-hit industries at the moment is the Indian fash-ion industry. In better times, fashion retailers would have had launches of their Spring-Summer collections in the March-April time. Fashion designers would have launched their new yearly collections and planned their yearly calendar. Stylists, make-up

artists, models, etc., who are also dependent on fashion houses, would have continued to team up with designers, creating enviable looks. But then COVID-19 came in just when the businesses were about to start.

Many models, stylists, make-up artistes, etc., who are from the eastern part of India had moved to the big fashion industry hotspots of Delhi and Mumbai to chase their dreams. They are now suffering financially and emotionally. Rents are due and there is no income. Even if they return, house rents are due for the whole year and no events are going to take place for a long time. Many small manufacturing units and fashion designers are in a death trap because the buyers have cancelled their orders. There is no law to protect one from unethical cancellations and non-payments.

Even in the fashion industry, there are people who are the sole bread-earners of their families. In fact, many of them have not even been paid for the work that they did just before the lockdown was clamped in India. And since ramp shows and fashion shows are out of the question this year, it will be impossible for most of these professionals to earn any money whatsoever. The fashion industry has always been self-dependent or atma nirbhar. But due to the far-reaching effects of the pandemic, many in this line of work are planning to change their profession.

During the past decade, the fashion industry has seen tremendous economic success; its consistent growth can be attributed to the strong performance in the Asian market, along with the boom in online shop-ping. However, the health crisis has dramatically affected the industry worldwide. The Indian garment industry is in bad shape as orders from fashion retailers have dried up, and lakhs of jobs are at risk. It is also evi-dent that the sector will go on to face significant structural changes that will affect customer behaviour, the fashion calendar and even people�s styles. Even the festival season of India, beginning September, does not look too promising. It may pick up during the marriage season of 2021, provided a vaccine for COVID-19 becomes available to all.

Things will start taking a new look only when the situation improves. E-commerce industries will, hopefully, be doing better by the end of this year, as travel restrictions and social distancing rules have moved the fashion industry to a digital space for the foreseeable future. Online streaming of designer shows and the no-guests policy might become the new normal in the fashion business, and front-row influencers will take on new ways to inspire and collaborate.

Companies will cut down on employees. Many companies might even shut down or be taken over by others. One may lose jobs or clients or modelling assignments. But as all that unfolds, use this time productively. Learn some new skills, stay creative, and work on new designs and new ways to do things. Do not lose hope. For all those who feel that their world is falling apart, just hang in there. Nothing is permanent. Doors are opening, slowly but surely; this wait was not a punish-ment, it was a preparation if we have only used it positively. We will again enjoy the good times. We will get our bonuses and pay cheques. Fashion is here to stay. The fashion industry might go through some bad times but it will never die out.

(The writer is a

fashion designer and

choreographer.)

Rocked by the pandemic, the Indian

fashion industry must do some

Adapting to change

Ingredients:

Tuna in olive oil ............. 2 cans (250 gms)

Spring onion (chopped) ................ 3 tbsps

Coriander leaves (chopped) ......... 3 tbsps

Green chilli (minced) ..........................1 tsp

Soya sauce .........................................1 tsp

Hot sauce ...........................................1 tsp

Potato (boiled) ......................................... 1

Egg .......................................................... 1

Salt ................................................. to taste

Black pepper ................................. to taste

Refined oil .................................... for frying

Ingredients:

Hilsa fish ................... 6 pieces

Yoghurt ...........................1 tsp

Green cardamoms,

crushed .................................2

Bay leaf .................................1

Onion (sliced) ................1 cup

Spring onion (sliced) ......1 cup

Garlic paste ....................1 tsp

Ginger paste ...................1 tsp

Water (hot) ..................1/4 cup

Green chillies

(chopped). ..................... 2 tsps

Coriander leaves,

(chopped) ................... 5 tbsps

Refined oil.....................¼ cup

Salt ............................. to taste

Pepper ........................ to taste

ship are noble, but do they really stand on stable ground? Much effort has been made to reach and develop rural entrepreneurship. While the intention is appreci-ated, it wouldn�t be inaccurate to say that the translation of these efforts fall short of desirable results and are hardly sustainable. One of

HANDS ON

Independence Day is just a few days away and as schools will not be able to celebrate the special occasion this year, our children

out on all the fun. But that should not be the case. We must make it a point to encourage them to celebrate the day and learn the significance of this momentous event in history, and that can be done through some rather easy crafts that celebrate the most

Indian tricolour.

(Compiled by: Bidisha Singha)

Fiction entries should not exceed

1,800 words.

At first glance, none of the Hussains looked Muslim. They looked like the rest of us. Aahil Da always wore shorts and T-shirts, which

didn�t exactly correlate with the image of a Muslim man that we had in our minds. But, Da was Muslim, and so was the rest of his family. All the boys in our neighbourhood were aged between 12 and 18, and like every other neighbourhood, we thought we were as good as brothers. We did call Aahil Da �da'

for an elder brother, however, there was a gap of a good 20 years or so between him and us. But, when we watched English movies with him, learned to play the guitar from him, and asked his advice on girls, the 20 years disappeared into thin air. We took his opinion on everything very seriously. However, when it came to our adolescent romances, Aahil Da�s word was law. The reason behind this was twofold; firstly, his age gave him more experience than all of us. Secondly, he was married to a Madonna of a woman.

Aahil Da�s and Deen Ba�s marriage was an arranged one, but that didn�t matter to us. We were convinced that as long as we did what he told us, we�d all have an ideal woman for a wife. If Aahil Da was a raging fire, Deen Ba was the fuel.

While any gathering in our neighbourhood didn�t start without Da�s boisterous laugh, Deen Ba laughed less. Da had a story for every occasion, but his wife would rather listen. But, her lack of expression was made up by the stories she saved for us from the Thursday newspaper supplement, or the first-aid box she had ready every time we went out to play cricket. Ba was subtle in her affection but, we could feel it all around us, therefore, when we addressed her as our elder sister, we meant it every time.

As different as they were, there was a symbiosis of sorts between Aahil Da and Deen Ba. Both of them based their careers on social work, and they were good at what they did.

Prayers and people - I

They also pursued academics side-by-side. Surprisingly, they were also very committed to their religion.

They could fluently read Arabic, prayed five times a day, analysed and re-analysed religious texts. However, they were careful to be respectful of everyone. They never did more, nor less; always just right. But, for the last two months Deen Ba hadn�t been offering her prayers. This was because these days, there was crying in the middle of the night and there were wet

nappies drying on the clothesline. The Hussains had had a new baby boy.

Baby Pavel looked like he swallowed calming pills for dinner. He would smile at everything and all of us boys had fights over who would get to hold him next. He was the newest addition to our neighbourhood family, and everyone was overjoyed to have him. Everyone but Twinkle.

Ah, Twinkle. The only girl in our neighbourhood and the youngest, but that was until her little brother

was born. Twinkle was the Hussains� daughter and at six, was definitely not ready to share her family with a strange baby. She had inherited Aahil Da�s olive skin and constant talking but none of Deen Ba�s poise. We always talked about trying to cello-tape Twinkle�s mouth together. She talked perpetually and questioned everything. Her eyes were too big for her face and always restless, which probably represented her personality the best. She took lessons in dancing, singing, languages and was used to having the spotlight. This resulted in a well-pronounced pompousness and an anglicised accent. But, she was still the soul of our neighbourhood.

Twinkle spent her morning in our apartment, had lunch with the Hazarikas and dinner with the Sharmas on the fifth floor. It wasn�t an unusual sight to see Aahil Da

carrying her sleeping form down the stairs, at midnight. The entire neighbourhood was her home; hence, any flat surface made for her bed.

Naturally, when Baby Pavel was born, her reaction was less than favourable. She cried buckets when guests brought presents only for him. She pelted us with her tiny fists when we refused to play during the baby�s nap-time. Often we had to drag her away from her brother as she would start pinching the poor child. And, after about a month of Baby Pavel�s arrival, Twinkle retaliated.

Her rebellion was centred around getting back the attention that she claimed as rightfully hers. She did this by doubling her efforts in every single class she took. Her tutors liked this strategy.

Twinkle also took classes to learn Arabic. Aahil Da and Deen Ba thought it essential for their child to know the language in which she prayed. After her manic phase of memorising squiggly letters and intoning verses with her throat, her tutor deemed her fit to start reading the Quran. We learned from our mothers, later, that a six-year-old reading the Holy Book called for a celebration.

(To be continued)

Between today and tomorrowFind out what’s the best way to go forward with your

investments at a crucial time like this.

Imagine the first man who decided to save some grains to harvest for the next season, instead of finishing them, some thousands of years ago. What exactly happened?

What exactly went through his mind? But whatever he/she or they did, it changed our lives forever. From being hunter-gatherers, we became farmers. When we could produce surplus and survive, living at one place, civilisation began. This ability to save and work for a better future is our greatest strength. History is witness. Whenever we have

have always bounced back, every time. Naturally in a time of crisis, confidence

is low. Those who have seen the best of performance in the Equity Market during the third week of January have also seen a tumble of 40 per cent from the top within two months. Few three-to-four-year-old SIPs turned into zero or negative returns. Many of my friends frantically called me in the month of March, asking if they should take out their investments in equity. I persuaded almost all of them to remain invested and now they are all at a positive phase again. I know how difficult it is when

you see your investments going down. However well-versed you are with the way the financial world works, no one can prepare you for the ground realities. But what makes me confident of the capital market more than my friends? That�s because I have seen a number of crises in the last two decades. I don�t react like anxious parents do while looking at the mark-sheet of their children, every six months. Rather, I am more concerned about the wisdom, direction and purpose of one�s portfolio. Reestablish your faith in equity and keep investing in them, even now, if possible. Think that the market has given you another chance

don�t have that, maybe you should try rebalancing your portfolio once things come close to normal.

Those of you who wanted to know if it is the right time to invest in the debt

earns by lending money. If they lend it to the government, they are the most secure, but earn the least. If they lend it to big corporates, they earn a little more but get exposed to more risk. If they lend it to smaller companies, they earn much higher interest and expose themselves to greater risk. Recently, a few of the big corporates who had taken money from debt funds failed to pay their interest on time. This created panic among debt investors and a large number of them wanted to withdraw from them. This stretched the AMC and to protect the investors and their earnings, the AMC prohibited new withdrawals. Where earnings are not threatened but liquidity is a casualty. What once was a darling of the investors of debt has suddenly stopped being their favourite in this extraordinary time. And the fault lies with no one.

MONEY SMART

Dipankar Jakharia

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Stroke still remains one of the main causes of death and disability, and even during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has remained so. Time is crucial in any brain emergency. The reason for this emphasis on time is because the brain is extremely dependant on a constant supply of oxygen and nutrition, as it does not have any storage

blood that is pumped from the heart goes to the brain. A stroke may occur because an adequate amount of blood does not reach the brain, or because there is bleeding in the brain.

Remember the mnemonic (BEFAST): B (Loss of balance), E (Problem with eyesight or blindness), F (Facial droop on one side of the face), A (Weakness of arms and legs), S (Speech disturbances), and T (Time to go

stroke. Add to this a sudden and severe excruciating headache, vomiting and loss of consciousness or fits. The above symptoms appear all of a sudden.

The coronavirus has been shown to cause development of microthrombi (small clots). These clots (clumps of blood) can travel to the lungs and obstruct blood flow to the lungs, which is called pulmonary embolism, or travel to the brain and cause an ischemic stroke. It seems to be happening to those affected with severe COVID-19 symptoms. It can occur in any age group and it occurs suddenly.

had large blood clots attached to one of the large arteries in the brain. It is still not known if COVID-19 can increase your chances of developing blood clots; it certainly points in that direction, especially in the case of a severe infection or in older people. But researchers have also observed stroke occurrence in younger patients with no or mild symptoms. Some studies suggest that stroke is an uncommon, yet important complication of COVID-19. Also, these strokes are more severe when compared with strokes occurring in patients who tested negative for COVID-19.

Precautions against COVID-19 can delay stroke treatment. There are many challenges like a risk of infections to healthcare professionals, use of personal protective equipment (PPE), and a shortage of healthcare professionals while treating a patient with COVID-19 who�s having a stroke. Endovascular treatment for stroke involves the use of small catheters inserted from the groin or the arm into the blood vessels of the brain to remove a clot and restore blood flow to the brain. This process opens blocked arteries in the brain, reversing the effects of stroke and leading to faster recovery in some patients. In this current climate, the treatment presents challenges that doctors never needed to consider previously.

Researchers need to find a process for treating patients using endovascular therapy in the COVID-19 era that would keep healthcare professionals safe while caring for these patients as quickly as possible. A COVID-19 diagnosis shouldn�t prevent doctors from using IV thrombolysis or endovascular therapy to treat a patient�s severe stroke. However, use extreme caution when preparing the patient, to keep staff safe. And during this time of extreme resource limitation, we have to be prepared to modify our current protocols to provide the best stroke care possible for all patients.

Although typically considered a lung infection, COVID-19 has been found to cause blood clots that can cause severe strokes. Experts say that this can happen in any patient, regardless of age, and even in those with few or no symptoms. A new study found that severe inflammation from COVID-19 might lead to a build up of plaque that can increase the risk of stroke. While the anxiety of contracting the virus is understandable,

at the earliest is the only way to achieve the best clinical outcomes.

STROKE and COVID-19Coronavirus brings with it many additional complications.

HEALTHWISE

Dr. Lakshya Jyoti Basumatary,Senior Consultant,

Department of Neurology,

Excelcare Hospitals, Guwahati.

with valuations in the right numbers. Many of you are asking if you should

invest in gold now. The answer is a

gold acts like an international currency and is a great hedging agent against equity. Whenever there is a crisis in the equity market, investors side with gold for its historical value. Therefore, due to increase in demand, the prices go up. The surge now in the gold price is because of that. But since it has reached its historical high, now is not the right time to indulge in it. Experts believe that one should have gold in their portfolio in the strength of one-tenth of his/her entire portfolio. If you

On a rainy July evening, my toddler and I looked outside our window as a 108 ambulance with a PPE-clad driver stopped at our gate. My daughter waved goodbye to her daddy as I told

her he is ill and has been advised to stay in a hospital for a few days. As our worst fears came true, with folded hands, I prayed to God that he returns home soon, fully recovered.

My husband, a civil servant, and I, a doctor serving at the GMCH, had been exposed to COVID-19 since the beginning of the lockdowns. Despite taking all precautions, from carrying a hand sanitiser 24x7 to wearing N-95 masks and engaging in a thorough sanitisation routine after reaching home, the fear of the deadly infection eventually arriving at our doorstep was ever present. Four days after a meeting with fellow officers, some of whom turned COVID-19 positive, my husband woke up feeling unwell, with mild fever and body ache. Fearing the worst, I immediately quarantined him in a separate room, at home. Acting responsibly, he attended two important meetings scheduled

MY SPACE

Dr. Zohra Ahmad Face-to-face with COVID-19that day through video conferencing. The same evening, he tested positive on the Rapid Antigen Test. Communicating within the same house on video-call, we contemplated whether to go for home quarantine or hospital admission. Weighing the pros and cons, we finally decided to go for hospital quarantine mainly due to two reasons: we had a child and an elderly lady at home, and passing on the infection to them was something we had to avoid. Secondly, should there be any sudden deterioration; the hospital would be able to monitor him better. Soon, he proceeded towards Gauhati Medical College in an ambulance to get admitted.

More than his own health, my husband was worried that he may have already passed on the infection to someone from his family or office staff. Following his positive test, over a 100 people with whom he had closely interacted with over the past few days were screened and quarantined. Thankfully, all contacts, including myself, my four-year-old daughter, my mother and house-staff, tested negative over the next few days.

Given that my husband is young and without co-morbidities, we were aware that, statistically, he is likely to have a mild affliction; however, during the initial week, we both were stressed. My husband continued to exhibit mild symptoms, including fever, malaise and a sore throat for around five days. A strange and common symptom of this disease is the inability to smell (anosmia), which also affected him. Only after the first week was over and he had turned afebrile that we heaved a sigh of relief. He was given multivitamins, Vitamin C, and Azithromycin; and he underwent four-hourly monitoring of temperature and oxygen levels. A doctor and nurse, wearing protective gear, would visit him thrice a day to check on his overall well-being. He tried to stay hydrated and walked around in the hospital corridor a few times a day, to avoid risk of clotting (COVID-19 is known to lead to clotting and stroke in some cases). To rule out any complications, he underwent an X-Ray and some routine blood tests, both of which turned out to be normal.

For a person used to working ten to 15 hours

most days, the most difficult part about the ordeal

first two days in the hospital, he was not feeling well enough to work. Thereafter, he resumed work-from-hospital, attending review meetings, training programmes and project discussions online from the hospital room itself. On the tenth day, when he tested negative, he was discharged and advised seven days of home quarantine. The day he was discharged, we felt euphoric at defeating a virus which has brought the whole world to a standstill. We continued to monitor him at home and he did not develop any new symptoms during home quarantine.

In a way, now that we have seen the coronavirus at close quarters, our fear of the disease has abated to some extent. In retrospect, my husband had milder symptoms than seasonal viral fever that has affected each of us at some or other time. Having said that, we cannot underestimate the dangerous nature of this virus for a number of people, including doctors, healthcare workers and security personnel who have lost their lives during this pandemic. Therefore, it is prudent to strictly follow social distancing norms, hand hygiene and government advisory till this virus is around.

(The writer is Assistant Professor of Radiology at

Gauhati Medical College & Hospital.)

In a way, now that we have seen the coronavirus at close quarters, our fear of the disease has been abated to some extent. In retrospect, my husband had milder symptoms than seasonal viral fever that has affected each of us at some or other time.

FICTION

Tannaz Mahreen

[email protected]


WELL-BEHAVED INDIAN WOMENSaumya Dave

This debutante writer comes out with a scintil-lating book that brilliantly reveals the push and pull of Indian women, bound by prejudice and tradition. The key character meets a dashing journalist and sud-denly has second thoughts about studying psychology and marrying her long-time sweetheart.

TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGHMary L. Trump

Mary L. Trump goes ham-mer and tongs after her uncle Donald J. Trump. Barely a month after its publication, it is a best-seller. Trump appears as an amoral, greedy, grasping man, a real sleazeball, who lets nothing and no one get in the way of his infantile ambition.

Trump is understandably furious.

MOTHERWELL: A GIRLHOODDeborah Orr

When the late journalist Deborah Orr was 18, she left for university against the wishes of her mother. The antagonism as well as tenderness between the pair is beautifully played out and in the end, Deborah wishes to be worthy of her mother. This intergenerational mem-oir is a moving read.

HOOD FEMINISMMikki Kendall

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall is a relevant book that reminds us that feminism belongs to diverse women of colour and ethnic-ity and unless their issues are addressed, feminism as a credo and an instrument of change will remain inef-fective.

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“You know you need to get out more

when you get a sunburn from

watching too much TV.”

“It detects smoke and carbon

monoxide and it tells you if

your deodorant isn't working.”

“So many people our age are divorced

and dating again, they're changing

our class reunion to a prom!”

After the web series Paatal Lok, actress Swastika Mukherjee was recently seen playing a key role in late Sushant Singh

Rajput�s recently released film Dil Bechara. Amidst the heated debate over nepotism in Bollywood in the wake of Sushant�s suicide, Swastika opens up on the issue, Sushant�s suicide, and much more.

People are now lauding Dil

Bechara after Sushant Singh Ra-jput�s death. But many netizens had taken jibes at it when the film was announced. How do you see this? Is it hypocrisy on the part of some people?

I think saying anything on this mat-ter is like opening up to a lot of abuse or trolls. We will be hit, irrespective of our reactions. So, primarily, I do not know what is the right thing to do. Secondly, depending on my per-sonal experiences and what is going on around, I feel �regret is bigger than gratitude�. Regret gives us more solace than having gratitude for people when they are alive. It is not only about Su-shant, but it is happening everywhere.

You spent ample time with Sushant Singh Rajput during the shooting of Dil Bechara. Did you feel like he was depressed?

No, no, I didn�t. I think this (depres-sion) is something that people don�t show. People who are depressed don�t show it to everyone, barring their close ones. Depression is so personal that

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The week does not seem to be very favourable for

those wanting to get married. However, married couples

will be able to enjoy life to the fullest. You will learn to

accept your partner wholeheartedly.

Those in committed relationships will be very keen

to experience the delight in their relationship. Keep a

tight leash over your unwanted expenses and do not

purchase paraphernalia you do not require.

Time spent with your family will be joyous. However,

differences of opinion are possible with someone

whom you are emotionally attached to. Your priority

should be to resolve all such differences amicably.

Singles might bump into a childhood crush. It will be

a lovely reunion, something that might even lead to

better days ahead. But do not forget your friends as you

start spending time with this new person in your life.

The week does not seem to be very favourable for

married couples. It will be very crucial for couples to

give each other time and space. This will help them

to maintain harmony.

Mars is influencing the second house, disturbing the

tranquility of the family. Any issues within the family

should be handled tactfully. Maintain your composure

and try to resolve the issue amicably.

You will be meeting a lot of new people from your

social circle. New friendships will develop and you

are to have a pleasant time with these new-found

friends! Enjoy your days ahead.

Married couples could remain unhappy due to an

indifferent and uncaring attitude by their spouse. Be

patient with yourself and your spouse. Better days

are just around the corner.

Family issues might crop up but you will be able to

tackle it with the help of your spouse and kids. Finances

might be badly hit, but stressing over them might not

be the best way forward. Things will get better.

You will spend a very pleasant time with some new-

found friends. Try to preserve peace and harmony

within the family by tactfully resolving any issue that

has come up.

Issues might arise within the family. Try to adopt a

malleable attitude. Do not try to be rigid in your opin-

ions. Peace within the family should be your priority.

Singles are likely to fall in love during this phase.

They will be able to convey their true feelings to

this person, who will reciprocate favourably! A really

wonderful time for romance.

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translator and trained Shastriya Sangeet

vocalist.

A lipstick index

any form of creativity. Others are catching up on reading, or rewatching classics on Netflix and YouTube. And then there are so many who find that the best way to help themselves is to help others. Giving aid to others in these economically uncertain times, helping those whose financial bottom has fallen out of their lives, is a sure shot way of lifting a bit of the gloom from above us, too.

In the beginning, people rejoiced in not having to dress for work, in being able to simply be presentable, neck up. But that was short-lived. Now people long for the structure of a workplace, of dressing for it in their work clothes.

There is this thing called the Lipstick Index. Learned economists have found that whenever there is an economic downturn, there is a higher sale of cosmetics, particularly lipsticks. Whether it is an offshoot of this or not, but the fact remains that the fantasy of wearing red lipstick when things normalise, and then painting the town a similar shade is growing in many women as they live out their current drab, grey existence.

Through all these gloomy, home-bound, locked in times, the red lipstick, and all it symbolises, is a flaming badge of courage. As so many women work from home, managing office and children�s online classes simulta-

Throughout all the many crises that humankind has had to confront, there have been as many coping mechanisms as there have been disasters and calamities. How, oth-

erwise, would humanity have survived the many catastrophes that came their way?

Some of the greatest minds wrote beauti-ful diaries and histories during their days in prison. Gandhiji and Nehru�s works, which they wrote while locked up, are master-pieces. In recent times, Jeffrey Archer wrote his prison diaries both as a coping mechanism and also as a record of things that happened during his time in prison. Anne Frank�s diaries, while not written in prison, exactly, were also put on paper while she was within the enforced confines of a cramped location.

It has been very interesting to see the kind of coping mechanisms that people are resorting to in these unnatural, locked down times which never seem to end, with not much light at the end of the tunnel yet. There are the wonderful cooking pictures on social media as people bake gorgeous cupcakes and sourdough bread. After all, anything that helps people through the darkness that surrounds us is always a posi-tive thing. No, not the fear of a virus, but of depression. A darkness that threatens to overtake us because of the uncertainty of the future, and the bleakness of the present. A darkness that descends because of economic uncertainty, the unmet need for human companionship, the urge to go out and actually live life, instead of sitting at home, washing our hands and watching traumas on TV.

Others are finding solace in gardening. And indeed, the perfect bloom that rewards our efforts to nurture it, is a sign that there is hope, there is a future for humankind, even if it is a masked or veiled one. And yes, human creativity is such that there are even specially designed masks which promise to reflect our personalities, even if nobody can see anything except a bit of our eyes.

There are so many musical ways to see us through this thing. Beautiful online concerts boost our downcast spirits. Many have taken to writing poetry, and reciting, too, and what a surprise, often a pleasant one, that is. Writ-ing is a cathartic experience, as is, indeed,

neously, and also cooking, cleaning, and washing up, it is this thought, this fantasy that keeps us all going. One may never have actually worn red lipstick, one may shy away from even dressing in anything too bright. But at this time, red symbolises Life. A desire floats up, a desire that spreads its wings across class and social boundaries, grow-ing stronger as day after day of lockdowns persist, and ever newer ones are called.

So here is this conservatively dressed woman, all bundled up in home clothes, fantasising that she will surely go out in a bright red top and high heels and yes, of course, red lipstick, to a movie or a restau-rant once this thing is over. No, she�s never worn anything remotely like that ever, but these times have shown her that yes, once in her life, she should do the unexpected, be unpredictable. After all, who predicted that this year would go by wearing masks and washing our hands, cowering inside our houses? Red lipstick, the fantasy, becomes the colour of defiance, of joy, of hope. It is a barrier, sometimes, against the depression that threatens to overwhelm us all as we breathe in only the air of our home feeling guilty, also, that we actually have a place to call home which many others don�t.

Others are already donning red lipstick, at home, as they go about mopping and wash-ing. And why not? There�s something about the red lipstick that makes it an immediate mood enhancer, even as we go through phase after phase of neverending lock-downs, the absolute strictest in the whole world. We know that even if we die of a heart attack, getting us cremated or buried will be a very difficult task. Red nailpolish is already seen on the fingernails of many at this time, and how beautiful that is!

It�s a pity, though, that most men do not wear lipstick, red or otherwise. To them is denied this instant lifting of spirits. All Things Considered, a way out of this should be found. Perhaps the same lift can be had if they put on a maroon kurta, or a bright red bow tie? After all, colours do affect mood, and it�s a pity that they do not use them to get some cheer in these depressing times.

“After all, who predicted that this year would go by wearing masks and washing our hands, cowering inside our houses? Red lipstick, the fantasy, becomes the colour of defiance, of joy, of hope.

“Sure, we never go anywhere,

but look at the bright side –

we're never late!”

5 THINGS/ Curbing cancer

1

Early detection

Awareness

3

2

4

5 Financial support

“Only conscious people can reduce cancer in the region.”

Expert oncologists and

adequate infrastructure

Due to the advances in medical science and technology, most cancers are curable at an early stage. For that, regular cancer screen-ing camps should be conducted. Opportunis-tic screening at hospitals can also be fruitful.

(As told to Bidisha Singha)

It is very sad for us that the North-East is considered as the �Cancer Capital of India�. To control the Northeastern cancer diagnosis and treatment crisis is not a one-man job. It requires the cumulative efforts of the native people, healthcare providers, medical organisa-tions, NGOs, hospitals and the government. Firstly, people need to adopt healthier lifestyle habits; specifically, tobacco consumption, and unhealthy dietary habits need to be controlled.

At an individual level, people need to quit habits like smoking, consuming alcohol, chewing tobacco and betel nuts, and reduce the consumption of spicy foods (like bhoot jolokia), alkaline food (like khar ), and smoked and fermented food. Control sexu-ally transmitted diseases and practise good hygiene.

Cost is a big issue for cancer patients. Many people give up their struggle against cancer due to financial issues. The government should introduce more projects, especially for cancer

for chemotherapeutic and targetted drugs, and NGOs must raise funds for cancer treatment. A doctor can reduce the cancer mortality rate but only conscious people can reduce cancer in the region.

Surgical oncologist DR. NIJU PEGU on what can be done

to bring down the incidences of cancer in the North-East.

Very often we find people at an advanced stage of cancer, as they ignore the symp-toms and signs at the beginning. Cancer awareness camps should be conducted at schools and villages. The government should introduce cancer awareness chapters in the secondary school syllabus.

There is a shortage of oncologists in the North-East hospitals. The government should emphasise on basic training to primary doc-tors at the PHC level/MPW/ASHA workers

SCREENSHOTS

Souvik Ghosh In her wordsSWASTIKA MUKHERJEE opens up on

Sushant Singh Rajput, her Dil Bechara

co-actor.

Lifestyle

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Mitra Phukan

everybody fights it in their own ways. It is not necessary to constantly talk about it every time and make it so evident to the public eye. I don�t think as human beings, we really flaunt our sufferings. And because of this en-tire Instagram (social media) culture, people seem to have wonderful lives.

You have also been abused after a news article (which later turned out to be fake) that had fabricated your response towards Sushant Singh Rajput�s death...

Yes. Forget about checking the source (of the news) or authentica-

tion, a person (the accused) is so much in grief by the suicide of a person that he is provoking another human being to die! No one will be able to find a rational or logical way to understand the situation. People may criticise me or question my re-sponse even after not checking the authentication of the news, but they can�t give me rape or acid-attack threats.

Sushant Singh Rajput�s death has triggered the nepotism debate on social media once again. You are now working in Bollywood, with no lineage in the Hindi film industry, what is your take?

I think it is everywhere. By the logic of nepotism, I should have been launched in a very big Bengali film considering my father (late Santu Mukhopadhyay) was a senior actor. But I had to go through the drill of working on television. If I have gained popularity by being in a TV series where I was not even the lead actress, I will take the credit for it.

Favouritism is not exclusive to Bol-lywood or the film industry but it is happening everywhere, including the corporate world. Favouritism exists everywhere, but only the film industry is talked about.

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regarding cancer, so that there is no delay in referring the patients to an oncologist, if needed. There should be some basic cancer clinic set-ups at the district level.

Recruitment of expert oncologists is neces-sary as well. There should be inter-state or intra-state communication among hospitals so that healthcare providers are aware about can-cer treatment facilities available in the region. Adequate infrastructure must be provided, including free accommodation for daycare patients and attendants as cancer treatment can take long.

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