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Vol. 1
Issue 321
Dibrugarh, Saturday, April 30, 2016
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8 die, dozens injured in cyclonic storm in Assam and Arunachal After the storm left behind a trail of devastation, Arunachal CM reacted instantly by announcing compensation while Assam CM yet to react
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1. Picture of a devastated hut in Charaideo district, 2. Another house blown away by cyclonic storm in Jorhat, 3 & 4. Houses totally damaged by the Thursday evening cyclonic storm in Diyun and (inset) picture of the two dead in Diyun. Pic - UB & ET Photo.
6 dead, several injured, heavy loss to property in Assam after cyclonic storm hits the state Despite repeated assurances from the government and the administration that the state government was fully prepared to deal with the flood problem, everything seemed to turn into a flop show and the pre monsoon has already caused massive damage in the state besides affecting thousands of people in the state. Nature seems to have stuck a whip on the state, and lightening has killed six people in the state last night, according to officials of the Assam government. According to officials, two people were killed in the Cachar district, three in the Tinsukia districts, and one was killed in the Darrang districts in the storm that lashed through the state last night. “These deaths has been recorded as deaths as a result of storm and lightening by
ET CAPSULES AAHSU condemns twin blast in Tinsukia Tinsukia, Apr 29: All Assam Hindu Students Union has strongly condemned the twin blasts that left 13 person injured on Thursday. In a media statement, organizing secretary of AAHSU, Lalan Sahani said, twin blasts has proved the failure on the part of the administration and government to provide security to the common man. Without naming Ulfa, Sahani said, by attacking unarmed and innocent people one cannot prove that they are strong. Such organizations are cowards. Lalan called upon everyone to come together against terrorism. (Correspondent)
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Golaghat, Apr 29: Pradeep Maheswari of Golaghat recently completed his Doctrate from Australia's Graduate Research School . His title was " Experimental & Computational investigation of the formation transformation and reactivity of iron oxide in waste water treatment . " Pradeep is Civil Engineer and son of Purshottam - Pushpa Kabra. His Uncle Pawan - Bimla Kabra played an important role in his life to make him a successful person . All are happy for his Achievment. (Correspondent)
the government,” said a senior official of ASDMA. The storm besides damaging houses and uprooting trees and electric poles, have also led to disruption of power supply in several parts of the state.Three people died and seven others were injured when a heavy storm lashed at Philkhana line of Namdang Tea estate under Margherita police station in upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Thursday midnight. The deceased was identified as- Radhika Birsa (40), Maina Tanti (16) and Anu Tanti (17). They died due to felling of tress on their house when they were sleeping. The injured has been sent to Marghertia civil Hospital for treatment and their condition was stated to be stable. “The deceased were from same family and they died due to falling of tress on the roof of their house and they got trapped under the house. Their house were completely destroyed due to the falling
of the tree,’’ said Debojit Mahanta, Officer-in-charge of Margherita police station. He said that postmortem was conducted and the body was handed over to the family for the last rites. He added till now no compensation was announced from the administration side. For couple of days in upper Assam heavy storm have hit, destroying houses and creating panic among the people. In many areas due to storm power supply has been cut off creating problems for people. “For some days strong winds has been blowing in our areas and our current has been cut off and we have to face lots of hurdle because we cannot charge our mobiles sets,’’ said Alok Das, a resident of Margherita. Many valuable trees were uprooted and fall on the roads created problems for the commuters. Power has been disrupted in Marhgerita for last 24 hours due to strong wind blowing in the region. However reports from the
Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) shows that the flood situation has improved to a certain extent, and as of today, 3 districts are affected. “495.77 hectares of agricultural land has been affected, and besides this 16,281 persons has been affected and another 1,395 are in relief camps,” states a report from the ASDMA today evening. According to ASDMA till 3 days back, 83,941 people were affected and 4,049 were in relief camps in different parts of the state. Officials of the Assam government have also said that the administration is fully prepared to tackle any emergency, and have said that National and State Disaster Response Force (NDRF and SDRF) are appearing in field to help rescue people in distress. “We are also coordinating with neighbouring states to learn about the everyday situation,” said Kripaljoyti Mazumdar, a senior official of the ASDMA.
NIA team visits Tinsukia, security beefed up Rishu Kalantri. Tinsukia, Apr 29
A day after ulfa rocked upper Assam eastern most town with twin blasts, a three - member NIA team visited the bomb spots on Friday. According to the sources, the team headed by a senior forensic expert of NIA team landed here this afternoon from Delhi. Contd. on Page 4
The lever of the greande recovered by police. Pic - Rishu Kalantri
CM announces Rs. 4 Lakhs as ex-gratia reliefs; Nikh Kamin thanks the CM for his prompt action ET Bureau Diyun, Apr 29
Two persons were killed when a massive cyclone storm strike Diyun Circle in Changlang District followed by heavy rain and hailstorms. The deceased persons were identified as Kalasogi Chakma, a 14 years old girl and a year and a half year old infant from Avoipur village. The cyclone, first of its kind in Arunachal has strike Diyun town and its adjacent villages at around 5 pm on Thursday and lasted for 15-20 minutes. Umpteenth numbers of houses especially those constructed with Bamboos and woods were completely damaged in the fierce wind and hailstorms. The Damages is estimated to be crores especially in villages such as Avoipur, Dumpani, Jyotipur, Shantipur, Bijoypur and Diyun Town. Tagam Mibang, EAC, Diyun said over telephone that the cyclonic storm which was followed by heavy rains left a trail of heavy damage and destruction in the entire Diyun circle. “Many trees got uprooted and electric poles were damaged due to strong cyclone, communication and electricity is totally disrupted”, he said. Many houses, crop land, betel nut trees too have been severely damaged. Major portion of the community hall and the market shed in Diyun has also been damaged along with the circuit house, the officer added. Kento Riba, additional DC, Jairampur who was camping in Diyun also got involved in the damage control exercise. Today, the EAC has visited the families of the deceased
along with Kento Riba, additional DC, Jairampur who was camping in Diyun and have also got involved with the damage control exercise. Just last week, the same villages under Diyun circle of Changlang District have battled the wrath of the season’s first flood due to which 80 families were rendered homeless and landless and many has faced heavy losses in plantations and crops. Deputy Commissioner of Changlang District along with ADC Bordumsa, S. Miji today visited Diyun and held a meeting with the GBs and PRI Members and visited the flood affected village of Dumpani. The Chief Minister while expressing shock and sorrow on the demise of one young girl and a female child due to collapse of house caused by hailstorm and tornado under Diyun circle at Changlang District today, he condoled the death of two lives due to nature’s fury. He announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 4 lakhs to the next of kin of the deceased family as per relief norms of the govt. and instructed the Deputy Commissioner, Changlang to initiate the process immediately. The Local MLA, Nikh Kamin meet the Chief Minister and appraised him of the situation in of flood and cyclone at Diyun and Bordumsa. He thanks the Chief Minister for announcing an ex-gratia relief for the deceased families and responding his message promptly. While condoling the dead of the minors he have instructed the ADC Bordumsa and EAC Diyun to leave no stone unturned in helping and being with the people of Diyun Circle in this hour of crisis.
Uninterrupted downpour and Hailstones wreak havoc in Bordumsa and Miao
Pisi Zauing Bordumsa/Miao, April 29
The people of Bordumsa and Miao administrative subdivisions are facing the wrath of nature's fury like all the other places in Arunachal Pradesh. The right bank of NoaDehing river opposite Miao Township where six oldest villages of Miao sub-division consisting of Pisi, Khamuk, Lewang, Phup, Khagam Singpho and Khagam Mossang villages inhibit are
worst sufferers of erosion and submergence owing to floods. Unfortunately the concerned departments are yet to visit the affected villages to take stock of the loss of properties and provide relief materials. Upper Miao too faced heavy erosion and the Namdapha eco cultural festival ground submerged but no cases of casualties and heavy loss of properties are reported. Contd. on Page 3
A monkey shows a rare example of maternal care Mayukh Goswami Mangaldai, Apr 29
Not only the human beings every creature in this world has a strong affinity for maternal care and protection especially in the earliest part of their life . Equally all living female animals enjoy the motherhood by offering deepest form of love and care to their babies , that is the reason why the parameter of mother's love and care can never be compared to any other forms of love and care . We all know care and love for a mother animal towards her baby is also quite normal even
for animals. But if the baby is from a different mother and that too of a separate animal species , then this type of phenomenon can never be regarded as normal , it's rear. A thickly populated residential area in Mangaldai town , now a days has witnessed a rare example of motherhood and maternal care where a full grown female monkey has been taking care of a newly born baby squirrel. The incident has already created a strong curiosity among the nature lovers and media persons as they have thronged into the residential campus of Sekhar Mazumdar ,
an young entrepreneur and a nature lover at Santipur , ward no-3 to witness the two wild animals of different species bonded strongly to one another. Talking to this correspondent Sekhar Mazumdar said that the mother monkey even for a second does not leave the baby squirrel alone. When she is hungry she used to make some sounds and when any fruit or vegetable is being provided , she would come down from the nearby tree or boundary wall holding her baby one hand and then picked the food item in the other and go back to her safe location with some
harder efforts. " We are delighted when we could see the mother monkey offering breast feeding to the baby squirrel." Exclaimed Mazumdar . Moreover few months ago this monkey was also found offering care and love to a lonely puppy in the locality he added. Meanwhile on being contacted in connection with the behavior of the monkey , prominent Zoologist and Principal of Kharupetia College Dr Budhin Ch Hazarika , he termed it as an incident of very rare character on the part of a monkey. Monkey's behavior towards other animal species
normally are not friendly except in case of human being in sometime. The reason behind this type rare behavior by the monkey is perhaps she wanted to show her maternal care to some one as because she lost her baby and being deprived of the bond with the baby, Dr Hazarika pointed out to this correspondent . Just at a time when in our modern civil society new born babies were found thrown away to the dustbin by mother or parents , this incident has really sent an awakening message to our materialistic and money oriented present society
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ET Bureau Guwahati/Dibrugarh, Apr 29
2 killed and hundreds of families render homeless in a massive Cyclonic storm in Diyun