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Itanagar-Banderdewa four lane Nitish continues to road project gets back on track be favourite as Bihar EXCLUSIVE GETTING THINGS BACK ON TRACK rejects Modi's BJP Pynshisha Nylla Itanagar, Nov 8

ET CAPSULES Half holiday Jorhat, Nov 8: The Jorhat district administration has declared half holiday on Monday, i.e, on November 9, 2015 on account of the final match of the 52nd ATPA Shield Football Tournament 2015. The match would start at 1 pm at the Jorhat Stadium. The match will be played between OIL India FC Duliajan versus Assam Rifles, Tezpur. Senior OIL officials and Assam Rifles will witness the final match. (Correspondent) Prisoner dies at Tinsukia jail Tinsukia, Nov 8. The death of a prisoner at Tinsukia jail, Amad Ali has raised question following allegation of foul play by the family of the prisoner. However, jail authorities has denied any foul play and said his health was bad and he was taken to civil hospital where he died. (Correspondent)

AI flight returns after mid-air technical snag

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Guwahati, Nov 8: A Kolkata-bound Air India flight returned to the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport of Guwahati minutes after take-off after developing some technical snag. An army officer on board the flight AI 730 told this to IANS on Sunday, adding that the flight took off around 11.45 am from the LGBI airport of Guwahati. "However, minutes after the take-off, the pilot announced that they are taking the plane back to LGBI as they have detected a fault in the landing gear of the plane," he said. There was, however, not much panic and the plane landed smoothly at the airport, the officer said. (Correspondent)

With regard to the sinking point at Karsingsa located at Banderdewa, the CE said it will be taken care of by constructing a ‘viaduct’, an elevated road of about 1.3 kilometer to avoid the sinking zone. The construction

In September this year, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India had scrapped ItanagarBanderdewa 4 lane road project.

However, the matter has been resolved after fresh proposals have been.

Meanwhile, Chief Engineer of Highways (Western Zone), Bora Ete confirmed that the ItanagarBanderdewa four lane road will surely be constructed.

of the four lane cement concrete road, at an estimated cost of Rs. 400-450 Crore, will be awarded to a reputed company for quality’s sake.

Detailed Project Report (DPR) would be completed by the end of this November.

Two projects are to be The reason behind taken up on mission mode; one is land acquisition of PotinPangin road and the second is four-laning of the road from Itanagar to Banderdewa.

scrapping the original project is that the land compensation cost is higher than the cost of the four lane construction itself.

Itanagar, we will propose an underpass, we would also examine if flyover is needed anywhere else. We will be completing our DPR (Detailed Project Report) by the end of this month. We will try to get the work project awarded by the end of this financial year. We will ensure that the project is awarded and this is the long term measure,” the Chief Engineer further elaborated. He also said that construction of shoulder road that has been taken up right now in the Capital is a periodical renewal project under IRQP. “These are all temporary measures just to solve the current traffic problem whereas the long term measure is the four lane project that will include all these under passes, flyovers and viaduct at Banderdewa.” Contd. on Page 3

This is going to be a very difficult and challenging project. Here, land compensation is a very sensitive issue and it is a challenge but I will make sure that the work is done.

Police must maintain delicate balance while enforcing law and order: CM A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Nov 8

The 43rd Arunachal Pradesh Police Raising Day was celebrated today in the presence of Arunachal Chief Minister Nabam Tuki as the Chief Guest, State Home Minister Tanga Byaling as the Guest of Honour and a host of high ranking police officials, Parliamentary Secretary Likha Saaya among others. Describing the ceremony as

ANI New Delhi, Nov. 8

The grand alliance emerged victorious in the Bihar Assembly polls with the people yet again reposing their faith in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar despite an aggressive campaigning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the BJPled NDA. RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav scripted a spectacular comeback after multiple setbacks in the last few elections with the party leading in 80 seats. Contd. on Page 4

ANI Patna, Nov 8

Welcoming the verdict in favour of the Mahagathbandhan, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Modi on Sunday said that his party would extend full support to the Nitish Kumar-led government for the state's development. "The BJP will play the role

of a constructive opposition," said the former deputy chief minister. Hailing the clear majority to the grand alliance, he said, "It's good that the mandate is not fractured as a clear mandate is in the interest of the state. We respect the verdict." Replying to questions regarding the reasons behind the NDA's defeat, he said, "The NDA won lesser seats than expected. We will introspect

State BJP increases membership strength to 27 lakhs

Reacting to the defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar polls, state president of the BJP Sidhartha Bhattacharya said at Ghograpar in Nalbari district this evening that it is a lesson for the party though it will pose no impact in the coming Assembly election to be held early next year in Assam. Mr Bhattacharya, attending a

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Turn to Page 2 for more News on Bihar Polls.

BJP to play role of constructive opposition, says Sushil Modi

Ramen Kalita Nalbari, Nov 8

successful, the Chief Minister in his speech announced many packages which won the applause of the police personnel. “My Government’s initiatives for police include waiving off of in-practice 10% cost of uniform deducted from police personnel for procurement of new uniforms in place of the old ones,

Lalu and Nitish Kumar after the victory

sports meet at Ghograpar, further said, “We are committed to learning lessons from the mistake in Bihar and would work hard to strengthen the party position in the state for the coming election.” The state BJP increased the membership strength from 2.5 lakh to 27 lakhs in the last few months including all castes and communities, religions, he added. Contd. on Page 4

Wagun Ghat, lifeline for Tuki Govt. stable: Narayanasamy Arunachal-Assam border people A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Nov 8

Bishnu Rana Bordumsa, Nov 8

After the Congress Legislature party (CLP) meeting held today at Rajiv Bhawan, here the AICC in-charge for Arunachal Pradesh V. Narayanasamy said, Nabam Tuki led Congress Govt. in Arunachal is hundred percent stable. He lambasted the BJP saying that the BJP party is only interested in dividing the people mandated Govt. all over the North East. Contd. on Page 3

Wagun Ghat ferries people of both Arunachal Pradesh and Assam shipments and vehicles by means of machine-run boats during the dry season. During monsoon, the road gets completely cut off. The 100 m wide river, a major stream of NaoDihing swells radically during the rainy season bringing movements to a standstill. Contd. on Page 3

our shortcomings in the coming days." The grand alliance is heading towards a clear majority. Results and trends available so far show that the alliance has bagged 13 seats and is ahead in 127. The BJPled NDA has won two seats and is leading in 61 seats. Independent and others have bagged one seat and are leading in seven.

First Bought Leaf Tea Factory to achieve ‘Zero Pesticide Residue’ Amit Nagori Golaghat, Nov 8

By creating awareness drive in the radius of 20 km among Small Tea Growers as per Plant Protection Code and following simple techniques, a Bought Leaf Tea Factory named Sanjeev Tea Industry situated at Dhuliagaon of Golaghat district has achieved Zero Pesticide Residue in its Tea Production. It is noteworthy that Ex Chairman of Tea Board MGVK Bhanu had asked Small Tea Growers to adopt the Plant Protection Code technique in their production process and for its successful implementation Tea Board organised more than 25 awareness programs. Availing the very facility the owner of Sanjeev Tea, Mr Sanheev Gogoi asked the small tea growers of his area to attend the training session and implement the same. As part of this, 1200 Small Tea Growers were trained and implemented the technique in their farm which bore fruitful results. Contd. on Page 4

Forest dept. registers case against commercial cottage owner in Dibru Saikhowa National Park, inquiry report upholds 'The Eastern Today' news report DFO thanks The Eastern Today for exposing such serious matter as it could have exploited national park Rishu Kalantri Tinsukia, Nov 8 The forest department was on Sunday forced to act against the powerful businessman having close links with a Congress MLA for violation of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 by developing almost two dozen commercial cottages at Dibru

Saikhowa National Park. This action, comes, following a report submitted by the range officer of the forest department stating that the commercial cottages were developed within the boundaries of Dibru Saikhowa National Park and without any permission, thereby, upholding the news report published in The Eastern Today's 5th November edition titled

"Commercial Cottages invade Dibru Saikhowa National Park, forest department in the dark" - the first newspaper to have raised this serious matter. Speaking exclusively to this correspondent, DFO of Tinsukia M.K. Dhar said, "A forest case has been registered against Prasanna Das following the report submitted by the range officer for violating Wildlife Protection

Act, 1972 and a notice has been issued to him to immediate remove all the cottages." "The report mentions that the commercial cottages are within the boundaries of Dibru Saikhowa National Park without obtaining any permission from any concerned authority," he added. Dhar said that this is a very

serious matter as it could have exploited the national park in near future and has violated acts of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Earlier, following news report Brihattar Asomiya Yuva Manch had submitted a memorandum to the deputy commissioner of Tinsukia demanding high level inquiry into the matter followed by action on all culprits. On Sunday Sailen Gogoi,

working president of TAYPA said that we will submit a memorandum to the deputy commissioner of Tinsukia with cc to the chief minister and forest minister of Assam demanding legal action against the owners of the commercial cottages that should not be just limited to eviction as it is a serious matter posing great threat to several endangered wildlife species found here.

Only eviction will serve no purpose as eviction is but natural to take place after such a big exposure and will give a wrong message to the society and wildlife lovers, he added "Not just that, the owners has developed around two dozen commercial cottages well inside the boundaries of Contd. on Page 4

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Amidst confusing reports published in the media last September along the lines of the Central Government not agreeing to the proposal of the Itanagar-Banderdewa four laning road project, Chief Engineer of Highways (Western Zone), Bora Ete today confirmed that the ItanagarBanderdewa four lane road will surely be constructed. While speaking to The Eastern Today, Ete said, “After I have taken over as the Chief Engineer Western Zone on 10th August, 2015, I have two projects at hand to take up on mission mode; one is land acquisition of Potin-Pangin road and the second is four-laning of the road from Itanagar to Banderdewa. This is going to be a very difficult and challenging project. Here, land compensation is a very sensitive issue and it is a challenge but I will make sure that the work is done.” With regard to the sinking point at Karsingsa located at Banderdewa, the CE said it will be taken care of by constructing a ‘viaduct’, an elevated road of about 1.3 kilometer to avoid the sinking zone. “We would like to have a viaduct at Banderdewa, flyover at two junctions at Naharlagun. At Bank Tinali


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