Food items distributed

From our Staff Reporter
Aug 30: The Lakhipur administration distributed food items in three refugee camps of the sub-division. In Kumarcherra camp, 13 quintal of rice, 250 quintal of pulses and 15 kilo gram of salt were distributed. In Doloicherra camp, 8 quintal of rice, 1 quintal and 10 kilo gram of pulses and 44 kilo gram of salt were distributed. In Shibasthan camp, 1 quintal and 30 kilo gram of pulses, 90 kilo gram of rice and 42 kilo gram of salt had been distributed.

One dies in road mishap

One dies in road mishap

From a Correspondent DHUBRI, Aug 27: A truck driver Ashok Singhi died after his truck’s handyman accidentally ran the truck over him. Sources said Singhi was sleeping under his truck when his handyman Chotelal Gujral drove away the truck without knowing that Singhi was sleeping under it. Singhi succumbed to his injuries in Dhubri Civil Hospital last night.

Speed limit set for NH-37

BOKAKHAT, Aug 25: The Kaziranga National Park authorities have taken stringent measures to control the speed of the vehicles on NH 37 in the KNP area in an attempt to protect the animals crossing the highway to take shelter in the forests of Karbi Anglong. Incessant rainfall has submerged a lot of areas in the KNP due to which animals are forced to seek shelter in Karbi Anglong. The speed limit for vehicles have been set at 40 km per hour. Anybody found guilty of crossing the speed limit would be fined by the security guards patrolling the highway. While no animal death has been reported so far, the forest guards are working day and night in order to provide protection to the animals from poachers and flood. As many on eight forest camps have been inaugurated in the park so far.

Rs 12.83 crore fund released for NREGA

MANGALDAI, Aug 21: The Union Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned an amount of Rs 12.83 crore to the rural areas of Darrang district for implementation of NREGA for the financial year 2009-10. According to a press release, this was stated in a communique of the Ministry of Rural Development director (NREGA) Krishna Kumar in a letter. It was also stated in the letter that no Utilization Certificate was pending against the recipent organization ––DRDA, Darrang under NREGA.

Workshop on district planning initiative held

DIBRUGARH, Aug 21: A workshop on district planning initiative was held here today under the aegis of the district administration and UNICEF.

Participating in the programme, the Deputy Commissioner Gyanendra Dev Tripathi spoke on the execution of the plans prepared to solve the problems in rural and urban areas. He also laid emphasis on internal resource development, slum area development and raising general awareness.

The workshop was chaired by District Planning Committee president Mina Teli.

Joydeep Barua and Dr Bhupen Sarma of Omiyo Kumar Das Institute of Social Science and Development were the resource persons. Displaying a power plant, they explained in detail on decentralized and co-ordinated planning under the title of Vision Dibrugarh 2025.

Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of Dibrugarh University, Dr KK Deka, inaugurated the workshop. Apart from UNICEF officials, officers of various departments of the district administration, representatives of Panchayats and Gaonburas were also present on the occasion.

Art competition organized

NAGAON, Aug 23: Nehru Yubak Kendra of Nagaon organized an art competition in collaboration with Jyoti Academy in Jyoti Art School, Nagaon in connection with Sadbhavana Divas. In the programme, the secretary of Jyoti Academy Sujit Das and president of Jyoti Academy Dulal Bora felicitated Dhanajoy Talukdar of NYK, Gautam Kalita, Ashini Sarma and Amitab Das Gupta who graced the programme as guests. An art competition was held in the programme in which more than 500 students participated the competition. The subject for the art competition was ‘Mask’. It is mentionable that Jyoti Academy was established in the year 1999 in Nagaon town.

Truck falls into Kakodonga river, 3 die

JORHAT, Aug 23: Three persons died while one managed to escape while an Air Force truck hailing from Dimapur dropped in to Kakodonga river at Kakodonga bridge on NH-37.
Police source informed that, an Air Force truck carrying Air Force canteen goods fell in to the river failing its control. Four persons along with one Pankaj Kalita, a bill clerk of Air Force drowned in the river. However, the handyman of the truck managed to escape. The body of the driver and the owner of the truck is yet to recover.

Army conducts raid

GUWAHATI, Aug 18: Army personnel of 19 Madras Regiment along with Agomani PS in charge conducted a search operation in the house of Rabindranath Ray (35) of Kherbari village under Golakganj PS and recovered a hand-made pistol along with three rounds of live ammunition and a mobile phone from his possession recently. This was stated in a press release.

Congress rally organized

Himanta said that, finding no alternative, as many as 1,749 AGP workers joined the Congress openly before the public. Dr Sarma said that, the Congress party will be come to power in the next time while the seat of Dharmapur Constituency will be brought under Congress (I) party.

Efforts on to regain lost glory of Dibrugarh

DIBRUGARH, Aug 14: The Dibrugarh district administration has instructed NF Railway authorities to construct a drain along the newly laid railway track from Banipur to Rojabheta to ensure a hassle-free passage of water of the area. The NF Railway authorities did assure the district administration of complying with the instruction.
Announcing this at the Community Liaison Group (CLG) meeting held here on August 12, Dibrugarh Deputy Commissioner Gyanendra Dev Tripathy said that the people of the area would get relief of rain-fed flood when the drain is completed. He further told the citizens that the district administration would not hesitate to take stern action against erring people or parties to put an end to water-logging in the town.

Health Department gears up to tackle swine flu

DIBRUGARH, Aug 14: The Health Department in Dibrugarh is gearing up to meet any eventuality of swine flu in the district.
A 24-hour special out patient department has been set up at Assam Medical College here to carry out investigation of any patient with suspected symptoms of the disease. A 10-bedded ward has also been opened for treatment of serious patients.

While talking to The Sentinel, Joint Director of Health and Family Welfare Dr PK Hazarika said that tablets of temi flu have been stocked at Assam Medical College. Acknowledging that the present stock is less, he assured that it would be augmented from time to time as the need arose. The Joint Director said that samples of suspected cases would be rushed to RMRC, which will remain open at all times. He further stated that an action plan to impart requisite training to doctors as well as paramedical staff in phases was already in place. Within the next 10 to 15 days, the department would start the training, Dr Hazarika added. He went on to say that the nursing homes have been instructed to rush in any person suspected to have H1N1 virus to the AMC as the provision for treatment was available there only.

The official revealed that the tablets of temi flu would be provided only to serious cases and to the doctors as well as nursing staff working in the particular isolation ward. He said that the medical staff would treat the patients according to the diagnosis. Hazarika further stated that the various symptoms would be treated as per the normal method of treatment, like people with breathing difficulties being put on ventilators.

The Medical Department is specially looking out for patients who have recently returned after stay in countries where the disease has spread.

Winds of change sweep India’s foreign office

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: The elite Indian Foreign Service (IFS) that powers India’s global diplomacy and manages relations with nations is changing. Mid-career training and specialization are the new mantra. Promotions were a matter of aging gracefully, but now even senior diplomats have to prove themselves to move up the career ladder.

In a never-before event, 30 joint secretary rank diplomats - or mid-career diplomats - due for promotion were sent to the Indian School of Business, the country’s top business school, at Hyderabad to reorient them to the new challenges of economic diplomacy in a business-driven world.