PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH RN-1127/57 TECH/GH – 103/2018-2020, VOL. 82, NO. 223 GUWAHATI, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 82 years of service to the nation www.assamtribune.com Pages 12 Price: 6.00 p2 p8 Cut-off marks for degree courses soar in colleges p5 18 dead, 21 missing in massive Nepal landslip Low-key I-Day celebrations due to COVID-19 Flood scene GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The flood situation of Assam remained unchanged in the past 24 hours although the number of flood-hit people has come down from 13,382 to 11,812. The Brahmaputra and its tributaries Dikhow, Dhansiri and Jia Bharali are flowing above red mark. – Staff Reporter Arms recovery KOKRAJHAR, Aug 16: Acting on a tip-off, police this afternoon recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Katlibil and Belguri forest areas near the Indo-Bhutan border. It included an MMG, five AK-56 rifles and three pistols. – Correspondent NCC plan NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the proposal to expand the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in 173 border and coastal districts from where one lakh new cadets will be inducted. – PTI Ex-cricketer NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Former cricketer and UP cabinet minister Chetan Chauhan died on Sunday due to COVID-19 related complications. Chauhan, who played 40 Tests for India, was 73. – PTI ■ Also see page 6 JOCOSERIOUS I don’t worry as I will pass the buck on to the elephant! The campus buzz... Campus goes online The popular career sup- plement ‘Campus’ of The Assam Tribune will resume its journey online from Monday, 17th of August. It can be accessed online at assamtribune.com as an e-paper. It will be published every Monday. RON DUARAH DIBRUGARH, Aug 16: Fire controlling and oilwell killing exercises at the Bagh- jan site no. 5 of Oil India Limited (OIL) continues to “progress” but at a snail’s pace. On Sunday, the OIL press bulletin stated: “In- spection of the well head is planned for today after al- lowing sufficient setting time for second instalment of liquid resin that was placed on top of the casing slips in an attempt to cre- ate a temporary ‘pack-off’ of the annular section.” In plain terms, the Crisis Management Team is pour- ing various chemicals into the wellhead basement, in prep- aration of a third installation attempt of the Blow Out Pre- venter (BOP). The earlier two attempts this month were unsuccessful due to var- ious reasons. These include extreme high gas outflow pressure from the well, and the “hit-and-trial” methodol- ogy that is put to stub out the fire and plug the well perma- nently. Both the tasks are turning out to be extremely Baghjan fire control still in trial stages challenging, even for estab- lished experts. Today the Athey Wagon and Bull Dozer have been made ready for the operation after completion of load testing and servicing respectively. The Bull Dozer has also been load tested today. During the first installation attempt, the Bull Dozer had turned turtle, lead- ing to burn injuries to several Crisis Managers, including three foreigners. The Bull Dozer-Athey Wagon combine being load-tested for mounting the BOP on the Baghjan 5 wellhead on Sunday. – Photo: Ron Duarah SEE PAGE 6 Clause 6 panel report implementation will make CAA inapplicable in State R DUTTA CHOUDHURY GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The controver- sial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 will not be applicable in Assam if the Government of India implements all the recommendations of the Committee formed to implement the Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. As per the provisions of the CAA, the Government proposes to give Indian cit- izenship to the Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghan- istan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and who entered India on or before 31 Decem- ber 2014. However, the CAA will not be applica- ble in the areas covered under the Inner Line Permit system. On the other hand, the Committee on Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, headed by Justice (Retd) Biplab Sarma, has recommended that Inner Line Permit system should be introduced in Assam. If the Government implements this recommendation, the CAA will not be ap- plicable in Assam. Moreover, the Committee recommend- ed implementation of all the clauses of the Assam Accord. The Committee, in its re- port, said, “complete implementation of all clauses of Assam Accord, especially Claus- es 5.1 to 5.9 and Clauses 7,10 and 11 are essential for the safeguards to be provided under Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.” The Clauses 5.1 to 5.9 are the key clauses of the Accord, which pertain to detection and deportation of foreigners living in Assam. As per Clause 5.7 of the Accord, the for- eigners who came to Assam on or after March 25, 1971 would be detected and practical steps would be taken to expel them from the country. Implementation of that clause will negate the CAA, which aims to provide citizenship to certain sections of foreigners who came up to 2014. It may be mentioned here that the Com- mittee recommended that the Accord should be fully implemented without any further delay by drawing up a time bound action plan. The Committee said that the procedure for detection of foreigners in Assam should be strengthened by apply- ing the same procedure for detection of foreigners applicable in the entire country. The report said that the Government should pursue diplomatic initiative with the Government of Bangladesh for deportation of post 1971 foreigners. The Committee further suggested that till such deportation is completed, as an interim measure, the post 1971 migrants should resettled outside Assam. After ac- cepting the foreigners who came between 1951 to 1971, it is not possible for Assam to shoulder the burden of post 1971 mi- grants and there should be equitable dis- tribution of such persons in the entire coun- try, the report said. If all the recommendations of the Com- mittee are accepted it will not be possible to implement the CAA in Assam as the recommendations clearly stated that As- sam should not be given the burden of for- eigners who came after 1971. It may be mentioned here that the Un- ion Home Minister Amit Shah had assured the Parliament that the Government would implement the recommendations of the Committee immediately after receiving it, while, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also made such promise in public meetings. The report was handed over to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on February 25 and till date, the Centre has not officially made its stand clear on the issue. ment would be able to con- tain the cases to below 65,000 by that timeframe. Health officials said the more number of cases was due to the ramping up of the test- ing. “The more the number of tests, the more the number of cases,” they said. The positivity rate in the State continued be around the five mark. Seven more deaths in the State on Satur- day took the toll to 182. The number of discharged pa- COVID-19 cases in State cross 75,000, toll 182 tients stood at 53,286. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the health department was watching the trend and on August 19 it will make a fresh assessment on the status. “At GMCH, the mortality is going down after we start- ed working on plasma. We feel if other hospitals follow suit, the mortality will go down further,” he said. He informed that the health department would be providing pulse oximeters to patients opting for home iso- lation across the State from August 20. This facility is being provided only in Gu- wahati now. Meanwhile, two more Covid care centres – a 40-bed facility for women and chil- dren at MMCH and a 850-bed facility at Nehru Stadium – are being set up and are expect- ed to be functional soon. Also, a 704-bed Covid care centre will be functional at Mirza. STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The lockdown imposed by the State government to check the spread of COVID-19 will be partially relaxed from Monday. However, the weekend lockdown will continue in the entire State. The night cur- few timing will be from 9 pm to 5 am. The restriction on opening of shops on one side of the road has been withdrawn, Relaxed lockdown from today STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The COVID-19 cases in the State reached 75,558 on Saturday, much higher than what the Central gov- ernment had predicted. The Centre had predicted that the novel coronavirus cases in Assam might cross 71,000 by August 15. Minis- ter of State for Health Pijush Hazarika had, however, in- sisted that the health depart- while inter-district move- ment of people will be allowed between Monday and Friday. The inter-district movement of vehicles will be allowed with 50 per cent capacity. City buses will also oper- ate but they will have to fol- low the COVID-19 protocols, including 50 per cent capacity. Social, cultural, political, sports, entertainment, aca- demic and religious functions will continue to remain pro- hibited. Cinema halls, swim- ming pools, amusement parks, theatres, auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places will continue to re- main closed. Persons above 65 years of age and children below ten years have been advised to stay indoors except for un- avoidable health reasons. Not wearing masks at pub- lic places will invite a fine of Rs 1,000. These new guidelines will be effective till August 31. DUBAI, Aug 16: Tributes continue to pour in for Mahendra Singh Dhoni with the game’s governing body International Cricket Coun- cil (ICC) saying that the former India skipper “in- spired a whole generation and will be sorely missed”. Dhoni announced his re- tirement from international cricket on Saturday evening. A terse post on his Insta- gram page read, ‘consider me retired’. The 39-year-old is the only captain to have won all ICC tro- phies – T20 World Cup in 2007, ODI World Cup in 2011 and the Champions Trophy in 2013. “MS Dhoni is one of the all-time greats of the game. The image of his winning shot at Dhoni inspired a whole generation: ICC the Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) in the 2011 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final is etched in the memory of cricket lovers around the world,” said ICC Chief Execu- tive Manu Sawhney. Sawhney was referring to the six which Dhoni hit off Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara to win the ODI World Cup title at home. “He has inspired a whole generation and will be sorely missed. On behalf of the ICC, I congratulate him for an out- standing cricket career and wish him all the best for the future,” Sawh- ney said. SEE PAGE 6 India’s COVID case fatality rate declines to 1.93 pc NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Continuing the downward trend, India’s COVID-19 case fatality rate on Sunday dropped to 1.93 per cent, which is one of the lowest globally, the Union Health Ministry said. This is a result of coordi- nated efforts of the Centre and state and UT govern- ments, it said. “The USA crossed 50,000 deaths in 23 days, Brazil in 95 days and Mexi- co in 141 days. India took 156 days to reach this na- tional figure,” the Ministry underscored as the number of fatalities due to corona- virus infection in the coun- try reached 49,980. SEE PAGE 6 Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his second death anniversary, at Sadaiv Atal in New Delhi on Sunday. – PTI
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PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH
p2 p8Cut-off marks for degreecourses soar in colleges
p518 dead, 21 missing inmassive Nepal landslip
Low-key I-Day celebrationsdue to COVID-19
Flood sceneGUWAHATI, Aug 16:
The flood situation ofAssam remainedunchanged in the past 24hours although the numberof flood-hit people hascome down from 13,382 to11,812. The Brahmaputraand its tributaries Dikhow,Dhansiri and Jia Bharali areflowing above red mark. –Staff Reporter
Arms recoveryKOKRAJHAR, Aug 16:
Acting on a tip-off, policethis afternoon recovered ahuge cache of arms andammunition from Katlibiland Belguri forest areasnear the Indo-Bhutanborder. It included an MMG,five AK-56 rifles and threepistols. – Correspondent
NCC planNEW DELHI, Aug 16:
Defence Minister RajnathSingh has approved theproposal to expand theNational Cadet Corps(NCC) in 173 border andcoastal districts fromwhere one lakh new cadetswill be inducted. – PTI
Ex-cricketerNEW DELHI, Aug 16:
Former cricketer and UPcabinet minister ChetanChauhan died on Sunday dueto COVID-19 relatedcomplications. Chauhan, whoplayed 40 Tests for India,was 73. – PTI
nnnnn Also see page 6
JOCOSERIOUS
I don’t worry as I will pass
the buck on to the elephant!
The campus buzz...
Campus goes online
The popular career sup-plement ‘Campus’ of TheAssam Tribune will resumeits journey online fromMonday, 17th of August. Itcan be accessed online atassamtribune.com as ane-paper. It will be publishedevery Monday.
RON DUARAH
DIBRUGARH, Aug 16:
Fire controlling and oilwell
killing exercises at the Bagh-
jan site no. 5 of Oil India
Limited (OIL) continues to
“progress” but at a snail’s
pace. On Sunday, the OIL
press bulletin stated: “In-
spection of the well head is
planned for today after al-
lowing sufficient setting
time for second instalment
of liquid resin that was
placed on top of the casing
slips in an attempt to cre-
ate a temporary ‘pack-off ’
of the annular section.”
In plain terms, the Crisis
Management Team is pour-
ing various chemicals into the
wellhead basement, in prep-
aration of a third installation
attempt of the Blow Out Pre-
venter (BOP). The earlier
two attempts this month
were unsuccessful due to var-
ious reasons. These include
extreme high gas outflow
pressure from the well, and
the “hit-and-trial” methodol-
ogy that is put to stub out the
fire and plug the well perma-
nently. Both the tasks are
turning out to be extremely
Baghjan fire control stillin trial stages
challenging, even for estab-
lished experts.
Today the Athey Wagon and
Bull Dozer have been made
ready for the operation after
completion of load testing and
servicing respectively. The
Bull Dozer has also been load
tested today. During the first
installation attempt, the Bull
Dozer had turned turtle, lead-
ing to burn injuries to several
Crisis Managers, including
three foreigners.
The Bull Dozer-Athey Wagon combine being load-testedfor mounting the BOP on the Baghjan 5 wellhead onSunday. – Photo: Ron Duarah
SEE PAGE 6
Clause 6 panel report implementation will make CAA inapplicable in StateR DUTTA CHOUDHURY
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The controver-
sial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
will not be applicable in Assam if the
Government of India implements all the
recommendations of the Committee
formed to implement the Clause 6 of
the Assam Accord.
As per the provisions of the CAA, the
Government proposes to give Indian cit-
izenship to the Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists,
Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghan-
istan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and who
entered India on or before 31 Decem-
ber 2014.
However, the CAA will not be applica-
ble in the areas covered under the Inner
Line Permit system. On the other hand,
the Committee on Clause 6 of the Assam
Accord, headed by Justice (Retd) Biplab
Sarma, has recommended that Inner Line
Permit system should be introduced in
Assam. If the Government implements this
recommendation, the CAA will not be ap-
plicable in Assam.
Moreover, the Committee recommend-
ed implementation of all the clauses of the
Assam Accord. The Committee, in its re-
port, said, “complete implementation of all
clauses of Assam Accord, especially Claus-
es 5.1 to 5.9 and Clauses 7,10 and 11 are
essential for the safeguards to be provided
under Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.” The
Clauses 5.1 to 5.9 are the key clauses of
the Accord, which pertain to detection and
deportation of foreigners living in Assam.
As per Clause 5.7 of the Accord, the for-
eigners who came to Assam on or after
March 25, 1971 would be detected and
practical steps would be taken to expel them
from the country. Implementation of that
clause will negate the CAA, which aims to
provide citizenship to certain sections of
foreigners who came up to 2014.
It may be mentioned here that the Com-
mittee recommended that the Accord
should be fully implemented without any
further delay by drawing up a time bound
action plan. The Committee said that the
procedure for detection of foreigners in
Assam should be strengthened by apply-
ing the same procedure for detection of
foreigners applicable in the entire country.
The report said that the Government
should pursue diplomatic initiative with the
Government of Bangladesh for deportation
of post 1971 foreigners.
The Committee further suggested that
till such deportation is completed, as an
interim measure, the post 1971 migrants
should resettled outside Assam. After ac-
cepting the foreigners who came between
1951 to 1971, it is not possible for Assam
to shoulder the burden of post 1971 mi-
grants and there should be equitable dis-
tribution of such persons in the entire coun-
try, the report said.
If all the recommendations of the Com-
mittee are accepted it will not be possible
to implement the CAA in Assam as the
recommendations clearly stated that As-
sam should not be given the burden of for-
eigners who came after 1971.
It may be mentioned here that the Un-
ion Home Minister Amit Shah had assured
the Parliament that the Government would
implement the recommendations of the
Committee immediately after receiving it,
while, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also
made such promise in public meetings. The
report was handed over to Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal on February 25 and
till date, the Centre has not officially made
its stand clear on the issue.
ment would be able to con-
tain the cases to below 65,000
by that timeframe.
Health officials said the
more number of cases was due
to the ramping up of the test-
ing. “The more the number
of tests, the more the number
of cases,” they said.
The positivity rate in the
State continued be around
the five mark. Seven more
deaths in the State on Satur-
day took the toll to 182. The
number of discharged pa-
COVID-19 cases in Statecross 75,000, toll 182
tients stood at 53,286.
Health Minister Himanta
Biswa Sarma said the health
department was watching
the trend and on August 19 it
will make a fresh assessment
on the status.
“At GMCH, the mortality
is going down after we start-
ed working on plasma. We
feel if other hospitals follow
suit, the mortality will go
down further,” he said.
He informed that the
health department would be
providing pulse oximeters to
patients opting for home iso-
lation across the State from
August 20. This facility is
being provided only in Gu-
wahati now.
Meanwhile, two more
Covid care centres – a 40-bed
facility for women and chil-
dren at MMCH and a 850-bed
facility at Nehru Stadium – are
being set up and are expect-
ed to be functional soon. Also,
a 704-bed Covid care centre
will be functional at Mirza.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The
lockdown imposed by the
State government to check the
spread of COVID-19 will be
partially relaxed from Monday.
However, the weekend
lockdown will continue in the
entire State. The night cur-
few timing will be from 9 pm
to 5 am.
The restriction on opening
of shops on one side of the
road has been withdrawn,
Relaxed lockdown from today
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Aug 16:The COVID-19 cases inthe State reached 75,558on Saturday, much higherthan what the Central gov-ernment had predicted.
The Centre had predicted
that the novel coronavirus
cases in Assam might cross
71,000 by August 15. Minis-
ter of State for Health Pijush
Hazarika had, however, in-
sisted that the health depart-
while inter-district move-
ment of people will be allowed
between Monday and Friday.
The inter-district movement
of vehicles will be allowed
with 50 per cent capacity.
City buses will also oper-
ate but they will have to fol-
low the COVID-19 protocols,
including 50 per cent capacity.
Social, cultural, political,
sports, entertainment, aca-
demic and religious functions
will continue to remain pro-
hibited. Cinema halls, swim-
ming pools, amusement
parks, theatres, auditoriums,
assembly halls and similar
places will continue to re-
main closed.
Persons above 65 years of
age and children below ten
years have been advised to
stay indoors except for un-
avoidable health reasons.
Not wearing masks at pub-
lic places will invite a fine of
Rs 1,000.
These new guidelines will
be effective till August 31.
DUBAI, Aug 16: Tributes continue to pour
in for Mahendra Singh Dhoni with the game’s
governing body International Cricket Coun-
cil (ICC) saying that the
former India skipper “in-
spired a whole generation and
will be sorely missed”.
Dhoni announced his re-
tirement from international
cricket on Saturday evening.
A terse post on his Insta-
gram page read, ‘consider
me retired’.
The 39-year-old is the only
captain to have won all ICC tro-
phies – T20 World Cup in 2007, ODI World Cup
in 2011 and the Champions Trophy in 2013.
“MS Dhoni is one of the all-time greats of
the game. The image of his winning shot at
Dhoni inspired a wholegeneration: ICC
the Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) in the 2011
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final is etched
in the memory of cricket lovers around the
world,” said ICC Chief Execu-
tive Manu Sawhney.
Sawhney was referring to
the six which Dhoni hit off Sri
Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara to
win the ODI World Cup title
at home.
“He has inspired a whole
generation and will be sorely
missed. On behalf of the ICC, I
congratulate him for an out-
standing cricket career and
wish him all the best for the future,” Sawh-
ney said.
SEE PAGE 6
India’s COVIDcase fatality rate
declines to 1.93 pcNEW DELHI, Aug 16:
Continuing the downward
trend, India’s COVID-19
case fatality rate on Sunday
dropped to 1.93 per cent,
which is one of the lowest
globally, the Union Health
Ministry said.
This is a result of coordi-
nated efforts of the Centre
and state and UT govern-
ments, it said.
“The USA crossed
50,000 deaths in 23 days,
Brazil in 95 days and Mexi-
co in 141 days. India took
156 days to reach this na-
tional figure,” the Ministry
underscored as the number
of fatalities due to corona-
virus infection in the coun-
try reached 49,980.
SEE PAGE 6
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on hissecond death anniversary, at Sadaiv Atal in New Delhi on Sunday. – PTI
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 20202 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
Today on your Adya Shraddhawe remember you with tearfuleyes, love and affection. You maynot be physically with us, but youare always in our heart and willremain for ever. May your soulrest in eternal peace.
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 3
Mukherjee stillon ventilator
supportNEW DELHI, Aug 16: The
condition of former president
Pranab Mukherjee remained
unchanged on Sunday and he
continued to be on ventilator
support, doctors attending to
him said.
They said his vital and clini-
cal parameters are stable.
The doctors at the Army’s
Research and Referral Hospi-
tal in Delhi Cantonment said
the health of the former pres-
ident is being closely moni-
tored by a team of specialists.
His son Abhijit Mukherjee
said he visited the hospital on
Saturday and his father “is
much better and stable than
the preceding days”.
“Yesterday, I had visited my
father in Hospital. With God’s
grace and all your good wish-
es, he is much better and sta-
ble than the preceeding days!
All his vital parameters are
stable and he is responding to
treatment. We firmly believe
that He will be back among us
soon. Thank You (sic),” he said
on Twitter. – PTI
Quadruplets bornto UP woman
SITAPUR (UP), Aug 16:
A woman gave birth to quad-
ruplets in her home in
Bhadenwa village in Sitapur
district on Independence Day.
According to reports,
Mausam Devi, developed la-
bour pains early in the morn-
ing and delivered the babies
before the ambulance could
be called in.
The new-borns include
three daughters and one son.
The ambulance later arrived
and Mausam Devi and the
four children have been ad-
mitted to the Reusa commu-
nity health centre. – IANS
2 govt teachers inUP suspended fornot hoisting flagBANDA (UP), Aug 16: Two
teachers in UP’s Banda district
have been suspended for not
hoisting the national flag in a
government school on Inde-
pendence Day, officials said on
Sunday.
Basic Education Officer
Harishchandra Nath said that
the action was taken against the
teachers after a video was ob-
tained which showed that the
national flag had not been hoist-
ed at an upper primary gov-
ernment school in Sirsauna vil-
lage in Naraini area of the dis-
trict. Headmaster Manoj Ahir-
war and assistant teacher Gan-
ga Pooja have been suspended
with immediate effect, he said.
The block education offic-
ers of Jaspura and Kamasin
have been asked to probe the
matter and submit their re-
ports within 15 days, he add-
ed. – IANS
NEW DELHI, Aug 16:
Hectic preparations are un-
derway for the Monsoon
Session of Parliament with
several first-time measures
in view of the COVID-19
pandemic such as staggered
sitting of Lok Sabha and Ra-
jya Sabha and use of both
chambers and galleries to ac-
commodate members while
following physical distancing
norms, officials said.
The Monsoon Session is
likely to begin in the last week
of August or early Septem-
ber. According to the Rajya
Sabha Secretariat, members
of the Upper House will be
seated in both chambers and
galleries during the session.
This is the first time in the
history of Indian Parliament
since 1952 that such an ar-
rangement will be in place,
where 60 members will be
seated in the chamber and 51
in the galleries of Rajya Sab-
ha and the remaining 132 in
the chamber of Lok Sabha.
Similar seating arrange-
ments are being worked out
by the Lok Sabha Secretari-
at as well. For the first time,
large display screens and
consoles for participation
from galleries, ultraviolet
germicidal irradiation, special
cables between the two
Houses and polycarbonate
separators will be in place.
Rajya Sabha Chairman M
Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla at a
meeting on July 17, after de-
tailed examination of various
options for holding the ses-
sion, decided on using the
chambers and galleries of
both the Houses.
Naidu has directed officials
to complete preparations for
the session by the third week
of August when testing, re-
hearsal and final inspection
would be carried out. The Ra-
jya Sabha Secretariat has been
working overtime for the last
two weeks to ensure full pre-
paredness, officials said.
While both Houses usual-
ly function simultaneously,
this time due to extraordi-
nary circumstances, one
House will sit during morn-
ing hours and the other in the
evening, sources say.
The last Budget Session of
Parliament had to be curtailed
in view of the COVID-19
pandemic and both Houses
were adjourned sine die on
March 23.
As per precedent, Parlia-
ment has to be convened be-
fore the end of six months
from the last session.
Work is in progress at fast
pace for ensuring several ad-
ditional installations in the
prescribed time which in-
clude installation of four large
display screens in the House
chamber, six small screens in
the four galleries, audio con-
soles in galleries, ultraviolet
germicidal irradiation, special
cables connecting the two
Houses for transmission of
audio-visual signals and poly-
carbonate sheet separating
the officers gallery from the
chamber, Rajya Sabha Secre-
tariat officials said.
They said the arrange-
ments mark the first-of-its-
kind session to be held in
compliance with social dis-
tancing norm to check the
spread of COVID-19.
Subsequently, senior offi-
cials of the Rajya Sabha Sec-
retariat held detailed discus-
sions with agencies concerned
and firmed up special arrange-
ments to be made and they
are being worked upon.
Various parties will be al-
lotted seats in the chamber
and galleries of Rajya Sabha
based on respective strength
and the remaining will be
seated in the chamber of Lok
Sabha in two blocks meant
for ruling parties and the oth-
ers, they said. – PTI
Monsoon Session of Parliamentto see many first-time steps
NEW DELHI, Aug 16:
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and other BJP top brass
on Sunday remembered
former Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee on his sec-
ond death anniversary.
The Prime Minister tweet-
ed a montage of old pictures of
Vajpayee with a message,
“Tributes to beloved Atal Ji on
his Punya Tithi. India will al-
ways remember his outstand-
ing service and efforts towards
our nation’s progress.” The
montage begins with a moti-
vational poem ‘Geet Wahi Gaa-
ta Hun’ in Vajpayee’s voice,
followed by a voice-over by
Modi that the country will nev-
er forget the contribution of
the BJP stalwart.
“Under his leadership, In-
dia held its head high as a nu-
clear power. As a politician, a
Member of Parliament, a Min-
ister, or Prime Minister, Atal
ji has performed very well in
many roles,” Modi added.
BJP national president JP
Nadda too took to Twitter
and said: “I bow down to one
of the biggest pillars of the
Indian politics – Atal Ji, on his
death anniversary. Your con-
tribution in turning BJP into
this long family tree is com-
mendable.”
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah said, “Bharat Ratna awar-
dee Atal Bihari Vajpayee was
one of the poignant voices of
patriotism and Indian culture.
Apart from being a dedicated
politician, he was also a skilled
leader who laid and expanded
the foundation of the Bharati-
ya Janata Party.” – IANS
Tributes paid on Vajpayee’s2nd death anniversary
Rescue operation continued by NDRF personnel landslide site at Pettimudi in Idukkinear Munnar. At least 12 more people are reportedly missing after the devastatinglandslide hit the tea workers’ settlement on August 6 night. – PTI
KOLKATA, Aug 16: Raj
Bhavan has been placed un-
der surveillance “undermin-
ing the sanctity” of the insti-
tution, West Bengal Gover-
nor Jagdeep Dhankhar al-
leged on Sunday, a develop-
ment that could plunge his
already strained ties with
Chief Minister Mamata Ban-
erjee to newer depths.
Making the startling claim,
Dhankhar, who has often
crossed swords with the
TMC government over a
host of issues in the past one
year, also alleged lawlessness
was prevailing across the
state. “I would like to tell you
all that the Raj Bhavan is un-
der surveillance. It under-
mines the sanctity of the Raj
Bhavan. I will do everything
to protect its sanctity,”
Dhankhar told a press con-
ference.
“I have initiated a very se-
rious, critical probe into it.
Sanctity of Raj Bhawan’s func-
tioning has to be kept intact,”
he said. Without eleborating
on what kind of surveillance
Raj Bhavan had been put un-
der, Dhankhar said, “As con-
stitutional act, I will not, will
never suffer any surveillance
of any nature whatsoever.
Those who have done it,
must pay the price according
to rule of law. My internal
inquiry will be completed
soon enough,” he said.
The governor also spoke
about confidential documents
getting leaked. There was no
word from the government
on Dhankhar’s claim.
Expressing “pain” at
Mamata Banerjee and her
cabinet colleagues not at-
tending the customary At
Home hosted at Raj Bhavan,
the governor’s official resi-
dence, on Independence Day,
Dhankhar said that less than
35 distinguished guests had
been invited keeping in mind
the COVID-19 outbreak.
“It has been very painful
for me... I was constantly in-
teracting with the state gov-
ernment through the chief
minister, was impressing
upon her consistently that the
programme will be held to-
tally and strictly following the
COVID protocol and keep-
ing the number to bare min-
imum.
“It would have been befit-
ting for the occasion, it would
have been a good tribute to
our freedom fighters’ sacri-
fice if the chief minister and
members of the executive
invited (had attended); it has
set a bad precedent,” he said.
The chief minister had
met the governor at Raj
Bhavan on Saturday morning
after attending the official In-
dependence Day event but
did not attend the AT Home.
Referring to some of his
many face-offs with the
Mamata Banerjee govern-
ment since he took over as
the governor of West Bengal
a year ago, including those at
the state Assembly, during
his visits to universities and
the Constitution Day func-
tion, he said, these were not
the signs of democracy or
freedom.
Dhankhar said he had
found the gates to the As-
sembly locked during a
scheduled visit. Likewise,
the chamber of the vice-chan-
cellor was under lock and key
during his visit to a universi-
ty of which he is the ex-offi-
cio chancellor, he said.
On the Constitution Day,
he was sixth in queue to ad-
dress the Assembly, the gov-
ernor said.
“I pray to almighty that
good sense prevails, Consti-
tution is respected,” he said,
adding, “15th August was
another painful day for me,
political violence and killing
was noticed over unfurling of
the national flag.” – PTI
Raj Bhavan under surveillance,claims Bengal Governor
NATIONAL
4 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020
MESSAGE FOR TODAY
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your
courage with others.
– ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Old wineUnlike previous years, the 74th Independence Day
speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi was lacklustre, delivered amid tight
security and a guest list restricted by the Covid-19 pan-
demic. As expected, he alluded to the face-off with China
in the Galwan Valley of Eastern Ladakh, repeating asser-
tions made by him earlier that our jawans have shown
what they are capable of, but failing to mention the fact of
continued Chinese presence in territories claimed by In-
dia. Equally expected was the reiteration of the new man-
tra coined by the BJP, Atmanirbhar Bharat, with the PM
conjuring up again his vision of India as a global manufac-
turing hub, and stating that the country needed to move
beyond ‘Make in India’ to add the fresh objective of ‘Make
for the World’. He, as he had done during the bhumi poojan
ceremony, lauded the ‘amicable’ resolution of the Ayodhya
dispute and the beginning of the Ram temple’s construc-
tion, stressing that the people’s conduct in peacefully ac-
cepting the Supreme Court verdict was ‘unprecedented’.
There was nothing new regarding the abrogation of Jam-
mu and Kashmir’s special status, with the PM repeating
earlier assertions that the Union Territory had seen devel-
opment in the past year and elections would be held there
after completing the ongoing delimitation exercise. The
PM also dwelt on the steps taken by the Government for
empowerment of women, etc.
Not much was said by him on the exigent issue of the
moment, one that had caused immense hardships to the
common masses, having wreaked havoc on both macro
and micro level economies, the Covid-19 pandemic, ex-
cept to mention the possibility of a vaccine in the near
future and the preparations being made by the Govern-
ment to inoculate the people. On the other hand, closer
home, the speech made by Assam’s Chief Minister Sar-
bananda Sonowal while hoisting the Tricolour at Guwaha-
ti, had more substance. One of the most important asser-
tions made by Sonowal was his reiteration of the State
Government’s commitment to implement Clause 6 of the
1985 Assam Accord, which is vital to the safeguarding of
the indigenous Assamese community, thereby clearing
up doubts about the issue expressed in recent days.
Though, expectedly, the CM harped on some of the
‘achievements’ of his Government in the last four years,
such as giving jobs to thousands of unemployed youths,
raising of retirement age for teachers, steps taken to
stem the ravage caused by Covid-19, etc., the speech
also harped on many ameliorative measures to be taken
in agriculture, dairy farming, animal husbandry, piscicul-
ture, etc. In line with the Centre’s recently announced
focus-shift on to rural infrastructure, Sonowal spelt out a
slew of incentives in the agriculture sector such as set-
ting up of rice clusters, mills, cold storages and milk
processing units, promoting maize production and pisci-
culture, etc.
A colossus quitsCaptain ‘Cool’ MS Dhoni’s announcement to quit interna-
tional cricket has put the curtains on an era that had seen
Team India scale new heights, with two World Cup (includ-
ing one T20) titles being the crowning glory in the career of
this extraordinary man. As he took over the reins, Dhoni
went up a notch further from his illustrious predecessors
and Team India’s success in different formats of the game
would testify to that. The astute captain that he undoubtedly
was, Dhoni’s exploits with the bat were no less remarkable.
As a finisher, he would rank with the very best that the
game has seen and it was in this position that Dhoni had
gone on to win many a thriller for India. India never had a
finisher worth the name, and losing tense games was almost
a habit before the feisty wicketkeeper with a long hairdo and
a penchant for nonchalant big hitting arrived at the crease.
His statistics are remarkable and corroborate his signal con-
tribution to Indian cricket. The man played 90 Tests, 350
one-dayers and 98 T20s, accumulating over 17,000 runs
comparable to a top-level batsman. His enviable exploits
behind the wickets, with 634 catches and 195 stumpings
put him among the best behind the wickets. To top all this, he
remains the country’s most successful captain, taking India
to the No. 1 ranking and leading them to a World Cup win
after 28 years (2011), the World T20 (2007) which set up
the IPL revolution, and the Champions Trophy (2013). What
he has achieved as a player and a captain is staggering and
these accomplishments make him a legend.
In white ball cricket, the cool Indian skipper is one of the
all-time greats, his 84 undefeated innings pushing his aver-
age above 50 in one-day internationals – something accom-
plished by very few cricketers. He is behind only Ricky
Ponting in leading his team to wins. He has led in and won
more matches than any other captain in T20 internationals.
He led India in the most number of Tests, 60, and was only
recently overtaken by Virat Kohli as the most successful
Indian captain. But his impact, especially as captain, on Indi-
an cricket is much more than what statistics can tell. Hailing
from Ranchi, he inspired the emergence of a new breed of
small-town cricketers from across the country, a trend of
talented players from non-traditional cricketing centres don-
ning the national jersey that has continues since. As cap-
tain, he combined a rare sense of calmness, intelligence,
tactical acumen and man management skills that helped
him weather tough situations with aplomb. He had once fa-
mously said, “I want a team that can stand before an advanc-
ing truck.” And the legacy he has left behind will testify to
that. The fact that Dhoni’s successors are already in place
speaks volumes about the resilience of the team that he had
built, more importantly, the culture of confidence that he has
inculcated in a succeeding generation of cricketers.
ndia celebrated its 74th Inde-
pendence Day with less fer-
vour and gaiety this year be-
cause of the Covid-19 pandem-
ic and the increasing rate of corona
infections and deaths in India. How-
ever, for every Indian, August 15
is always much more than a mere
date of a calendar year. In India, it
has become customary that the
auspicious Independence Day is the
right occasion for the political lead-
ership of the country to produce
report card of the government’s
successes and achievements in the
year gone by. But the prime atten-
tion remains on the ramparts of the
historic Red Fort from where the
Prime Minister of India addresses
the nation. This time, during the
90-minute Independence Day
speech from the ramparts of the
Red Fort, Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi tried to give a report card
of his government and indicate a
future roadmap. But the point is:
Have the sentiments of India’s rank
and file got echoed in the voice of
the Prime Minister? Have the
questions and concerns of the or-
dinary Indians found utterance in
the speech of the Prime Minister?
How realistic is the PM’s percep-
tion regarding multidimensional
issues of the country? Are the
Prime Minister’s assessments and
expectations credible in the given
time? Where does real India seem
standing while speculating its fu-
ture? Things need to be seen from
these parameters as the ordinary
people are toiling and staggering
to ensure basic amenities of life.
Prime Minister Modi is re-
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Lettersto the
EDITOR
Plight of non-Covid patients
Sir, – It’s highly tough time for
the patients who were already
going through a chronic disease and
required immediate treatment but
had to stay back due to the
pandemic. Now, with time, people
are adjusting with the unlock phase
along with important restrictions
but yet the fear of getting contami-
nated with the virus isn’t gone.
Many private medical institutions
are now not taking up even giving
OPD appointments without prior
Covid tests. Private hospitals have
been insisting on Covid-19 tests
even for patients who may not fit
the government’s criteria for
testing. In some instances, hospitals
are insisting that even non-Covid
patients and their family members
get tested every time they need to
go to the hospital or even visit the
patient. These charges add to the
overall cost of treatment making it
very difficult for people with chronic
illnesses who need regular
treatment.
Patients now need to pay heavy
sums of money for tests after tests
nowned for his oratory skill and his
ability of coinage to make his speech
more presentable. After initial
statements, Modi began to high-
light his new plan of Atmanirbhar
Bharat or a self-reliant India. Modi
has counted almost all those points
that can contribute directly or indi-
rectly, on large and small scale to
make India a self-reliant nation. The
statement that the last five years
of his rule was to fulfil the
necessities and the cur-
rent five years are to ful-
fil the expectations ulti-
mately means that India
has already achieved the
desired success in all the
sectors of public discours-
es according to the plans,
policies and implementa-
tion of different projects
of public welfare from
2014 to 2020. No doubt,
Modi has counted the
successful implementa-
tion of many schemes and
projects meant for pov-
erty elimination, ending economic
disparity, ensuring jobs, education,
health and all other parameters of
developments. He referred to the
technological works like making
PPE kits, medical ventilators,
masks and senitizers during this
corona period by Indians. He also
pointed out that India has stopped
importing defence products in
large number. He said this because
he had to prove the fact that the
much-ambitious project like ‘Make
in India’ was a successful venture
that delivered the desired results.
But are these the real indicators
of success or failure of ‘Make in
India’ project? ‘Make in India’ along
with ‘Startup India’, ‘Standup In-
dia’ and others were initiated both
for indigenous production, creation
of jobs and skill development. The
Government highlighted all these
projects so far as means to convert
India to a production hub. So also,
the Act East Policy was supposed
to make India’s northeastern States
a hub of trade and economy be-
tween India and the Southeast
Asian nations. Have all these hap-
pened? Along with the people of
this country, Modi also knows that
these projects are yet to be initiat-
ed in the real sense. These no long-
er sound convincing. Naturally, this
time he needed a new rhetoric to
hide the issues like economic back-
wardness, lack of employment op-
portunity, dismal state of country’s
exports and so on. This is the rea-
son Modi seemed to have given
more importance to his new rhet-
oric Atmanirbhar Bharat.
But while doing so, the PM indi-
rectly admitted the utter failure of
the existing policies including the
much-hyped Make in India. He
made tall claims regarding eco-
nomic empowerment and social
security of the Indian masses. But
the corona pandemic has exposed
the real state. Most of the econo-
mists are of the opinion that the
Indian economy will shrink by at
least 5% in 2020-21, and there is
no possibility that the economy will
recover immediately. Contrary to
this, Modi is always interested to
display a shiny picture of
the economy and under-
mines the fact that dur-
ing the last few months,
people in India have lost
jobs or suffered salary
cuts. Many small busi-
nesses have closed down
and many business peo-
ple have gone out of
work. Importantly, the
entire supply chains got
disrupted, and consum-
er confidence is down at
this point of time. The
state of job security of
the Indians can be under-
stood how some Air India pilots
have been sacked just on the eve of
this year’s Independence Day.
In his speech, Prime Minister
Modi stressed the utility of digitali-
zation of India yet again. This time
he focused on the digitalization of
India’s health sector. Announcing the
National Digital Health Mission, he
said: “The One Nation One Health
Card scheme will help people get-
ting better healthcare facilities. A
unique health ID will be issued to
every citizen, which will ensure
better accessibility to health serv-
ices. But the public health sector
seems to be on the verge of col-
lapse dealing with the corona pa-
tients. Naturally, there is reasona-
ble doubt regarding the success of
the National Digital Health Mission.
If the public and private health sec-
tors together fail to provide proper
treatment to 25 lakh Covid patients,
which is hardly 1% of the total pop-
ulation of India, what can happen if
138 crore people are to be brought
under a single scheme? The Gov-
ernment’s expense of the total GDP
in the health sector must be put un-
der the scanner to see the reality.
On the backdrop of the Chinese
aggression against India, it was ex-
pected that Modi would give a clear
message to China and Pakistan. He
also remarked in the expected line.
But his vision of extended neighbour-
hood does not sound convincing ba-
sically for two reasons. One, India
has failed so far in building strategic
partnerships with her immediate
neighbours and restricting China from
dominating the periphery. The other
one is that strategic partnership with
the nations the Prime Minister wants
to include in his extended neighbour-
hood – West Asia and the ASEAN –
is still a far cry. Things cannot be
judged only from the fact that out of
the 192 members, 184 have voted in
favour of India’s membership in the
UN Security Council.
The Prime Minister did mention
the deaths and plights of the mi-
grant labourers. But he was silent
on the issue of railway privatiza-
tion. On the whole, Modi has failed
to show any way out from the ex-
isting burning problems of the na-
tion. In that sense, there is nothing
substantial in his Independence Day
speech this year.
Decoding National Education Policyhe National Education Pol-
actual treatment to begin affectingthe entire process. The fear ofwrong treatment in spite of hugepayments is another major concern.During this pandemic, financialconditions are not at its best foranyone and such huge costs andlengthening of treatment havebecome a headache for the peopleundergoing illness. Yours etc.,RAJASHREE DAS, Gauhati
University.
Horizon is back!Sir, – It was really a delightful
surprise to see the weekly Horizon
section of The Assam Tribune back
on August 14 after a long hiatus. I
was of the view that the Covid-19
onslaught has taken away Horizon
from us for good. I am one among
the avid readers of the editorial
page, Sunday Reading and Horizon
weekly supplements, apart from
the regular news stories in the AT. I
hope that the print media will be
back to its glory very soon and am
hopeful that the AT will be making
glorious strides from now on. We
the older generations are partial
towards the print media for some
good reasons. We get balanced
news that doesn’t play with the
emotions of the people. The noise
is cut down to a great extent and
only the news that matters are
projected. The Assam Tribune is a
great example of what an impartial
newspaper should look like. Yours
etc., YASHOWANTA NIPUN,
Nagondanahalli, Whitefield,
Bangalore.
New political partySir, – There is news amid the
pandemic that a new regional
political party would be launched
soon under the auspices of the
AASU, AJYCP and other organiza-
tions of Assam, which are fighting
against the CAA, the validity of
which is also being challenged in the
Supreme Court of India. According
to the Constitution of India, every
citizen has the right to form a
political party. From Assam’s point
of view, is it necessary to form
another political party in these
critical times? A political forum is
necessary if the public is genuinely
deprived of certain legitimate needs
or their lawful expectations are
turned down by the national parties.
Fighting an election in the present
times is not an easy task, it involves
various factors, like a solid vote
bank, a reliable agenda, a sound
economic base, etc. The new party
should convince the public with a
concrete planning to solve the
current problems of Assam. In this
pandemic situation, it will be a
tough task for a new party to swing
the votes in their favour. Yours etc.,
ANUP TALUKDAR, Nagarbera,
Kamrup.
Mental developmentSir, – The schooling period of a
child is the appropriate time for
developing positive character traits
required to be a responsible adult.
The traits developed during this
period help a child to face the
challenges that would come
inevitably in the latter part of life.
For this reason perhaps from time
immemorial, the wise people
always set the thumb rule to build a
strongly-bonded three-tier
relationship among the teachers,
students and parents. If the bond of
this ‘triangular relationship’
becomes weak, the main purpose of
value-added education is defeated.
In the present day scenario, it is
disheartening that the triangular
relationship has broken in some
cases, the result being the
derailment of some children from
the desired track. In my view, the
parents should take responsibility
first if a child gets derailed from the
right track. In many cases of well-to-
do families, it is observed that the
parents pay much attention in
providing healthy diets and
fashionable dresses than inputs for
the growth of mental development.
Yours etc., ANIL CHANDRA
SARMAH, Jorhat.
APSC CCE MainsSir, – Through your esteemed
daily, I want to bring to the
knowledge of both the APSC and
the Assam Government of their
responsibility to declare results on
time. It has been more than a year
since the CCE Mains exam was
conducted but the results are yet to
be declared. This has hampered the
career of thousands of youths as
they are in a limbo. I would request
the APSC and the Assam Govern-
ment to keep us in the loop about
the current happenings regarding it
and expedite the formalities of
declaring the results as early as
possible. Yours etc., GAGAN
SHARMA, Guwahati.
Naturally, this time he needed a
new rhetoric to hide the issues
like economic backwardness,
lack of employment opportunity,
dismal state of country’s exports
and so on. This is the reason
Modi seemed to have given
more importance to his new
rhetoric Atmanirbhar Bharat.
n Shibdas Bhattacharjee
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5
CITY
LOCAL FORECAST:
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TEMPERATURE:
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WEATHER
GUWAHATI
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Aug 16:
Many students may not be
able to study in the college of
their choice this year with the
cut-off marks for undergrad-
uate courses in most of the
colleges soaring to an unprec-
edented high.
In some top-tier colleges it
has gone up to as high as over
90 per cent. Those who
scored around 60 per cent in
their 12th Board examina-
tions have virtually no hope
of getting admission to a re-
puted college.
“This time, the cut-off
marks have substantially in-
creased because of multiple
factors. The primary factor
being the free and online ap-
plication process, due to
which multiple admissions
will take place and later many
seats in the leading colleges
will go vacant,” a college
teacher said.
He pointed out that due to
the pandemic situation a large
number of students are reluc-
tant to go out of the State for
studies.
“For students who have
scored less than 60 per cent
marks in the higher secondary
examination, getting admission
to a degree courses will be very
tough,” the teacher opined.
With the pandemic show-
ing no signs of abating, partic-
ularly in the major cities of
the country, many students,
who would have otherwise
gone to places like New Del-
hi, have applied for admission
to local colleges.
Ranjan Bikash Bora, advis-
er of All Assamese Students’
Association (AASA), New
Delhi said that every student
who wants to study in the na-
tional capital is waiting for the
situation to improve.
The AASA in collaboration
with the AASU sets up a help
desk to assist the Assamese
students in getting admission
to colleges in New Delhi.
“This time our help desk is
getting much fewer calls com-
pared to last year. May be many
students may have applied on-
line and that’s why they didn’t
contact us,” Bora said.
Principal of Gauhati Com-
merce College Dr Home-
swar Kalita said, “This time,
we have increased 180 seats
in degree courses and 150
seats in higher secondary to
accommodate more students
in comparison to last year. In
spite of that, the cut-off marks
in degree courses in general
category have touched 86.29
per cent. Last year, the cut-
offs were around 85 per cent.
If we did not take the initia-
tive to increase the number
of seats then the cut-off mark
may rise to 90 per cent.”
Kalita asserted that in Gu-
wahati, there is a need to es-
tablish at least two more com-
merce colleges to accommo-
date the growing number of
students. Moreover, he also
appealed to the government
to provincialise all colleges
and increase the number of
their faculty members.
Dr Satyendra Nath Bar-
man, principal of B Borooah
College, said that as per the
first merit list published by
the college the cut-off for
general category is around 90
per cent, an increase of near-
ly five per cent than what it
was last year.
The cut-off may vary de-
pending on the major subject
the students opt for.
Guwahati College re-
ceived around 1,000 applica-
tions for degree courses. A
teacher of the college said the
students who scored around
95 per cent marks in the high-
er secondary examination
have also applied for admis-
sion to the college.
Cotton University has pub-
lished a merit list but the scru-
tiny is still going on. Sources
said this time there would be
a tough competition for get-
ting admission into this pre-
mier institution of the State.
Addressing a press confer-
ence, leaders of Assam State
Committee of Students’ Fed-
eration of India (SFI) today al-
leged that around 50,000 stu-
dents are facing this problem
across the State.
“Recently, a number of stu-
dents tweeted on this issue.
But our Education Minister,
who always remains active on
social media, is yet to respond.
We will organise a protest on
August 18 across the State de-
manding a solution to the is-
sue which is directly linked to
the future of our new genera-
tion,” SFI general secretary
Nirangkush Nath said.
Cut-off marks for degree courses soar in colleges
CITY CORRESPONDENT
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: Gov-
ernor Professor Jagdish Mukhi
hoisted the National Flag on the
occasion of the 74th Independ-
ence Day at the Raj Bhavan in
presence of the officers and staff
of the Bhavan. On the occasion,
the CRPF personnel present-
ed the Guard of Honour.
Though the celebrations
were kept very simple because
of the coronavirus pandemic,
the whole programme was
conducted adhering to COVID-
19 safety protocols. The Gov-
ernor greeted the people of As-
sam and conveyed his warm
greetings on the occasion.
Prem Mukhi, the first lady
of Assam, was also present dur-
ing the celebrations.
The 33rd Batallion, ITBP
celebrated Independence Day
on Saturday. The National Flag
was hoisted by Commandant
Manish Kumar of the 33rd
Batallion, ITBP.
Kumar, in his address, con-
veyed his greetings to all the
personnel and appealed to the
jawans to be ready to make
supreme sacrifice, if needed.
On the occasion, he also an-
nounced the names of medal
awardees for gallantry, distin-
guished and meritorious serv-
ices and congratulated them, a
press release stated.
A ‘Fit India Freedom Run’
was organised at the Games
Village and Basistha Chariali on
the occasion. A team of ITBP
officials and the local people par-
ticipated in the run.
The 128th Battalion, CRPF
also celebrated the day with
great spirit at Noonmati by
maintaining social distancing
norms.
Commandant Surjeet Ku-
mar Atri hoisted the National
Flag and offered warm greet-
Patriotic zeal marks I-Day celebrations in city
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal during the Independence Day celebrations at the Judge’sfield in Guwahati on Saturday. – UB Photos
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: De-
livering his customary
speech on the occasion of the
country’s 74th Independence
Day, Chief Minister Sarba-
nanda Sonowal, on Saturday,
expressed his gratitude to
the COVID-19 warriors in-
cluding health workers, po-
lice personnel and other
emergency service workers
for their relentless effort.
Hoisting the National Tri-
colour at the historic Judges’
Field, Sonowal also paid his
tributes to those who lost
their lives due to COVID-19
and current floods in the
State.
Reiterating that the gov-
ernment is committed to-
wards implementation of the
Assam Accord in totality.
“The Centre and the state
government have taken req-
uisite steps in this regard and
we are going to ensure that
Clause VI is implemented in
letter and spirit,” the Chief
Minister said, adding, “there
will be no compromise as far
as implementation of Assam
Accord is concerned.”
Sonowal hailed the Cen-
tre’s new Education Policy
and he said the new land pol-
icy has laid emphasis on
teaching mother tongue in
schools.
He also announced a slew
of measures and schemes for
agriculture, horticulture, an-
imal husbandry and food
processing sectors, while
adding that rice clusters will
be set up in Dhemaji and Bak-
sa districts and that plans are
afoot to open rice procure-
ment centres in all the dis-
tricts.
Besides, a centre of excel-
lence for organic agriculture
in Biswanath district and cold
storage chains in all the dis-
tricts will be set up.
Assam Accord to be implementedin totality, says CM
ings to all the officers and ja-
wans who were present at the
programme. He announced the
names of the officers and per-
sonnel of CRPF who were
rewarded with Kirti Chakra,
Ashok Chakra and the Presi-
dent’s Police Medal on the oc-
casion.
The 1st Battalion National
Disaster Response Force
(NDRF) celebrated Independ-
ence Day at its Patgaon camp.
Randhir Singh Gill, Comman-
dant, 1st Battalion NDRF, hoist-
ed the National Flag and ad-
dressed the troops and rescu-
ers.
The 74th Independence Day
was celebrated by the FTR
HQ, BSF, Guwahati and under
command units with great zeal
and enthusiasm.
The Northeast Frontier
Railway (NFR) celebrated the
Independence Day in a befit-
ting manner. The central pro-
gramme was held at the Ma-
ligaon Railway Headquarters
complex where Sanjive Roy,
General Manager of NF Rail-
way, hoisted the National Flag.
The Independence Day was
also celebrated in all the five
divisions of NF Railway – Tin-
sukia, Lumding, Rangiya, Ali-
purduar and Katihar.
Independence Day was
celebrated at all the north-
eastern airports by hoisting
the Tricolour at different sta-
tions.
The State Bank of India
(SBI), local head office, north-
eastern circle, Dispur also
celebrated the day in a befit-
ting manner.
The All Assam Netaji Sub-
has Chandra Bose Birthday
Celebration Committee ob-
served the day in presence of
few members of the commit-
tee. The National Flag was
hoisted by Dr Babita Choud-
hury, principal, RG Baruah Col-
lege.
Saluting the Nation and its
freedom fighters on Independ-
ence Day, the management,
staff and students of BRM Gov-
ernment Law College here,
which was established in 1914
as Earle Law College, marked
the occasion by hoisting the Tri-
colour, singing the national an-
them and the Axomiya Jatiya
Xongit, stated a press release
issued here today.
Students also conveyed the
message of patriotism and na-
tional spirit through speech and
songs.
Dr Asutosh Kundu, princi-
pal-in-charge, BRM Govern-
ment Law College, told the stu-
dents about the supreme sacri-
fice made by the great martyrs
for the sake of freedom.
The Gauhati Press Club
(GPC) celebrated Independ-
ence Day at its office premises
here on Saturday.
The National Flag was hoist-
ed by GPC president Manoj
Kumar Nath in the presence of
other office-bearers and mem-
bers.
An art competition was also
organised among the media-
persons. Galibur Rahman of
Pratidin Time came first in the
art competition while the sec-
ond and third prizes went to
Utpal Bora of Niyomiya Barta
and Sanjoy Das of Sangbad Live
respectively.
On the occasion of the 74th
Independence Day, Swargojyoti
Event, a Guwahati-based event
management company organ-
ised a nationwide online art
competition titled ‘Chitrakaar
– Celebrating Freedom’.
It was organised in four
groups from August 4 to 14
with the aim of providing the
children creative freedom dur-
ing the lockdown.
Bir ChilaraiAward presented
to NCC cadetsCITY CORRESPONDENT
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The
Bir Chilarai Award was pre-
sented to the NCC cadets
during an Independence Day
event held at the Directorate
of Sports and Youth Welfare
office at Dispur.
The programme was pre-
sided over by Dr M Angam-
uthu, Commissioner and
Secretary, Sports and Youth
Affairs, Government of As-
sam.
Brig JC Talukdar, Group
Commander, NCC Group
Headquarters, and few oth-
er luminaries, were also part
of the prestigious event. The
award ceremony is conduct-
ed every year on Independ-
ence Day.
Winners of this year’s Bir
Chilarai Award were Shub-
ham Singh from B Borooah
College, Niharika Kashyap
from Cotton University, Abu
Hasmiud Doza from Sainik
School, Goalpara and Esika
Ahmed from St Mary’s High
School, stated a release.
DairyDevelopment
Dept holdsonline training
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The
Dairy Development Depart-
ment (DDD) in coordination
with the Animal Husbandry
and Veterinary Department
(AHVD) organised four on-
line training of trainers (ToT)
programmes between July
23 and August 12, stated a
press release.
The training programmes
were held to create a pool of
master trainers in DDD and
AHVD for imparting field train-
ing to milk producers, milk
traders, sweet processors and
cottage processors under the
World Bank-aided Assam
Agribusiness and Rural Trans-
formation Project (APART).
The International Live-
stock Research Institute
(ILRI), the knowledge part-
ner of APART, imparted the
training based on the custom-
ised training manuals devel-
oped for each dairy value
chain actor through an itera-
tive process of training need
assessment, drafting content,
drawing illustration, revali-
dation and field testing of the
manuals before finalisation.
This is a unique initiative
taken up by DDD and ILRI
to train up milk traders,
sweet makers and cottage
processors of 16 project dis-
tricts under APART for the
first time.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: At a
time when unemployment is
becoming a serious issue
amid the ongoing pandemic,
a section of Assamese youths
have found a new way of self-
employment and entrepre-
neurship, thanks to the As-
sam Livestock and Poultry
Corporation (ALPCo) Ltd.
When the meat shop own-
ers downed their shutters
with imposition of the lock-
down, the demand for meat
had increased considerably
in the city. Taking advantage
of the situation, ALPCo pro-
vided all kinds of support to
these indigenous Assamese
youths to import goat, duck
and chicken from rural areas
to the city.
Initially around 40 youths
got engaged in this business
as ‘live animal traders’. And
now the number has been
increasing with every pass-
ing day. They collect goat,
duck and chicken from rural
areas and then supply the
livestock to the slaughter-
house run by ALPCo at Pan-
jabari here.
Similarly, ALPCo has also
engaged a number of youths
in its doorstep delivery ac-
tivity of meat products. Ini-
tially, around 85 youths were
engaged in this activity and
‘Live animal traders’: Bid toget rid of middlemen?
Theft in schoolCITY CORRESPONDENT
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: Be-
longings of Assam Railway Hin-
di ME School here were found
stolen when the teachers and
the students came to the
school to celebrate the Inde-
pendence Day yesterday. The
incident actually took place
during the lockdown phase.
Laboratory items, printers,
documents, gas cylinders,
chairs and fans among others in
the school were found stolen.
Blood donationSTAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The
Lions Club of Gauhati Great-
er will be organising a blood
donation week from August
17 to 21 at the Marwari Hos-
pital here.
CITY CORRESPONDENT
GUWAHATI, Aug 16:
The residents of Sreebhu-
minagar located in the south-
ern part of the greater Gu-
wahati have expressed great
resentment over the dilapi-
dated condition of the only
road for communication in
the locality. The road con-
nects the Lokhra-Adagudam
road of Lalganesh area.
“The 800-metre long road,
which has 25 byelanes on
both sides, is in a pathetic con-
dition. It is extremely acci-
dent-prone. A mild spell of
rain is enough to inundate the
area. There is no drainage
system in place to drain ex-
cess rainwater. There is no
streetlight as well,” secre-
tary of the Sreebhuminagar
Development Committee
Ajit Deb said.
“There are two schools in
this area. Students have been
facing a lot trouble for years
using this damaged road.
School vans, too, are unable
to come here to pick up stu-
dents,” he said.
“The authorities of the
Guwahati Municipal Corpo-
ration (GMC) and the PWD
are both have been quite in-
different and have always
shown an apathetic attitude
towards this locality. After
constant pursuance, howev-
er, the officials did visit the
area on some occasions to
survey the road. But, they
went away saying it would
require a hefty amount of
money for the repair works,
and that the departments do
not have such a huge fund as
of now,” he added.
Committee president De-
basish Choudhury said there
are around 6,000 residents
in the locality and they have
not seen any development
for years. The area lacks ba-
sic amenities though it is a
part of the Smart City
project.
“During the time of elec-
tions, politicians do approach
us for votes and make tall
promises, but they always
fail to keep them. Local MLA
Ramendra Narayan Kalita,
too, has been approached
several times and we sub-
mitted memoranda to him
for renovation of the road
and development of the lo-
cality. But, no step has been
taken yet,” Choudhury said.
“The road has not been
repaired for the last 15
years. If the government
does not take an initiative to
repair it immediately, the
residents will register their
protest soon,” he added.
This, however, is not the
only road to remain in such
a pathetic condition. There
are several others in the city
that need urgent repairs.
Dilapidated condition of road in southernGuwahati peeves locals the number is increasing
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Over 350 testCOVID positive
in Kerala jailT H I R U V A N A N -
THAPURAM, Aug 16: Coro-
navirus pandemic has hit the
central jail here with more
than 350 inmates testing pos-
itive in the last one week and
a murder accused succumb-
ing to the virus on Sunday, a
top prison official said.
The undertrial prisoner
was the first to test positive
for the virus in the prison at
nearby Poojapura and in the
last one week, 359 more cas-
es, including a staff, have
been reported, its superin-
tendent, Santhosh S, said.
As many as 145 cases were
detected on Sunday alone, he
said, adding barring three, shift-
ed to hospital, others have been
kept in a special isolation area
within the prison. “An under-
trial prisoner in a murder case,
Manikandan, who had been
lodged here since 2016, passed
away at the medical college
hospital here,” he said. – PTI
LUCKNOW, Aug 16: UP
minister Chetan Chauhan
passed away on Sunday due
to kidney failure after he
tested positive for corona-
virus. He died at the Med-
anta Hospital in Gurugram,
where he had been shifted
after his condition deterio-
rated.
Chauhan (73) is the sec-
ond minister of the Yogi Adi-
tyanath Government to
have succumbed to corona-
virus. On August 2, UP min-
ister Kamal Rani Varun had
also died due to the virus.
Chief Minister Yogi Adity-
anath has expressed grief at
the demise of the minister who was also a
well-known cricketer.
Several ministers, including Siddhartha
Ex-cricketer and UP ministerChetan Chauhan dies
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Ac-
cusing the BJP and the RSS
of controlling Facebook (FB)
and WhatsApp in India, the
Congress on Sunday alleged
that the two had attacked de-
mocracy in the country and
demanded a Joint Parliamen-
tary Committee probe into
alleged violations by the so-
cial media platform and its
messaging service.
Congress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi tweeted: “BJP and RSS
control Facebook and What-
sApp in India. They spread fake
news and hatred through it and
use it to influence the elector-
ate. Finally, the American me-
dia has come out with the truth
about Facebook.”
He tagged a Wall Street Jour-
nal report on the issue.
Congress leader Randeep
Singh Surjewala tweeted: “Fa-
cebook - WhatsApp sinister
connection to BJP government
exposed! Is Facebook being
used to spread ‘Fake News’ and
‘Hate Material’? What is the
connect of Facebook-India lead-
ers to BJP? Does it not war-
rant a JPC probe?” Address-
ing a virtual press conference,
and former Union minister
Ajay Maken said: “There are
40 crore Indians on WhatsApp
and over 28 crore on Face-
book. So, a probe is necessary
into the commercial dealings,
propagation of hate content,
and connection of Facebook and
WhatsApp employees with
the BJP.” – IANS
BJP, RSS controllingWhatsApp, FB: Cong
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: A
day after Prime Minister
Narandra Modi’s address to
the nation from the Red
Fort’s ramparts, the Con-
gress on Sunday questioned
him for not taking the name
of China in his Independence
Day speech in the wake of
the Chinese actions on the
LAC and in the Galwan Val-
ley in Ladakh.
Congress chief spokesper-
son Randeep Singh Surjew-
ala said: “We are proud of our
armed forces. All 130 crore
Indians believe in the cour-
age of the armed forces, in-
cluding the Congress. But
why is the Prime Minister
afraid of taking the name of
China in his speeches?”
The Congress said that till
date Modi had not taken Chi-
na’s name directly or indi-
rectly since the border ten-
sions began.
On Sunday, Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi tweeted:
“Everybody believes in the
capability and valour of the
Indian Army. Except the PM,
whose cowardice allowed
China to take our land.
Whose lies will ensure they
keep it.”
Former Union minister
Manish Tewari said that “Chi-
na has occupied our territo-
ry and the Prime Minister of
India does not have the cour-
age to name China”.
“What kind of a leader is
he?” Tewari asked. – IANS
Cong asks why PM silenton China in I-Day speech
BENGALURU, Aug 16:
As part of its investigation
into the riots that rocked the
city’s eastern suburb on Au-
gust 11 night, the police ar-
rested 58 more people for
their alleged involvement in
them, an official said today.
“We have arrested 58
more people since Friday,
taking the total number of
suspects held for their role
in the riots to 264 so far,”
Deputy Commissioner of
Police for Bengaluru East, SD
Sharanappa, said here.
The police also booked 52
cases against all the accused
under various sections of the
IPC for rioting, looting, ar-
son and destroying public
property, ostensibly, in pro-
test against a derogatory post
on the social media on that
fateful day.
“Of the arrested, the main
accused are in our (police)
custody for interrogation,
while others have been
lodged in the central jail on
the city’s outskirts and the
Ballari prison under 14-day
judicial custody, as investi-
gation on their role in the
riots is under way,” said Sha-
ranappa.
Ballari is about 330km
north-west of Bengaluru in
the southern State.
In the two-hour long riots,
the unruly mob burnt the
house of Pulakeshinagar As-
sembly segment’s Congress
MLA Akhanda Srinivas
Murthy and the DJ Halli Po-
lice Station in the vicinity, set
scores of police and public
vehicles on fire, and de-
stroyed public property.
To quell the mob violence
and control the situation, the
police opened fire in which
three youths from the locali-
ty succumbed to bullet
wounds later.
A fourth person, who was
injured in the tear gas the
police fired at the unruly mob,
succumbed on Saturday, tak-
ing the toll to four in the riots.
“Syed Nadeem (24), who was
in judicial custody after his
arrest on August 12, died in a
State-run hospital in the city
of stomach injury that he suf-
fered in the tear gas incident.
He also tested COVID posi-
tive,” said Sharanappa.
Meanwhile, the ban on as-
sembling of more than five
persons has been extended
in the entire area till August
18 to maintain law and or-
der. – IANS
58 more arrested forBengaluru riots
Dhoni ...(Contd from page 1)
In 98 Tests, Dhoni
scored 4,876 runs with
256 catches and 38
stumpings, while
amassing 10,773 runs
with 321 catches and 123
stumpings in 350 ODIs.
He last turned out for
India during the semifi-
nals against New Zealand
in the ICC ODI World
Cup last year.
In T20Is, Dhoni
aggregated 1,617 runs
with 57 catches and 34
stumpings. He scored six
centuries in Tests and 10
in ODIs.
Dhoni spent 656 days
as the top-ranked
batsman in the ICC
Men’s ODI Player
Rankings from 2006 to
2010 and was the ICC
ODI Player of the Year in
2008 and 2009.
He was in the ICC ODI
Teams of the Year in
2006, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013 and
2014 and in the ICC Test
Teams of the Year in
2009, 2010, 2012 and
2013. He won the ICC
Spirit of Cricket Award in
2011. – PTI
Baghjan ...(Contd from page 1)
At the second attempt,
the bull wire that was
hanging the BOP unit
started to melt and give
away, leading to immedi-
ate abandonment of the
process.
Treatment of well
killing fluid, which is a
mixture of chemicals and
specialty cements, is
under way. All efforts are
being taken to control the
well at the earliest, said
OIL spokesman Tridiv
Hazarika.
The two OIL firemen
who met with unfortu-
nate accidental deaths at
Baghjan on June 9 this
year, have been approved
for the President’s Fire
Service Medal for
Gallantry (posthumous).
The two OIL firemen
were Tikheswar Gohain
and Durlov Gogoi.
India’s ...(Contd from page 1)
Implementation oftesting aggressively,tracking comprehensive-ly and treating efficientlythrough a plethora ofmeasures have contribut-ed to the existing highlevel of recoveries aswell, it said.
The total number ofrecoveries in the countryrose to 18,62,258 onSunday, according toofficial data.
Improved and effectiveclinical treatment inhospitals, supervisedhome isolation, use ofnon-invasive oxygensupport, and improvedservices of the ambulanc-es for ferrying patients forprompt and timelytreatment have been thefocus of the Centre andState and UT govern-ments, the Ministry said.– PTI
Nath Singh, Mohsin Raza
and Rajendra Pratap Singh,
have expressed their con-
dolences to the bereaved
family.
Chauhan was born in Ut-
tar Pradesh and elected to
the State Assembly from
Naugawan in Amroha dis-
trict. A well-known cricket-
er before he joined politics,
he played 40 Tests between
1969 and 1978 and scored
2,084 runs at an average of
31.57 with 97 being his high-
est score. He also played in
seven ODIs, scoring 153
runs from them.
He and Sunil Gavaskar
formed a successful opening partnership, scor-
ing over 3,000 runs together with 10 century
stands in numerous Tests in the 1970s. – IANS
Chauhan (73) is the second minister of the YogiAdityanath Govt to have succumbed to COVID-19
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very likely to occur at most
places over Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya,
Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram
and Tripura.
Warning: Thunderstorm with
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at isolated places over Assam,
Meghalaya, Nagaland,
Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
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places over Assam and
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Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur,
Mizoram and Tripura.
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Dibrugarh 29.7 24.4
Tezpur 33.8 25.8
Silchar 34.2 26.2
Dhubri 29.9 27.0
Jorhat 31.7 23.8
N Lakhimpur 31.8 22.1
Shillong 24.1 18.1
Cherrapunjee 20.4 18.0
Aizawl 25.2 18.2
Kohima 25.2 18.5
Pasighat 27.7 22.7
Itanagar 34.4 22.7
Imphal 30.4 22.7
Agartala 31.6 25.3
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CORRESPONDENTS
SHILLONG, Aug 16: The 74th
Independence Day was celebrated
peacefully in Meghalaya on Saturday. In this
connection, a series of programmes were
organised across the State.
Hoisting the Tricolour at the Polo
Grounds here, Meghalaya Chief Minister
Conrad Sangma said that this has been an
unusual year as COVID-19 global pandemic
has disrupted economic and social life like
never before. “Currently, with a total of
1,228 cases, we have the lowest number of
cases per million population amongst all
Indian States and Union Territories,” he
added.
He said the result is due to a “consistent,
systematic and unwavering efforts of the
frontline health workers, the community
and the Government.” The CM said that
despite the best efforts, the lockdown has
particularly impacted the livelihoods of the
laborers and the daily wage earners. On
the occasion, the CM launched the “restart
Meghalaya Mission,” to support farmers
and entrepreneurs and to build growth
promoting basic infrastructure and services.
“Farming and farmers lie at the epicentre
Independence Day celebrated across NE
of our rejuvenation plan…we target to
double the reach of the Kisan Credit Card
programme and make KCC loans attractive
by providing an interest subvention of 2
per cent. This measure will enable
Meghalaya’s farmers to avail loans with only
2 per cent interest rate.”
Under the MGNREGS the MGNREGS
expenditure is expected to touch Rs. 1,600
crore. This will translate into an average
direct annual income of about Rs. 17,000 to
the 5,89,000 registered rural households
in the State. Sangma also announced the
Chief Minister’s support programme for
small business and entrepreneurs.
In Nagaland: Nagaland Chief Minister
Neiphiu Rio said the Naga society must
stand as one, speak as one, and give a final
push to collectively achieve a settlement to
the Naga political issue and remove the
shackles that burden the Naga society once
and for all.
Addressing the Independence Day
celebration at State Secretariat Plaza in
Kohima on Saturday, Rio said it is time
the civil societies discuss among
themselves and create a conducive
atmosphere with full understanding as one
Naga family although the Nagas may be living
in different administrative jurisdictions.
He appealed to all sections of society and
every citizen to continue to make honest
contributions for lasting peace even as the
Naga people in general reiterate their call
to the negotiating parties to resolve the
issue without further delay.
Rio said a democratic and just settlement
of the Naga issue will not only bring peace
and stability to the entire north eastern
region of the country but it will also directly
strengthen the democratic foundations of
this great nation. According to him, 23 years
of ceasefire and political dialogue is more
than enough to reach a logical conclusion to
the issue.
“Even as we commemorate the 74th
Independence Day of the world’s largest
democracy, we cannot but be reminded that
23 years of ceasefire and political dialogue
is more than enough time to reach a logical
conclusion,” Rio said.
In Manipur: The Independence Day
was celebrated in Manipur on Saturday. The
main programme was held at the 1st
Battalion Manipur Rifles Parade Ground
here wherein Chief Minister
Nongthombam Biren Singh hoisted the flag.
Addressing the gathering, Chief Minister
appealed to the people to extend help and
support to the government in fighting the
COVID-19 disease. In this context, the Chief
Minister said that the State government
had already introduced a number
developmental schemes for the betterment
of the people. “Under the bold leadership
of the Prime Minister, the entire region
has seen a massive growth,” he said. On
the occasion, in recognition of valour and
gallant spirit of late Riflemen Ratan Salam
of 4th Assam Rifles, Chief Minister handed
over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to the wife of late
Riflemen.
He also handed over the Chief Minister’s
Trophy for Community Service Awards to
SP Bishnupur district, Priyadarshini
Laishram, Inspector Oinam Ajit Singh, and
Women constable Okram Bijeta Devi.
In Tripura: Along with the rest of the
country, Independence Day was celebrated
across the State with full honour.
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, while
attending the main programme, said the
BJP-IPFT government has been working
untiringly to make the State economically
sound and vibrant.
The hard work rendered by the present
government has already started yielding
results with per capita income and Gross State
Domestic Production (GSDP) increasing with
every passing year, he claimed.
“The government has been making all
out efforts to make Tripura an antmanibhar
state by using available raw materials and
forest resources. An amount of Rs 75 crore
will be invested in bamboo sector,” he said.
The Chief Minister also announced
Mukhyamantri Agarbati Antmanirbhar
Mission to encourage the people involved
in agarbati manufacturing. He said the
State’s export increased from Rs. 6.46 crore
in 2017-18 to Rs. 30.34 crore and
introduction of a single-window system for
setting up industries would attack
entrepreneurs to look at the new
possibilities in Tripura.
In Arunachal: Arunachal Pradesh on
Saturday celebrated the 74 th
Independence Day with enthusiasm and
patriotic fervour.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu unfurled
the national flag and took salute from the
parade contingents of State Police,
paramilitary forces, school children, NCC,
Scouts and Guides in the main function at
IG Park here.
In his Independence Day address, the Chief
Minister extended heartfelt gratitude to the
frontline workers and COVID warriors for
their hard work and dedication in fighting this
COVID-19 pandemic in the State.
Their untiring service to the people of
the State will remain etched in the
memories for generations even after we
win this battle against COVID-19,
Khandu said.
Calling upon the people to follow the
COVID-19 protocols like maintaining social
distancing, wearing masks and washing
hands frequently to prevent the virus from
spreading, he said, “We have to understand
that our battle against COVID-19 will have
to continue as long as a vaccine does not
come out.” We are also recruiting more
than 100 specialists, around 60 medical
officers and more than 400 nurses. These
are major reforms and we are confident
that by August 2022, when we celebrate
75th anniversary of our independence, we
would be proudly hosting a better health
infrastructure,” he said.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh presenting award to SP Bishnupur,
Priyadarshini Laishram during the Independence Day celebration programme in
Imphal on Saturday. – DIPR
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb during the I-Day celebrations at the
Assam Rifles Ground in Agartala on Saturday. – Correspondent
AIZAWL, Aug 16 : A total of
8,491 candidates, including 2,102
women, are in the fray for the
upcoming local council and village
council polls in Mizoram, a state
election commission official said on
Saturday.
Polling for the 558 village councils
in nine districts and 83 local councils
within Aizawl municipal area will be
held on August 27. There are 2,454
seats in village councils, of which
630 are reserved for women while
the total number of seats in local
councils is 545, including 148 seats
reserved for women.
State Election Commission
secretary Teresy Vanlalhruaii told
PTI that at least 6,926 candidates,
including 1,685 women are in the
8,491 candidates in fray for rural and local polls in Mizoramfray for village councils polls while a
total of 1,565 candidates, including
415 women (for reserved seats) are
up for the local council polls.
She said that the final figure of
contesting candidates could not be
announced in time though the last
date for withdrawal of candidature
ended on Thursday due to poor
internet connectivity and
communication.
She said that at least 159
candidates (155 for village council, 4
for local council) withdrew their
nomination papers on the last date
of withdrawal on Thursday.
According to the official, the ruling
Mizo National Front (MNF) has
fielded 2,438 candidates for the 558
village councils while main
opposition Zoram Peoples
Movement (ZPM) fielded 1,197
candidates.
Congress has fielded 2,075
candidates, BJP - 298, Hmar
Peoples Convention (HPC) 6,
Mizoram People’s Conference
(MPC) and National Peoples Party
(NPP) have fielded 2 candidates
each, she said.
There are 908 independent
candidates for the upcoming rural
polls, she said.
As for local council polls,
Vanlalhruaii said MNF has the
highest number of candidates at
540, followed by Congress at 533.
ZPM has fielded 432, MPC 5 and
there are 55 Independent
candidates up for the coming local
body polls, she said.
BJP and HPC have not fielded any
candidate in the local council polls.
Among the five regional parties
in the state, only People’s
Representation for Identity and
Status of Mizoram (PRISM) did not
contest both the polls.
Counting for the rural and local
body polls will be held on August 27
as soon as polling is over.
Meanwhile, the MNF has won 10
village councils unopposed while
Congress bagged two villages councils
unopposed, officials said. The MNF
and Congress also won one reserved
seat for women unopposed in
Vangchhia village in Champhai district
and Tualte village in Khawzawl district
respectively, it said. – PTI
Mario Pathaw receiving the Crystal Award from Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy in Shillong on Saturday.
– UB Photos
Crystal Awardpresented
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
SHILLONG, Aug 16 :
Meghalaya Governor,
Tathagata Roy conferred the
Crystal Award 2020 for ex-
cellence in visual arts to
Mario Pathaw at the Raj
Bhawan on Saturday.
The award was conferred
in memory of Crystal Gayle
Kharnaior, the theatre artist
who passed away in 2017.
The ceremony was con-
ducted by Riti Academy for
Promotion of Art Chairman,
Raphael Warjri.
The Governor appreciated
the efforts of Riti Academy for
Promotion of Art and lauded
the relentless pursuit of Warjri
for the outstanding artworks
that have adorned the Durbar
Hall of Raj Bhawan.
Pathaw is an IIT, Bombay
postgraduate degree holder
in Master of Design and
Bachelor’s degree in Archi-
tecture and is an ardent ex-
pert of innovative and aes-
thetic deliverance.
MizoramCOVID-19 tally
touches 777CORRESPONDENT
AIZAWL, Aug 16:
Mizoram’s count for
COVID-19 today jumped to
777 with 64 new cases de-
tected during the last 24
hours, the highest reported
in a single day so far.
Of the fresh 64 cases, 50
were reported from Aizawl
district and 14 from Kolasib
district, an official statement
said. The fresh cases reported
from Aizawl district included
two kids, aged seven and nine,
and six cases of local trans-
mission. “The 64 fresh cases
ten non-local drivers and 40
security personnel,” it added.
The official statement said 48
of the 56 new cases were de-
tected from non-locals. On
Saturday, Mizoram had re-
ported 56 new cases.
Of the 777 total cases, 421
are active cases and 356 are
discharged cases. Mizoram
has two migrated cases and
no death case so far.
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
SHILLONG, Aug 16: The East Khasi
Hills district administration notified four
villages in the district as containment
zones due to the outbreak of African
swine fever (ASF).
The notification stated that there had
been reports about confirmed cases of
ASF in the four villages in East Khasi
Hills district, and in order to prevent the
spread of this highly contagious disease
to the neighbouring areas, these villages
have been declared as containment zones.
Four Meghalaya villagesdeclared containment zones
These four villages are Nongmynsong-
Umkdait, Mawlai Mawdatbaki, Mawsh-
buit Nongrim, and Sohiong Krang.
There will be a ban on transportation
of pigs from and into the infected zones
besides ban on slaughtering of pigs and
sale of pork in the infected zones.
The administration has also laid down
a number of health protocols for these
areas right from maintaining hygiene
and bio-secured conditions and restrict-
ed entry of personnel into pig sties to
restriction on movement of vehicles
from the infected zones.
“Waste from slaughterhouses and
pork stalls to be disposed of properly
after following all standard protocols in-
cluding disinfection and burial in these
zones,” the notification said.
Sensitization of all stakeholders such
as pig rearers, pork vendors and slaugh-
terhouses has also been ordered.
“The rapid response team of the Veter-
inary Department shall take all neces-
sary action as per the instructions in the
aforementioned order to respond, con-
tain, and prevent spread of the ASF in
these areas,” the notification added.
Lockdownextended
MANIPUR, Aug 16: The
Manipur government has ex-
tended the lockdown in the
State till August 31. The
move has been initiated in a
bid to check spread of the
COVID-19 cases.
The State Chief Secretary,
Dr Rajesh Kumar issued an
order in this connection urg-
ing the people to stricly fol-
low the rules.
The activities which were
permitted during the com-
plete lockdown were also is-
sued along with the order. –
Correspondent
8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020STATE
NEWS IN BRIEF
STAFF CORRESPONDENTS/
CORRESPONDENTS/ ANN SERVICE
MORIGAON, Aug 16: Along with the rest of
the country, the 74th Independence Day was cel-
ebrated at Morigaon maintaining social distance
and other COVID-19 directives. The govern-
ment function was held at Khirode Boruah Sta-
dium, where Finance, PWD, Health and Educa-
tion Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma unfurled the
National Flag, and paid tributes to martyrs Swa-
hid Tilak Deka, Gonabhiram Bordoloi and He-
moram Pator. He said laying of the foundation
stone of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya and
Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign announced by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi were two re-
markable steps of the BJP-led government. Sar-
ma referred to development schemes in Assam
like Arunodoi under which every BPL family will
get Rs 830 every month from October onwards.
Sarma also visited the Gandhi Bhavan and paid
floral tributes at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
SILCHAR: Unfurling the National Flag at the
SM Dev Stadium, Cachar DC Keerthi Jalli con-
veyed her best wishes to the people and paid her
homage to Mahatma Gandhi and the martyrs of
the freedom struggle. Citing examples of Kanak-
lata, Kushal Konwar and other freedom fighters,
Jalli said everyone should work unitedly for the
betterment of the society. Silchar MP Rajdeep
Roy, Assam Assembly Deputy Speaker Aminul
Islam Laskar, MLAs Dilip Kumar Paul and Kishor
Nath, DIG (Southern Range) Dilip Kumar Dey,
Superintendent of Police Bhanwar Lal Meena were
present. Doctors and health workers of Silchar
Medical College and Hospital were felicitated, and
Joint Director of Health Services Dr SJ Das re-
ceived the felicitation on their behalf.
JORHAT: Water Resources, Science and Tech-
nology and Cultural Affairs (Library and Archae-
ology) Minister Keshab Mahanta unfurled the Tri-
colour at the Jorhat Court Field on the occasion of
Independence Day. Mahanta said that under the
leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the
country was moving ahead. He also spoke about
development work undertaken by the Sarbanan-
da Sonowal government. In view of COVID-19
restrictions, no cultural function was held. Three
freedom fighters – Debesar Doloi, Khagesar Go-
goi and Kanakesar Bora – were felicitated at their
residences. Rank holders of this year’s HSLC and
HSLC examinations were also felicitated. In Ma-
juli, the National Flag was unfurled by DC Bikram
Kairi at Kachari Maidan in Garmur, the district
headquarters of the Brahmaputra island. Kairi
spoke about the various developmental schemes
undertaken on the island.
NORTH LAKHIMPUR: Independence Day
was celebrated across Lakhimpur district amidst
the gloom of the COVID-19 pandemic in a low-key
manner. The official celebration was held in the
playground of North Lakhimpur Govt HS School.
DC Dr Jeevan B unfurled the Tricolour, and took
the salute. In Dhakuakhana, the Flag was hoisted
by ADC and SDO Arinddam Baruah. Medical staff
engaged in the COVID-19 fight, freedom fighters
and meritorious students were felicitated.
RANGIYA: Independence Day was celebrat-
ed at the Rangiya HS Playground by the Rangiya
civil administration. ADC-cum-SDO (civil) Be-
danga Talukdar, who was the chief guest, hoisted
the National Flag. Assam Police Battalion troupes
took part in the march past and presented the
guard of honour to the chief guest.
NALBARI: Maintaining COVID-19 protocol,
the Nalbari district administration celebrated In-
Low-key I-Day celebrations across State due to COVID-19
dependence Day at the SP Office parade ground
with a brief function. The Tricolour was unfurled
by DC Purabi Konwar, who recalled the sacrifice
of the martyrs, and also explained development
schemes of the government. The DC saluted
the COVID warriors and hoped that the district
will become COVID-free soon.
DERGAON: Independence Day was cele-
brated with limited participation at Dergaon. The
Tricolour was unfurled by Circle Officer Utpal
Kumar Deka at a programme at Naren Sarma
Memorial field. Addressing a gathering about 50
people, the circle officer urged all to be united.
Dergaon MLA Bhabendra Nath Bhorali high-
lighted the government schemes. He mentioned
the services of the frontline staff for combating
the COVID-19 pandemic. Fruits were later dis-
tributed among patients at the 30-bed Dergaon
community health centre.
BISWANATH CHARIALI: Independence
Day was celebrated at Biswanath Chariali and
Gohpur. The Tricolour was unfurled at Kachari
Maidan at Biswanath Chariali by DC Dhruva Jyoti
Das, who recalled the sacrifices of the freedom
fighters. MLA Pramod Borthakur, Biswanath SP
Rajen Singh were also present. The district ad-
ministration felicitated 18 persons who excelled
in various fields. Floral tributes were paid to mar-
tyrs at Cheniram Das Children’s Park and
Trimurti Udyan. At Gohpur, ADC and SDO (C)
Narendra Shah hoisted the flag and spoke about
developmental activities.
MANGALDAI: Independence Day was cele-
brated at Kachari Maidan, where Minister of
State (independent charge) for Panchayat and
Rural Development Naba Kumar Doley hoisted
the Tricolour in presence of DC Dilip Kumar
Borah and SP Amrit Bhuyan. Doley recalled the
contribution of freedom fighters like Dineswar
Sarma, Tankeswar Sarma and Paniram Das. The
organisers greeted COVID survivors, doctors,
sanitation workers, funeral staff, nurses, media
persons for their efforts in containing the COV-
ID-19 pandemic situation. Rank holders of the
HS and HSLC examinations were felicitated.
DOOMDOOMA: Independence Day was cel-
ebrated by the Tinsukia administration at ITI
Field, where DC Bhaskar Pegu unfurled the Na-
tional Flag, and took the salute. He paid homage
to the martyrs. SP Shiladitya Chetia and officials
of the district administration were also present.
At Doomdooma, the statue of Mahatma Gan-
dhi at the heart of the town was garlanded by
social activist Govind Phookan. At Doomdooma
Town Field, journalist Dhiren Deka paid homage
to martyrs, while Circle Officer Nandita Roy
Gohain hoisted the Tricolour. She visited the
residence of octogenarian freedom fighter Saty-
alata Gogoi at Phillobari Gauripur. At Margher-
ita Central Field, ADC Pabitra Kumar Das hoist-
ed the Tricolour. At Sadiya, ADC SK Gogoi un-
furled the Flag at Chapakhowa Public Playground.
KOKRAJHAR: Social Welfare Minister Pram-
ila Rani Brahma unfurled the Tricolour at Govt
HS & MP school playground at Kokrajhar. She
spoke about steps taken by the government for
the welfare of people in the time of COVID-19
and flood. She appealed to people, irrespective
of caste and creed, to remain united for the great-
er cause of peace and development. BTC Princi-
pal Secretary Siddharth Singh hoisted the Tri-
colour at the BTC Secretariat in Kokrajhar and
paid homage at the statue of Bodofa UN Brahma.
UDALGURI: Udalguri district celebrated In-
dependence Day with a small program. PHE
Minister Rihon Daimari unfurled the Tricolour,
and briefed about the various welfare schemes.
All government offices, educational institutions
and private agencies, as well as the business com-
munity celebrated the day in their offices. The
Cycling Community of Udalguri town organised
a bicycle ride as part of an awareness programme
on fitness. A total of 50 participants rode cycles
for 34 km to and from Udalguri to Bhairabkunda.
BAIHATA CHARIALI: Independence Day
was celebrated at Numali Jalah parade ground at
Amingaon by the Kamrup district administra-
tion. DC Kailash Karthik N hoisted the Flag, and
recalled the contribution of the freedom fight-
ers. Fruits were distributed among patients of
Tola Ram Bafna Kamrup District Civil Hospital
and COVID Care Centres. Chhaygaon MLA
Rekibuddin Ahmed was present. Hajo Circle Of-
ficer Sukanya Bora hoisted the Tricolour at the
Hajo Circle Office. Fruits were distributed among
patients of Hajo Bishnu Ram Medhi Hospital.
DHUBRI: Independence Day was celebrat-
ed at Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua Playground,
where the National Flag was hoisted by DC
Anant Lal Gyani in the presence of SP Anand
Mishra. Meanwhile, a controversy erupted when
the BJP Raniganj Block Mandal hoisted the Tri-
colour along with the party flag.
DHEMAJI: The National Flag was unfurled
by Minister Sanjay Kishan in the presence of DC
Narsing Pawar and SP Dr Dhananjay P Ghana-
wat. In his speech, the minister recalled the sac-
rifices of martyrs like Maniram Dewan, Piyali
Phukan and Kanaklata. Floral tributes were paid
to Mahatma Gandhi and at the statues of 13 chil-
dren and mothers who lost their lives in a bomb
blast during the 58th Independence Day cele-
brations at the Dhemaji College Field in 2004.
BOKAKHAT: Independence Day was cele-
brated at the Bokakhat Stadium with a brief pro-
gramme starting with garlanding of the portraits
of Mahatma Gandhi and martyr Kamala Miri.
Unfurling the Tricolour, SDO (Civil) Bibek
Shyam remembered the valiant heroes of the
freedom movement like Kamala Miri, Beza
Baishnav and Kushal Konwar. Assam Police and
Special Rhino Protection Force of Kaziranga Na-
tional Park took part in the march past. Shyam
highlighted the developmental work in Bokakhat.
Fruits and other eatables were distributed among
inmates of Upper Assam Divyang Centre, Boka-
khat Orphan Care Centre and patients of Swahid
Kamala Miri Hospital.
DIPHU: In Diphu, the headquarters of Karbi
Anglong district, the Tricolour was unfurled by
Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council Chief Ex-
ecutive Member Tuliram Ronghang at Diphu
Government HS School playground. He said that
over more than seven decades, people have seen
the rise of the nation in science and technology,
agriculture, business and industry. He said the
coronavirus pandemic has posed a huge challenge,
and the way India has managed the situation, was
highly commendable. He said the administration
has not forgotten the aspiration of the people on
the implementation of Article 244 A, for the cre-
ation of an autonomous state.
PATACHARKUCHI: The 74th Independ-
ence Day was celebrated with a restricted pro-
gramme at Bajali. With limited attendance, the
Tricolour was unfurled at the Bajali HS School
playground by ADC and SDO (C) Nayanjyoti
Bhagabati, who recalled the contribution of the
martyrs of Bajali in the freedom struggle. He
also lauded the efforts of the COVID warriors.
Many people with special contribution in agri-
culture, village headmen, Anganwadi workers
were felicitated.
GOALPARA: Amidst the COVID-19 pan-
demic, the Independence Day celebration was a
low-key affair at the district headquarter’s Jun-
ior Technical School playground. Unfurling the
Tricolour, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Pha-
ni Bhusan Choudhury recollected the sacrifice of
the freedom fighters, and also spoke of following
the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi and maintain-
ing peace and social harmony. Even though COV-
ID-19 has slowed down the pace of develop-
ment, he exuded confidence that the govern-
ment’s efforts would bear fruit in tiding over the
crisis. He highlighted various developmental
schemes for the welfare of the people, especial-
ly for farmers.
KALAIGAON: Independence Day was cele-
brated at Kalaigaon and Bhergaon in Udalguri
district. At Bhergaon, ADC Gokul Chandra Brah-
ma hoisted the Tricolour at the SDO’s parade
ground before offering floral tributes at the stat-
ue of Mahatma Gandhi. Brahma paid tributes to
the heroes who sacrificed their lives for India’s
freedom. He also thanked the COVID-19 warri-
ors. SDPO Nirmalendu Ghosh, AC Kushal Kali-
ta and AC Nirmaljyoti Sarma, Circle Officer Ga-
yatri Pathak of Khoirabari were also present.
At Kalaigaon, Circle Officer Biraj Kumar Barua
hoisted the Tricolour at Gandhi Bakori field, and
thanked all the people involved in fighting COV-
ID-19. Appreciation letters were presented to
employees of Kalaigaon Police Station, Kalaigaon
Block Office, Kalaigaon Model Hospital, APD-
CL, Kalaigaon Fire Services, and Kalaigaon VDP
members for the fight against COVID-19.
A handicraft exhibition was organised where
members of various self-help groups displayed
their products. Circle Officer (Attached) Sujata
Goswami, mouzadar Kamal Prasad Sarma were
present.
GOSSAIGAON: ADC Ansula Basumatary
hoisted the Tricolour at Gossaigaon HS School
playground, and paid floral tributes to the mar-
tyrs. Basumatary appealed to all for their coop-
eration during the coronavirus pandemic and
national calamities. He also spoke about the COV-
ID-19 warriors, as due to their relentless serv-
ice, the varus count in the region was low. Many
health workers were felicitated with aronai and
phulam gamosa, and citation. About 200 people
witnessed the celebrations. Senior citizens and
pensioners jointly celebrated the day at the Pen-
sioners’ Association Office, where secretary
Ishran Narzary hoisted the Tricolour.
RAHA: In Raha, the celebration took place at
the Sudhakantha Dr Bhupen Hazarika field where
the Tricolour was unfurled by Circle Officer Pri-
yangka Bania Dekam, who urged people to be
united in the greater interest of the integrity of
India and Assam. She also recalled the dedica-
tion of the freedom fighters of Assam and India
in the freedom struggle. Several students who
achieved good results in HSLC and HS exami-
nations were felicitated. Raha MLA Dimbeswar
Das and a many distinguished guests took part in
the celebration. Akonir Kabita Ghor, a children’s
organisation assisted the local administration in
organising the celebrations.
CELEBRATING FREEDOM: Officials of Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) exchange sweets on the occasion of India’s74th Independence Day, along the international border in Karimganj district on Saturday. – UB Photos
AASU unit’s hunger strikeBISWANATH CHARIALI, Aug 16: The Biswanath unit ofthe All Assam Students’ Union staged a 24-hour hungerstrike on August 15 in front of Swahid Bhawan in protestagainst the government's lackadaisical attitude towardssetting up of district-level offices even after four years ofdeclaration of Biswanath as a district. – Correspondent
Aid to flood-hit peopleMORIGAON, Aug 16: A group of citizens of GreaterNoida and Delhi have sent medicines to the flood-hitpeople of Morigaon, which was received by the Morigaonunit of Indian Red Cross Society. Dr Puni Ram Pator andParama Nanda Goswami of the Red Cross Society thankedthe citizens of Delhi for their generosity. – Correspondent
Ambulance donatedNALBARI, Aug 16: Kokrajhar Lok Sabha MP Naba Saraniadonated an ambulance to the Swahid Mukunda Kakati CivilHospital. He handed over the ambulance to superintendentDr Arun Barman at the Independence Day function. Theambulance was donated at a cost of Rs 17 lakh from hisMP’s local area development fund. The function was alsoattended by Mangaldai MP Dilip Saikia, Nalbari MLAAshok Sarma, and DC Purabi Konwar. – Correspondent
Blood donationMANGALDAI, Aug 16: Members of NGO Crystal Visiondonated blood to the blood bank of Mangaldai Civil Hospitalahead of Independence Day. Donor and Mangaldai Collegeteacher Hariman Deka, blood bank medical-in-charge DrDaud Ali were present. Jagat Pharma supplied boosterdrinks to the donors free of cost. – Correspondent
Webinar at NIFTEJAGIROAD, Aug 16: A webinar on ‘COVID-19: TeacherEducation and Digital Literacy’ was organised by theNational Institute For Teacher Education (NIFTE),Khetri. NIFTE Principal Dr Poban Chandra Gogoi deliv-ered the welcome address. Two technical sessions tookplace in which Prof SK Yadav, former head, Department ofTeacher Education, NCERT, New Delhi and ProfMadhurjya Bora, Department of Physics, GauhatiUniversity, took part. – Correspondent
Memorial lectureDERGAON, Aug 16: The inaugural edition of librarianKhageswor Bora memorial lecture was held online underthe aegis of Golaghat District Library Association. Alecture on ‘COVID-19 pandemic and book reading’ wasdelivered by head of the department of Assamese DKDCollege Dergaon Dr Chandicharan Goswami. Tributeswere paid to retired librarian Late Khageswor Bora by hisson Bhaskar Bora. The programme was inaugurated byInspector of Schools Dr Samiran Bora. – Correspondent
My brother Dilipda – Dr
Dilip Kumar Baruah passed
away at the GMCH on August
7 last after a massive brain
haemorrhage.
Born on October 17, 1954
Dilipda was a very brilliant stu-
dent all throughout his career.
He secured the 7th
position in the
HSLC examination
from Panitola High
School, near Tinsu-
kia. Thereafter, he
passed pre-univer-
sity examination
from Cotton Col-
lege and completed
his medical educa-
tion from Assam Medical Col-
lege, Dibrugarh.
For a short stint, he served
as a medical officer in a tea gar-
den near Gohpur. It was a coin-
cidence that when I joined as a
lecturer in economics in Naha-
rkatiya College, Dilipda also
joined Naharkatiya hospital un-
der Assam Health Services
and we started our services
staying together. Even after my
marriage in 1990, I continued
my service staying together
with Dilipda and bou for a cer-
tain period. He continued serv-
ing different nearby localities
till he retired as SDMO from
Naharkatiya Civil Hospital.
Because of his sweet demean-
our, winsome manners, sincere
services, helping attitude and
other qualities of head and
heart, he left an indelible im-
pression upon all the people of
Naharkatiya including my col-
lege staff, Namrup, Dibrugarh,
Me and my elder sister
Juri not only owe our life to
mother Indu Phukan Roy,
but it was this woman with
enormous energy and stam-
ina in her body, mind and
emotions that really has en-
abled us to become a doctor
and sports official today.
My mother breathed her
last on August 3 at my Jorhat
Medical College apartment
and her death was totally un-
expected. My mother was
born to an illustrious family
of Ratnadhar Phukan in
Dholi Gaon Titabar on June
10, 1944.
After getting married to
my father, Late Upendra
Chandra Roy, my mother
OBITUARY
RK DoleyGUWAHATI, Aug 16: Rab-
indra Kumar
Doley, a
former Joint
Director, Ag-
riculture, died
at the Gauha-
ti Medical College and Hos-
pital on August 15 due to kid-
ney ailments. He was 63.
A resident of Dispur Kach-
ari Basti, Doley was a man of
amiable disposition. He was
the youngest son of former
MP late Lalit Kumar Doley.
He leaves behind his wife, a
daughter, two sons and a host
of relatives.
Jibaraj ThakuriaGUWAHATI, Aug 16: Jibaraj
Thakuria, son
of late
B h a b e n d r a
Nath Thakuria
and late Bina-
pani Thakuria,
died on August 9 at his resi-
dence at Chenikuthi. He was
fond of music and was popu-
lar for his amiable behaviour.
NM SarmaGUWAHATI, Aug 16:
N r i p e n d r a
Mohan Sar-
ma, a resi-
dent of Bala,
N a l b a r i ,
breathed his
last recently. He was 71.
A pioneer in establishment
of Bala Dingdingi ME School,
he was also involved in social
works and local organisa-
tions. He leaves behind his
wife, two sons, and a grand
daughter besides other fam-
ily members.
Dr Dilip KumarBaruah: a tribute
Tinsukia and the relatives as
well. Due to these rare quali-
ties, people were awestruck by
his persona and admired him a
lot. He gave free medical serv-
ices to poor patients and also
the known faces. The impres-
sion about his medical exper-
tise got engraved in
the minds of the
people of these are-
as, family members
and relatives in such
a way that even af-
ter consultation
with specialists, the
final opinion was al-
ways taken from
him.
In this materialistic world,
Dilipda was however totally as-
cetic to mundanely affairs and
led a content and serene life.
Apart from medical expertise,
Dilipda was a good orator and
possessed a poetic talent and
published a number of poems
in different newspapers, mag-
azines and souvenirs. He was
associated with different liter-
ary and socio-cultural organi-
sations of these areas. He also
served as the president of the
governing body of Namrup Col-
lege. In the family, he was the
main pillar and every issue fi-
nally got resolved at his level
only. He leaves behind his wife
(bou), daughter, son, our moth-
er, me and my second brother
besides a host of relatives.
Today, on the occasion of his
adyashraddha, I pray to the Al-
mighty to grant eternal peace
to his departed soul.
– Purabi Baruah Goswami
Indu Phukan Roysettled down in Guwahati
and chose the life of a social
worker. She was actively as-
sociated with various social
organisations of her locality
Purna Nagar in Noonmati.
She is remembered for her
active role during the As-
sam Agitation. She donated
her land for a social cause.
My mother always was
the guiding force in the fam-
ily, who nurtured each mem-
ber of the family, including
her grand children with ut-
most love and affection. Es-
pecially her death came at a
time when one of her grand-
children was hospitalised to
her utter distress.
She was very helpful in
extending my circle of
friends with each of whom
she maintained a cordial re-
lationship and also com-
manded respect from them.
Today, on the day of her
adyashraddha, I offer my
humble prayers.
– Dr Rituparan
Phukan Roy
My mother-in-law Sura-
ma Baruah, who died on
August 6 following an incur-
able illness, was born to Ra-
makanta Bharali and
Sarbeswari Bharali on No-
vember 22, 1952 and was
married to Dr Suryya Ku-
mar Baruah, a popular doc-
tor from Charigaon in 1977.
Religious to the core and
benevolence being her
forte, she loved to get in-
volved in social activities.
She was a self-reliant wom-
an with expertise in knitting,
sewing and weaving. Being
a great believer in work-
ethics, she led a busy social
life as her presence enriched
every social occasion in the
locality. She was an active
member of almost every
Surama Baruahsocial organisation in Chari-
gaon, including Charigaon
Kola Mandir, Panchabati
Rupmora Namghar and
Chandrakala Mohila Samiti.
An omnipresent positivi-
ty, an ever-smiling face, a
ready willingness to serve
others in need and an ability
to understand others in eve-
ryday issues were some of
the remarkable qualities
which impressed everyone
who came into her touch.
A woman with abundant
energy and courage, she re-
mained unruffled in the face
of the complex disease with
painstakingly long proce-
dure of treatment while al-
ways cooperating with the
doctors. She leaves behind
her husband, a retired joint
director of health services,
one son, one daughter and a
host of relatives and admir-
ers. Her demise has creat-
ed a void in the socio-cul-
tural sphere of Charigaon
area. May her soul rest in
peace.
– Dr Mriganka
Shekhar Chaliha
THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020
STATENo. BN/37/2020/
RE-TENDER NOTICEThe Chief Engineer, P.W.D. (Buildings), Assam on behalf of the Governor of Assam invites fresh
bid for the following project under P.W.D. (Bldg.), Assam from reputed national contractors having
requisite experience in similar nature of work.
Details 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 19.08.2020 to 10.09.2020.
Press Notice invited vide No.: BN/64/2019/36 dated 13th May 2020 and subsequent extension
notices are hereby cancelled.
Package Name of work Approx. Time of Bid Bid Cost of
No. value completion security security Bid
of work drawn (in Rs.)
(Rs. in favour
In Lakh) of
ALA "Construction of Main Rs. 6 (Six) Rs. E.E. PWD, 12000/-
Gate (Entry & Exit), front 409.57804/- Months 8,19,156/- P.C.C.
boundary wall and raising for Building
low site in front of the General & Division,
New Assam Legislative Rs. 4,09,578/- Dispur,
Assembly Building for Reserve Guwahati-6
depicting all Assamese Categories
Cultural Heritage etc. at
Dispur, Guwahati-6
Sd/- Chief Engineer, PWD (Building), Assam
Janasanyog/C/3156/20 Chandmari, Guwahati-3
No. KAAC/TAX/Framing of Acts & Rules/2020-21/9428771
Expression of Interest for Selection of a Consultant or a team of consultants for preparing and
framing of Acts, Rules, Regulations, Laws and by-laws for better and efficient collection of
Revenue by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council.
1. Invitation for Expression of Interest:
1.1 The Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council invites Expression of Interest (EOI) for
engagement of a Consultant or a team of Consultants for preparing and framing of
Acts, Rules, Regulations, Laws and by-Laws for better collection of Revenue by Karbi
Anglong Autonomous Ccuncil.(Encl as Annexure-I)
1.2 Interested persons are advised to study this EOI document carefully before submitting
their proposals.
1.3 The advertisement has been published on the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council at
www.karbiangIong.co.in
2. Scope of work:
Preparation of a Tax documents and framing of Acts, Rules, Regulations, Laws and by-
laws based on the materials/inputs provided by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council.
The document has to be prepared in English. The document has to be prepared in a time
bound manner and tight schedule has to be maintained and the first draft of this document
to be submitted within 5 days of the initiation of work.
The final draft shall be submitted as per the further directions of the Karbi Anglong
Autonomous Council authority which again will be in a short period of time.
3. Deliverables:
i. Tax document incorporating Acts, Rules, Regulations, Laws and by-laws (in English)
ii. Soft copy of Tax Document incorporating Acts, Rules, Regulations, Laws and by-laws
(in English)
iii. Hard copy of Tax Document incorporating Acts, Rules, Regulations, Laws and by-laws
(in English)
4. The Bid shall be submitted in a single sealed envelope containing separate envelopes for
Technical bid & Financial bid and superscripted “Submission of Expression of interest for
Selection of Consultant or team of consultants for preparing and framing of Acts, Rules,
Regulations, Laws and by-laws of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council” latest by 3.00
PM on 09/09/2020 to Mr. Mongal Sing Taro, Superintendent Taxes, Karbi Anglong
Autonomous Council, Diphu, Karbi Anglong.
5. The response to this EOI should be full and complete in all aspects. All incomplete bids
shall be rejected.
6. Bids shall include self-attested documents in proof of claims. EOI document submitted by
the bidder should be concise and contain only relevant information as required.
7. The entire proposal shall be strictly as per the format specified in this invitation for Expression
of Interest and any deviation may result in the rejection of EOI proposal.
8. The consultant/ Agency should have experience in the relevant field. The applicant
consultant/ agencies should have proper registration and should have adequate experience
in such consultancy and should have prepared similar reports for Govt. of India/ State
Govt./ PSUs/ Autonomous Body in the past.
9. After evaluation of technical bids, screening test of consultant shall be held to determine
documentation skills, language skills to document in English,
10. Must have a valid GST registration Certificate
11. Must Have a Valid Professional Tax clearance certificate.
12. Firm must be registered with accredited professional body and have satisfactory ratings.
13. Reputable standing with minimum 05 years experience of handling Tax related issues of
Central/ State Govt. / Autonomous Bodies.
14. Firms must be enlisted on approved penal of Govt. Department.
15. Firms must have professional team dealing in Tax Consultancies for which at least 01 must
be qualified Chartered Accountant having at least 05 years relevant experience.
16. A certificate/Affidavit indicating that the firm is not Blacklisted by any Govt./Autonomous
Body.
17. Must have Local presence in the State/District.
18. Must have PAN No./Service Registration.
19. Other terms & conditions:
i. All materials submitted by the bidder will become the property of Karbi Anglong
Autonomous Council and may be returned completely at its sole discretion.
ii. The EOI does not commit Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council to award a contract or to
engage in negotiations. Further, no reimbursable cost may be incurred in anticipation
of award or for preparing this EOI.
iii. Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council may terminate the EOI process at any time and
without assigning any reason. Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council makes no
commitments, express or implied, that this process will result in a business transaction
with anyone.
Sd/- Principal Secretary
Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council
DIPHUJanasanyog/CF/1451/20
AdvertisementNo. MHRB/23/M&HO-I/2020/563
Medical and Health Recruitment Board, Assam invites online application in the website-https://nhm.assam.gov.in from the intending candidates having Indian Citizenship as defined
in Article 5 to 8 of the Constitution of India and having requisite qualification for recruitment to Gazetted posts M&HO - I (Medical Officer Critical Care) of 32 (Thirty two) ICU Units in different
dedicated COVID-19 Hospitals of Assam.
1. Name of the Post: M&HO - I (Medical Officer Critical Care) in different dedicated COVID-19 Hospitals under Health & Family Welfare Department.
2. Number of Post: 128 (One hundred twenty eight)
Category UR EWS OBC/MOBC SC ST (P) ST (H) Total
Department No. of RFW No. of RFW No. of RFW No. of RFW No. of RFW No. of RFW No. of RFW
N.B: UR= Unreserved, EWS= Economically Weaker Section, OBC= Other Backward Classes, MOBC= More Other Backward Classes, SC= Scheduled Castes, ST (P)= Scheduled Tribes
(Plains), ST (H)= Scheduled Tribes (Hills), RFW- Reserved for Women, PWD= Persons with Disabilities
Category of Disability: Orthopedically handicapped with at least both arms and one leg. Hearing Handicapped and Low Vision may be considered if he/she can perform with aids and
appliances.
3. Scale of Pay: Rs. 30,000/- to 1,10,000/- PM with Grade Pay of Rs. 12,700/- PM plus other allowances as admissible under the Rules.Advance increments shall be allowed to an incumbent having Post Graduate Degree/ Diploma in Anesthesiology or Critical Care or Emergency Medicine. Time Scale promotion shall
be admissible to an incumbent.
4. ELIGIBILITY:A. Age: A candidate should not be less than 21 years of age and not more than 38 years of age as on 01/01/2020.
The upper age limit is relaxable by (if applicable) -
i. 5 years for SC/ST candidates i.e. upto 43 yearsii. 3 years for OBC/MOBC candidates i.e. upto 41 years as per Govt. notification No. ABP.6/2016/9 dated Dispur the 25th April, 2018.
iii. For Persons with Disabilities (PWD) by 10 years irrespective of SC/ST/OBC and General Category of candidates as per Govt. Notification No. ABP.144/95/121 dated Dispur the
28th October, 2015.B. Educational Qualification: At least M.B.B.S. or equivalent degree from a University, recognized under MCI (Medical Council of India) and the candidate must be registered under Assam
Medical Council/MCI.
C. Weightage shall be given to a candidate having Degree/ Diploma in Anesthesiology or Critical Care or Emergency Medicine from instuitions recognized under MCI/National Board ofExaminations.
D. Preference shall be given to the Doctors working under Rule 17B of MHRB Regulations or on contractual basis in Medical College Hospitals of Assam.
5. Process of recruitment: Viva-Voce/Interview/Online Interview will be held for selecting the candidates for the post of M&HO - I (Medical Officer Critical Care).6. Application fees:
Application must be accompanied with required application fee of Rs. 250/- (rupees two hundred fifty) only for General category candidates and Rs. 150/- (rupees one hundred fifty) only
for OBC/MOBC/SC/ST (P)/ST (H) candidate.No application fee is required for candidates having BPL certificate and PWD certificate.
Application fee should be deposited only, through Treasury Challan in the Head of Account "0210-Medical and Public Health-01-Urban Health Services-800-Other Receipt". The fees are
not refundable and no other mode of deposit of fee other than through Treasury Challan, shall be accepted.OR
Fees can be deposited online using Government Receipt Accounting System-GRAS (Website: https://assamegras.gov.in). Candidates may pay the requisites fees (as admissible
for the category mentioned above). Printed copy of Treasury Challan generated through GRAS should be submitted along with the application form. In Remarks column, candidate maywrite the post applied for.
7. Terms and Conditions:
i. Candidates need not submit any testimonials/certificate at the time of submission of online application. However, candidates have to produce their original testimonials regardingeducational qualification, date of birth, caste, EWS, PWD, Treasury challan, working experience etc. along with the application form, at the time of interview. Self-attested copies
of all testimonials/certificates will have to be submitted to the Board at the time of interview.
ii. Application form, which is incomplete in any respect, such as, without photograph and signature, is liable to be rejected summarily.iii. Only those candidates who fulfill all the terms and conditions of the advertisement in respect of the post for which they are applicants shall be entertained. Others need not apply.
iv. The Candidates who are already in the Government service,or in Government owned undertaking or other similar organizations/Corporations/boards/ or in private employment,may
apply with intimation to present employer. They shall have to produce "No Objection Certificate" from the present Employer at the time of document verification, before Viva-Voce/Interview and they will have to submit release order at the time of joining.
v. The Board reserves the right to cancel, alter or modify the advertisement or other terms and conditions of the advertisement without any prior notice.
vi. All other matters which are not specially provided in this advertisement shall be decided by the Board.
The last date of online application will be received till 31/08/2020. All applicants are advised to visit the website https://nhm.assam.gov.in.
The Advertisement is issued on the basis of draft advertisement sent by the Government of Assam.Sd/- Secretary i/c
Medical and Health Recruitment Board, Assam.Janasanyog/D/2772/20
Post Reserved
for Persons
with Disability
OBITUARY
Abu Raja ImdadAhmed
CORRESPONDENT
SIVASAGAR, Aug 16: Pri-
mary school teacher of Jola-
gaon LP School and president
of Amgurighat Masjid Man-
agement Committee, besides
a popular social worker Abu
Raja Imdad Ahmed (56) died
of cardiac arrest in Sivasagar
Civil Hospital on August 11.
A popular cricketer during
his youth, Abu Raja led the lo-
cal youths in all socio-cultural
works and was amiable by na-
ture. His sudden demise is
mourned by the people of Rang-
har Chariali and nearby areas.
Teachers of 20 primary
schools, besides students and
well wishers thronged his
school campus when his body
was taken to the school where
he worked for 27 years.
His last rites were per-
formed at the Rongpur grave-
yard in the presence of his
close relatives. He leaves be-
hind a son and his wife.
Doctors helpCovid patient
deliver healthybaby girl
CORRESPONDENT
SIVASAGAR, Aug 16:
Doctors at the Sivasagar
Civil Hospital successfully
performed a Lower Seg-
ment Cesarean Section on
a COVID-19 positive moth-
er recently and gave birth
to a healthy baby girl.
Under stress due to ex-
ponential increase in COV-
ID-19 patients in the hospi-
tal, from January to July this
year, the doctors and the as-
sistant staff conducted a
record 242 cesarean cases
and 1,161 natural deliveries
in the Maternity Ward de-
spite pandemic-related
pulls and pressures.
Dr Rajiv Baruah and Dr
Prasanta Pratim Sarma, sen-
ior surgeons of the hospital
claim that it was due to sin-
cerity of all health workers,
including the doctors, that the
hospital has been able to pro-
vide services to all sections
of the population and win their
love and appreciation.
RescuedKAZIRANGA, Aug 16: A rhi-
no calf was rescued yesterday
from Kaziranga Dagaon by a joint
team of forest staff and veteri-
nary expert and sent to the Cen-
tre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and
Conservation at Borjuri here for
necessary medical treatment and
specialised care. The calf was
suffering from some sort of prob-
lem and cannot stand properly. –
Correspondent
CORRESPONDENT
HAILAKANDI, Aug 16: Deputy Com-
missioner Megh Nidhi Dahal unfurled the
Tri-colour at the Parade Ground here on
Saturday during the 74th Independence
Day function.
He said the State and Central govern-
ments have initiated a slew of people-ori-
ented schemes and projects. The people
of Hailakandi district too have reaped the
benefits with various departments imple-
menting such schemes even during the
COVID-19 situation in the past five months.
Lauding the efforts of health and sani-
tation workers, drivers, officials and em-
ployees of DDMA, Police, DIPRO, Fire
and Emergency Services, PHED, Edu-
cation, Agriculture, Veterinary, Social
Welfare, Water Resources and others in
the fight against COVID-19, Dahal urged
the people to come forward voluntarily
to get their swabs tested at the screen-
ing and testing centres so as to prevent
the disease from spreading further in the
community and making Hailakandi a
COVID-free district.
He said that NITI Aayog has been ac-
cording top priority to Hailakandi for be-
ing an aspirational district and has allo-
cated additional funds for its good per-
formance in January-February this year.
Dahal revealed that Rs 2.5 crore has
been earmarked for development of the
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Stadium
under CSR project.
The Deputy Commissioner said under
the Ministry of AYUSH, construction of
PHCs, CHCs, Sub Centres and OPD have
been under various stages of completion in
the district.
Dahal said the district is making good
progress under Atal Amrit Abhiyan with
scores of people deriving benefits. Un-
der the Aspirational District Pro-
gramme, upgradation of SK Roy Civil
Hospital and Sub Centres are going on in
Hailakandi DC highlights status of welfare schemesfull swing, he said.
Dahal said that various schemes are be-
ing executed by the Panchayat and Rural
Development Department, including
MGNREGA. Under Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana, almost 5,000 dwelling units have
been constructed in the district during the
period from 2016-2017 to 2019-20.
Under the National Social Assistance
Programme, Dahal revealed that almost
19,000 elderly persons have been provid-
ed old-age pension, besides close to 2,400
women and differently-abled persons have
benefitted under the Indira Gandhi Vidhva
Pension Yojana. Under Pradhan Mantri
KISHAN, PMFBY, CMSGUY, RVVY,
BGREI and NFSM, tens of thousands of
farmers have benefited, he added.
He pointed out that 12 nurseries have
been set up and around 7.5 lakh saplings
distributed in the past four years by the
Forest Division of Hailakandi.
On the education front, Dahal said
that the district has put up a good show
in the HSLC, High Madrassa and High-
er Secondary exams this year. He said
that despite the closure of educational
institutions due to the COVID-19 pan-
demic, online education is going on in
full swing.
Under the Mid-Day Meal scheme, ra-
tion is being provided to the students at
home. Dahal said under CSR project, e-
smart classrooms have begun in SK Deb
High School and Kuchila High School.
The Deputy Commissioner said more
than 25,000 individual household latrines
have been built together with water sup-
ply connections in rural households un-
der Jal Jeevan Mission.
Dahal said the Information and Public
Relations Department has been confer-
ring fellowship to journalists, besides
pension to those who have a chequered
career spanning 20 years in the field of
journalism. He appreciated the pivotal
role played by DIPRO in creating public
awareness through various campaigns.
The Deputy Commissioner said un-
der Antodaya Anna Yojana 35 kg rice has
been given to around six lakh beneficiar-
ies comprising 15,000 families each, be-
sides 5 kg rice each to Priority House-
hold card holder comprising around one
lakh families free of cost.
Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
Yojana, additional five kg rice, one kg cha-
na and one kg masur dal have been pro-
vided free of cost. Under Atma Nirbhar
Bharat Yojana, around 10,000 families got
5 kg rice per head in May and June free of
cost, besides one kg chana during the cur-
rent month. Non NFSA card holders are
getting Rs 1,000 per family, he added.
On the road infrastructure front, Dahal
said 19,000-km roads and around 800 bridg-
es came up in the state in the past four
years. Giving an account of the district, Da-
hal disclosed that 20 roads under PMGSY
and 10 bridges have come up under SoPD
(G) and under ODS in the district.
Under Poshaan Abhiyan, Dahal said the
district had performed remarkably well
with Hailakandi bagging two State-level
awards, including SAM/MAMS in 2019.
The district also earned encomiums for
innovative initiatives like amla-gur candy
and dibba addan pradan to reduce anae-
mia among children and women, he
quipped.
Earlier, the DC took the guard of hon-
our with march past by contingents of
Assam Police, APBn and Home Guard
personnel. Dahal along with Superintend-
ent of Police Pabindra Kumar Nath and
other senior officials of the civil and po-
lice administrations placed floral wreaths
at the Jatiya Swahid Smarak.
All the government buildings were il-
luminated in the evening.
People waved the National Tri-colour
from their premises and balconies of their
houses amidst the playing of patriotic songs
by DIPRO personnel in the evening hours.
CORRESPONDENTS/ANN SERVICE
GOLOKGANJ, Aug 16: Along with the
rest of the nation, the 74th Independence
Day was celebrated in the India-Bangla-
desh border town of Golokganj in the pres-
ence of a few officers and heads of institu-
tions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dhrubajyoti Das, Circle Officer hoist-
ed the National Flag in the playground of
Jagamohan Vidyapith amidst police and
para-military personnel.
Floral tributes were paid in memory
of the martyrs of the Independence move-
ment at the Swahid Bedi by the dignitar-
ies present.
Jhimli Dutta, chairperson of Gauripur
Town Committee hoisted the Tri-colour
at the historic Mahamaya playground in
the presence of the ward commissioners
and prominent citizens of the town. Sports
and cultural activities were cancelled.
NAGAON: Along with the rest of
the country, the Nagaon district adminis-
tration also observed Independence Day
at the Nurul Amin Stadium.
State Urban Development and Health
(state) Minister Pijush Hazarika unfurled
the Tri-colour and took the guard of hon-
our from Nagaon Police, Home Guard
and other para- military forces.
In his speech, Pijush Hazarika high-
lighted various flagship schemes spon-
sored by the BJP-led Union Government
as well as Sarbananda Sonowal-led coali-
tion government for uplift of the people.
He also paid homage to the martyrs
who sacrificed their lives for the coun-
try’s independence.
74th Independence Daycelebrated all over State
Meanwhile, a book written on the
COVID-19 pandemic situation in the dis-
trict as well as in the state and written by
a scribe named Murali Boruah was also
released by the minister.
Local MLA Rupak Sarma, former Rail-
way minister and senior BJP leader Rajen
Gohain, Nagaon DC Jadav Saikia and Su-
perintendent of Police Gaurav Abhijit Dilip
and other senior officials of Nagaon dis-
trict administration as well as senior citi-
zens of the district attended the function.
SIVASAGAR: Inclement weather and
lock down restrictions marred the tradi-
tional festivities associated with Independ-
ence Day celebrations yesterday where
Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Pato-
wary hoisted the Tri-colour at the Board-
ing Field. He took the salute from securi-
ty contingents and Assam Police bands as
there were no NCC cadets.
Later, the Minister told the media that
settlement of a section of teachers’ prob-
lems in Sivasagar is being looked into by
the Education Department and would
have been settled by now had not a few
amog them gone to the High Court.
The Minister also informed that the
much-touted Asian Tri-lateral Highway
that would connect South East Asia with
mainland India from Moreh in Manipur
will be completed soon after work on
three small bridges are over. The Minis-
ter said that the said highway will usher
in a new era of development in the North
East as people from Myanmar and Thai-
land will have easy access to our educa-
tional institutions, hospitals and other
commercial centres.
On the other side of the Boarding
Field, AASU’s Sivasagar district unit re-
sorted to a 10-hour hunger strike in pro-
test against the BJP government’s al-
leged conspiratorial move to settle mil-
lions of illegal Hindu Bangladeshis in As-
sam through CAA.
AASU leaders said they would contin-
ue the stir until CAA is abolished.
TEZPUR: Along with the rest of the
state, the Sonitpur district administra-
tion too celebrated the 74th Independ-
ence Day at the Church Field.
State Cabinet Minister-cum-Behali
MLA Ranjit Dutta unfurled the National
Tri-colour and spoke about various de-
velopmental activities in the state as well
as in Sonitpur district during the last four
years of BJP rule.
Highlighting the same, he mentioned
that public welfare activities carried out
by the government are being executed
in Sonitpur district under various
schemes and benefitting people from all
sections of the society.
The Minister took the salute present-
ed by SSB, Assam Police and Home
Guard. In the programme, video clips on
different cultural events were screened.
Over 80 persons from different parts of
the district having contributions in dif-
ferent fields were awarded.
On the other hand at Chitraban Bakori,
in the presence of the president and sec-
retary of Bharat Mata Pujan Samiti, Nila-
khya Sharma and Amitabh Saikia, besides
other office- bearers along with the Ei-
dgah Committee members, ADC Rohan
Jha unfurled the National-Tri-colour.
Curfew clamped, one held inSonitpur district over clashesCORRESPONDENT
TEZPUR, Aug 16: A tense
situation was prevailing since
last night at Polashbasti-Orion-
tali and Natun Sirajuli in Bar-
chala LAC under Dhekiajuli
PS in Sonitpur district after
attack on one Jugal Nath and
his family of Polashbasti-Ori-
ontali village by a mob from
the tea community living in the
area following a prior clash
between Jugal Nath and a TE
youth yesterday evening over
purchase of some goods.
However, the TE youth pre-
sented a wrong scenario of the
incident among the people of his
area. After hearing his narrative,
around 100 angry people of his
village armed with lethal arms
rushed to the Oriontali village
and searched for Jugal Nath.
When they failed to locate Jugal,
they demolished his house.
In the melee, Jugal and other
members of his family somehow
managed to escape from the mob
attack. People of the village al-
leged that despite getting infor-
mation about the incident, police
arrived at the spot late.
Meanwhile, though the situ-
ation was under control, this
morning about 500 tea commu-
nity people with lethal arms
entered the Oriantali village to
attack the villagers before the
very nose of police present at
the spot. The attackers also
damaged houses of the villag-
ers. In their attack, atleast 13
people were seriously injured.
However, Sonitpur SP
Mugdhajyoti Mahanta with ad-
ditional police force and Army
rushed to the spot and brought
the situation under control.
One person involved with
the incident was arrested. To
keep the situation under con-
trol, the district administration
clamped curfew in the area.
67 more positivecases in Jorhat
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
JORHAT, Aug 16: In all, 67
people were found Covid posi-
tive in Jorhat district today, fol-
lowing which the total number
of positive cases rose to 3,682.
Jorhat DC Roshni A Korati
informed that all the 67 positive
cases were without travel his-
tory and 10 among them were
from Jorhat. The number of ac-
tive cases as on today was 1,610.
Manasha PujaCORRESPONDENT
RANGIYA, Aug 16: Unlike
every year, Manasha Puja was
celebrated at the historic Pur-
nakamdev village of Rangiya
amidst presence of a very few
devotees due to the COVID-
19 pandemic.
Curtailing all other pro-
grammes like Ojapali etc., only
puja was performed. Mangaldai
HPC MP Dilip Saikia attended
the Puja early on the day, which
is being performed at his na-
tive village situated near the
bank of the Borolia river.
Covid claims 1 in DergaonCORRESPONDENT
DERGAON, Aug 16: One Firoj Hussain (53) of Dergaon
town’s Ward No. 2, who was infected with COVID-19, died
today on the way to hospital due to comorbidies.
According to information available, Hussain had difficulty in
breathing and was taken to Dergaon CHC and later shifted to
Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH), though he died
on the way to the hospital.
After his death, he tested positive along with his wife.
However, the cause of his death is said to be due to comorbi-
dies by the Health Department.
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Know your DAYBy JACQUELINE BIGAR
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Aug. 17, 2020:
Versatile, intense and sometimes explosive, you need to be working to be
happy. The lockdown has thus been challenging, although some of your ideas
at this time will turn out to be masterpieces. You succeed brilliantly when it is
over. If single, you pursue ardently, but with your solitary temperament you
might stay unhitched. If attached, your bond is both passionate and tempestu-
ous. ARIES gives as good as they get.
The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-
Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19)HHHHH The good times are finally in full swing and roll on through
today. A merry romantic dance involving more than one prospect is
possible. This influence is exceptionally creative too. Give tangible expression
to your original ideas. Tonight: Don’t stop.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)HHHH A home remodeling project or a new residence might be
desirable. Talk to contractors today and make up a budget. Moderniza-
tion of your surroundings would be pleasing. You are ready to go after too much
waiting. Tonight: Family discussion at dinner.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)HHHH You’re able to employ your natural promotional skills effec-
tively today. Good conversation and journeys of the mind and body are
always appealing to you. The pace will be quick. Get organized and much can
be accomplished. Tonight: Return all calls and emails.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)HHH There can be some cash-flow situations to resolve. It is a good
time to bless your wallet and bank book. Welcome all that is fresh and
unexpected. Today can bring surprise announcements from others. Tonight:
Follow all laws, directions and rules scrupulously.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)HHHHH Dramatic and proud, you glow with a magnanimous warmth
that honors your ruler, the Sun. Your appearance and personality
charms others. Pursue creative outlets and business opportunities. Tonight:
Either a close relationship improves or a new one is drawn to you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)HHHH Meticulous and analytical, you find satisfaction in being help-
ful. Today, helping others who are less fortunate brings you joy. Take
time for quiet reflection. Explore your subconscious needs through meditation.
Tonight: Begin your own private journal and start writing.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)HHHHH Healing and growth are due. A reunion of some type can be
planned. A new cycle directly related to discovering personal happi-
ness starts. A larger than life quality prevails, but stay grounded and keep
perspective. Seek efficiency. Tonight: A change of heart is beginning.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)HH Today creates a limiting and somewhat frustrating career situation.
Accept others as they are and use your creative ideas constructively.
Recognition will be yours following this trying and testing time. Tonight: Blitz out
in front of the TV. Enough is enough.
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introduce you to groups or mentors who will pave the way toward
personal awakening. Scheduling time for regular meditation will help you grow.
Tonight: Establishing these patterns will nurture your psyche.
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eccentric person. Do not overreact. Allow it to be transitory and chalk
it up to experience. Legal matters can be brought to a successful conclusion.
An important new relationship develops. Tonight: Date night.
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feet, and this immune system enhancer boosts steadiness while assist-
ing with the distribution of oxygen throughout the body tissues. Tonight: Find it in
apricots, pumpkin, raisins, molasses, yeast, sauerkraut and chamomile.
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A cult classic about revenge and redemp
tion, Sholay was initially set to have its
key characters of Jai-Veeru and Thakur
from the Indian Army background and a differ-
ent ending, says director Ramesh Sippy, who
never imagined the phenomenon his film would
become upon its release 45 years ago.
After making Andaz and Seeta Aur Geeta,
Sippy wanted to switch to the action genre and
make a film similar to Hollywood Westerns. As
luck would have it, celebrated writer duo Salim
Khan- Javed Akhtar narrated him Sholay, which
had been with Manmohan Desai and probably
Prakash Mehra but could not take off.
Sippy said when the story came to him, he
stayed true to its original idea of two guys on
the run and their involvement in helping Thakur
avenge the murder of his family by a dreaded
dacoit terrorising his village. “The colour and
characters came into existence later but the ba-
sic storyline was in place. Except that the two
guys (Jai and Veeru) were from the Army and
Sanjeev Kumar’s role of Thakur was of an Army
officer, who was changed to a cop,” Sippy said.
The journey of creating Sholay, including
scripting and casting, took a little over two years.
The shoot started from October 3, 1973 and the
film hit the theatres on August 15, 1975.
Sholay was also one of those rare stories,
where the character of the villain Gabbar Singh
was one of the biggest highlights, even during
the casting process. Sippy said lead stars Dhar-
mendra, Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar
all were vying to play the role and were willing
to give up on their hero image, but he had found
45 years agoDirector Ramesh Sippy revisits the making of the
phenomenon called Sholay
his Gabbar in Amjad Khan, who was roped in
after Danny Denzongpa quit due to his commit-
ment to Feroz Khan’s film Dharmatma.
It was Salim-Javed who suggested Khan’s
name for the role. “I remember seeing a play of
him (Khan), in which my sister was there, he
was very impressive on stage, Sippy recalled.
“His face, built, personality, voice everything
felt right. We told him to grow beard, got him in
the costume, took pictures and he just felt right
as a rough-and-tough guy,” he added, revealing
that Khan prepared for the part by reading Ab-
hishapth Chambal, a book on Chambal dacoits.
While Dharmendra was interested in playing
the role of Thakur, when Sippy informed he
would have to then give up the role of Veeru,
who is paired opposite Basanti, Dharmendra
decided to not miss the chance as he was woo-
ing her at that time.
Bachchan’s name was recommended by Sal-
im-Javed, and Sippy, who had seen the actor’s
work in Anand and Bombay to Goa, thought he
had a good screen presence. “We needed a good
actor. There were suggestions about Shatrughan
Sinha. I was skeptical of having so many stars
and handling so many egos. It is another thing
that when we started shooting, Mr Bachchan
became a star. His popularity grew with release
of Zanjeer and Deewar,” he added.
Sippy is proud that even after 45 years, the
‘litte characters’ including jailor (Asrani), Kaalia
(Viju Khote), Sambha (Mac Mohan), Soorma
Bhopali (Jagdeep), Rahim Chacha (AK Hangal)
and Mausi (Leela Mishra) are loved.
(Source: PTI)
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MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 BUSINESS & ECONOMYTHE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11
Eight & paise twenty five) only are hereby invited from the registered Contractors/Firm/Agencies
under Assam PWD (Roads/Building) Department for the following work.
SI. Name of work Estimated Amount Time of
No. Completion
1 Construction of Conference Room and Rs.49,61,602/- 09 (Nine)
Approach of the Truck Terminus, Dhemaji. Months
The tender paper will be seen and obtained from 19.08.2020 and received by the undersigned
on or before 28.08.2020 up to 1.00 PM.
The undersigned reserve the right to cancel this notice without assigning any reason thereof.
Sd/- Chairman
Dhemaji Development Authority
Janasanyog/CF/1439/20 Dhemaji
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya(A Central University Established by an Act of Parliament)
Post-Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhi Hills, Wardha-442001
(Maharashtra)
Phone: 07152-251661, Website: www.hindivishwa.org
Accrediated ‘A’ Grade by NAAC
Admission Notice : 2020-21
Online Applications are invited for admission to Ph.D., P.G., U.G., P.G. Diploma,
Diploma and Certificate Courses for Academic Session 2020-21. For details
please visit University Website: www.hindivishwa.org.
Toll Free No. 1800 2332 141 Registrar
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No. SMC/40/2020/17
2nd RE-TENDER PRESS NOTICE
In cancellation of earlier press notice published vide No. SMC/40/2020/12, dtd. 06th July’2020,
the Chief Engineer, P.W.D. (Buildings), Assam, on behalf of the Governor of Assam invites fresh
bids from APWD registered contractors having experience in similar nature of work, for the
following work.
Details of the bid may be seen at e-procurement website i.e. www.assamtenders.gov.in.
The bidders must be enrolled in www.assamtenders.gov.in
Sl. Name of Work Approx. Value Time of Earnest E.M.D. to Tender
No. of Work completion Money be drawn Cost
Deposit in favour of
1 “Construction work of Women’s Rs.227.49 18 Rs. 4,54,980/- E.E., PWD, Rs.
Hostel under RUSA 2.0 component Lakh (eighteen) (for General) Guwahati 7000/-
(Equity Initiatives)” (Construction of months Rs. 2,27,490/- Building
R.C.C. (G+2) Girls Hostel Building (for reserved Division-II.
of Arya Vidyapeeth College at Category)
Gopinath Nagar, Guwahati).
N.B.:– Value of work may vary according to final BOQ which may be seen in the detail NIT.
Sd/- Chief Engineer, P.W.D. (Building),
Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3.Janasanyog/C/3154/20
AS per the latest auction (Sale No 32)
of Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC)
held on August 12-13, the total tea offer-
ings were 1,09,288 packages out of which
88 per cent was sold. The market wit-
nessed strong demand, and good and best
liquoring sorts were sold at dearer lev-
els following competition. The medium
and plainer sorts followed a similar
trend. The major blenders operated with
active support from western Indian buyers on liquoring teas.
There was some export enquiry. The auction average price
for this week stood at Rs 298.28 (which is a record), up by
Rs 136.55 from last year. (Last week due to typographical
error the prices were jumbled up).
Dinesh Bihani
Secretary, Guwahati Tea Auction
Buyers Association (GTABA)
Top garden prices
BOP Price BOPSM/BP Price OF/PF Price
HALMARI 550 HALMARI 509 HOOKHMOL 426
HOOKHMOL 421 HOOKHMOL 486 SOTAI 386
BEHORA 420 SOTAI 442 LUKWAH 381
SOTAI 411 BANAMALIE 441 MADHUPUR 380
DOOLAHAT 406 BISHNUPRIYA 420 HIRAJULI 376
PREMIUM
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Aimed at
eliminating silos, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Saturday an-
nounced that India will spend over
Rs 100-lakh crore on 7,000 National
Infrastructure Projects.
For this, the Prime Minister said, a
very big plan has been prepared to
connect the entire country with mul-
ti-modal connectivity.
“About 7,000 projects of different
sectors have also been identified. It
would be like a new revolution in in-
frastructure. The country is moving
towards spending more than Rs 100-
lakh crore on this project,” Modi said
during his speech from the Red Fort
on the 74th Independence Day.
Mentioning the need to eliminate
silos in the era of infrastructure, Modi
said there is a need to give a new
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Amid wide-scale
concerns over use of Chinese gear in tele-
com networks, TRAI Chairman RS Sharma
has said that India must accelerate domestic
manufacturing of communication equipment
for “strategic” reasons.
While the country has become a manufac-
turing powerhouse for mobile handsets, the
same must also be done for telecom equip-
ment which form the “central nervous sys-
tem” of sensitive and strategically-important
telecom networks, Sharma told PTI.
He added that the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) had earlier given
its detailed recommendations on promoting
local telecom equipment manufacturing.
Sharma’s comments assume significance in
the backdrop of growing clamour around the
world, as also in India, against the use of Chi-
nese equipment in networks over security
concerns.
India is evaluating whether Huawei and
ZTE should be kept out of upcoming 5G tri-
als, though a final decision on the issue is yet
to come.
“It is in strategic interest of our country
NEW DELHI, Aug 16:
Automobile major Mahin-
dra & Mahindra on
Saturday unveiled the all-
new Thar SUV.
According to the
company, Thar sports an all-
new BS-6-compliant engine
options which includes the
‘2.0 litre mStallion TGDi
petrol’ and the ‘2.2 litre
mHawk diesel’.
In terms of the gearbox,
Thar offer a 6-speed torque
converter automatic
transmission or a 6-speed
manual transmission mated
to “an authentic manual
shift-on-the-fly 4x4 transfer
case”.
“With the all-new Thar,
we aim to protect this
legacy with superior
performance, both on and
off the tarmac, advanced
India to spend Rs 100-lakh cron 7,000 nat’l infra projects: PM
direction to the overall infrastructure
so that India moves towards moder-
nity at a fast pace.
“This need will be met with the
National Infrastructure Pipeline
Project.” He said many big compa-
nies of the world are turning to India
presently and that “we have to move
forward with the mantra of Make in
India as well as Make for World”.
At the event, the Prime Minister
also announced that a new national
cyber security strategy has been
drafted in the country. He said India
is alert, cautious and is taking deci-
sions to counter these threats and
is constantly developing new
systems.
Modi further announced that eve-
ry village in the country will be con-
nected with optical fibre in the com-
ing 1,000 days and that the goal will
be met.
Informing that only five dozen pan-
chayats in the country were connect-
ed with optical fibre before 2014,
Modi said 1.5 lakh gram panchayats
in the country have since been con-
nected with optical fibre in the last
few years.
He said Lakshadweep will also be
connected to submarine optical fibre
cable.
To give modern infrastructure to
the farmers of the country, he said an
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund of Rs
1-lakh crore has been created.
Laying stress on border and coast-
al infrastructure for its big role in the
security of the country, the Prime
Minister said “be it the Himalayan
peaks or the islands of the Indian
Ocean, today there is an unprecedent-
ed expansion of road and internet con-
nectivity in the country”.
“There are more than 1,300 islands
in our country. In view of their geo-
graphical location, considering their
importance in the development of the
country, work is under way to start
new development schemes in some
of these selected islands,” he said.
He mentioned that a special cam-
paign was also being worked on with
a holistic approach to reduce pollu-
tion in 100 selected cities of the
country.
The Prime Minister also an-
nounced that another big campaign,
National Digital Health Mission, is
being launched in the country from
Saturday to bring a new revolution in
India’s health sector. – IANS
Domestic production of telecom gearin strategic interest: TRAI chief
that we accelerate the process of manufac-
turing telecom equipment, domestically.
TRAI has already given detailed recommen-
dation on it sometime back,” Sharma said.
Asked if a renewed push for indigenous man-
ufacturing in telecom is all the more important
given the red flags around Chinese-made
equipment, he said, “Definitely. Certainly, it is
important. Strategically, it is important.”
“We had given our recommendation, where
we said that it is in strategic interest of our
country to have domestic manufacturing of
telecom equipment,” he added.
The reason is, while handsets are there at
the edge of the system, the central nervous
system is also extremely important and sensi-
tive piece, and therefore those equipment must
be manufactured in the country, Sharma said.
“So we have given our suggestions on what
should be done to drive that process,” the
TRAI Chairman said.
Lauding the measures taken to promote
manufacturing of the handsets in the country,
he noted that production had reached “mas-
sive scale” and India must now build on that
success in indigenous telecom gear.– PTI
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: As The Faceless
Assessment Scheme, 2019 kicks off, the Cen-
tral Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has stipu-
lated that all communications from the depart-
ment to the taxpayer, assessee, third party
will be in the name of the National e-Assess-
ment Centre (NeAC) and no communication
of any nature such as above will be made by
any of the Regional e-Assessment Centres
(ReACs) across 20 cities in the country.
The Income Tax department has embarked
on the journey of faceless tax administration.
The Faceless Assessment Scheme, 2019 has
been announced by the Central government.
Further, the Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) has notified the National e-Assess-
ment Centre (NeAC) in Delhi and various
Regional e-Assessment Centres (ReACs)
across 20 cities in the country for implemen-
tation of the scheme.
The CBDT has now given the detailed guide-
lines for the implementation of the scheme and
role of residual charges in this regard.
On the functions of the faceless hierarchy,
the guidelines say that the NeAC/ReACs hi-
erarchy will be tasked with management of
faceless assessment proceedings and will be
broadly responsible for functions.
All these functions will be through elec-
tronic means for which the NeAC will be the
gateway and will function as such for all the
flow of information. The officers and the staff
in the ReACs will perform the functions re-
Faceless assessment to startwith I-T dept restructuring
lating to the assessment and verification func-
tion under the Income Tax Act, but all com-
munications from the department to the tax-
payer/assessee/third party for the purposes
of the Act will be in the name of the NeAC.
No communication of any nature such as above
will be made by any of the ReACs.
The functions of the NeAC, ReACs [As-
sessment Unit (AU), Verification Unit (VU),
Review Unit (RU) and Technical Unit (TU)]
have been delineated in detail separately by
the NeAC in consultation with the Board.
The assessment proceedings u/s 143, 144,
148 read with 143(2)/142(1) will be done by the
AU, verification related to assessment by the
VU, verification related to centralised dissemi-
nation of information by the Directorate of Sys-
tems, by the VUs, review of draft orders by the
RU, technical support by the TU and passing
and dispatch of the final orders by the NeAC.
On the functions of the field formations out-
side the NeAC/ReACs hierarchy, the guide-
lines state that the Principal Chief Commis-
sioner of Income Tax will be the cadre-con-
trolling authorities for all the officers and staff
in their area of jurisdiction in respect of all field
formations including ReACs, central charges,
international tax and transfer pricing charges,
investigation directorate, exemption charges.
The field formations outside the NeAC/
ReACs hierarchy will perform the func-
tions in faceless manner to the extent pos-
sible. – IANS
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: India Inc on Satur-
day welcomed various announcements made
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the
occasion of 74th Independence Day.
Commenting on the PM’s address to the
nation, FICCI President Sangita Reddy said:
“FICCI is happy to note the launch of the
National Digital Health Mission under which
each individual will get a unique health ID
that would be the reference point for his or
her health status. FICCI has been working in
this area for long and we congratulate the
government for taking forward this initiative.
“It is also reassuring to note that the gov-
ernment has also put in place a blueprint and
plan for the distribution of the much antici-
pated COVID-19 vaccine across the country.”
Besides, the announcements such as having a
new National Cyber Security Plan, increasing
Finmin working onnorms for salaries
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: The Finance Ministry is working on
norms to regulate salary paid to retired Central government
employees reappointed on contract and has proposed keep-
ing nomination-based appointments at “bare minimum”.
In an office memorandum dated August 13, the Depart-
ment of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, said that minis-
tries/departments appoint retired Central government em-
ployees on contract basis, including as consultants, but there
are no uniform guidelines for
regulating the salary payment
in such cases.
The Expenditure depart-
ment has framed draft regula-
tions for salary payments in
case of appointment of retired Central government employ-
ees and has invited comments of ministries/departments with-
in 10 days.
“It has been felt that there is a need to have uniformity to
regulate salary of such contractual appointment of retired
Central government employees,” the department said.
The draft guidelines state that appointment of retired em-
ployees on contract basis, including as consultants, by way of
nomination based on the credentials of past service and not
through open market advertisement, should not be made as a
“matter of practice and must be kept at bare minimum”.
“Such appointments may be made only in the justified ex-
igencies of the official work where public interest is served
by the appointment of the retired employee,” the draft guide-
lines said. – PTI
India Inc hails PM’s I-Dayannouncements
the number of wellness centres across villages
as well as broadening the coverage under the
Ayushman Bharat programme, having an inte-
grated pollution reduction plan across cities, fo-
cusing on green development, promoting con-
nectivity with different islands of the country
underlined the comprehensive development
agenda of the government, she said.
According to Assocham’s Secretary General
Deepak Sood, “The nation felt reassured by
the Prime Minister’s message that the govern-
ment is readying a comprehensive blueprint
for the mass-scale production of vaccines against
coronavirus. Making good health for each and
every Indian a national priority would yield the
best dividend for the country. The PM has shown
a clear pathway for economic recovery through
a huge infrastructure investment pipeline of Rs
110-lakh crore on 7,000 projects.” – IANS
Mahindra unveils all-newThar SUV; launch on Oct 2
technology features,
excellent safety and
everyday ride comfort – all
adding to the unadulterated
driving pleasure of a true-
blue modern SUV,” Veejay
Nakra, CEO, Automotive
Division, M&M, said in a
statement.
The new SUV will be
launched on October 2,
2020. – IANS
Vistara flights to UK,Germany, France likelyNEW DELHI, Aug 16: Private carrier Vistara is likely to
start flight operations between India and the UK, Germany
and France under the bilateral air bubble arrangements that
have been signed with these countries, sources in the aviation
industry said today.
Earlier this month, India and the UK signed a bilateral
air pact, under which the airlines of both the countries can
operate international flights with certain restrictions. In-
dia had signed similar bilateral pacts with Germany and
France in July.
Vistara got its second B787-9 wide-body aircraft on Satur-
day. It had received its first B787-9 aircraft in February.
“Vistara has already got the slots at the Heathrow airport
in London. The flights between Delhi and London are likely
to be announced in the next few days,” an industry source
told PTI.
The Delhi-London flight is likely to operate thrice a week,
the source added.
A wide-body aircraft has a bigger fuel tank that allows it to
operate long-haul flights. Vistara has 43 planes in its fleet, of
which 41 are narrow-body aircraft like A320neo and B737-
800NG.
The full-service carrier is also likely to operate flights
between India and Germany and India and France, another
aviation industry source said, adding that the probable
destinations for these flights are Frankfurt and Paris
respectively.
It is not clear which Indian cities will be connected to Frank-
furt and Paris by Vistara.
The private carrier did not respond to the queries sent by
PTI on the matter. – PTI
Retd Central govtstaff reappointedon contract
12 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATISPORTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020
NEW DELHI, Aug 16:
Two-time World Cup-
winning former India
captain Mahendra Singh
Dhoni retired from
international cricket on
Saturday, ending over one
year of suspense and also an
era during which his often
unorthodox leadership and
finishing skills became the
stuff of legends.
The 39-year-old will,
however, compete in this
year’s IPL, which gets
under way in the UAE from
September 19 after being
moved out of India due to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Thanks a lot for ur love
MS Dhoni calls it quits from international cricket
Barca reeling after 8-2humiliation by Bayern
LISBON, Aug 16: The postmortem from Gerard Pique was asbrutal as the humiliation dished to Barcelona by Bayern Munich.
“It’s a disastrous result,” the defender said.“An embarrassment, that’s the word.”The numbers were 8-2.Another number? 74. It’s that many years since Barcelona
conceded as many goals in a game.“We have hit rock bottom,” Pique said in a television inter-
view on the field after Friday’s loss dumped the five-timewinners out of the Champions League in the quarterfinals.
Unlike the capitulations in the previous two seasons – againstRoma and Liverpool – there was no first-leg lead to throw away.
Not even Lionel Messi could save Barcelona at the end ofa season in which he has seemed increasingly agitated bythe disarray. This was a night of utter misery in Lisbon in thepandemic-enforced single-game reformatting of a knockoutstage that has never seen a team lose so heavily in theChampions League era.
If it wasn’t embarrassing enough, Barcelona had to watchPhilippe Coutinho inflict the final blows and make the col-lapse all the more painful. The German champions werealready cruising into the semifinals with a 5-2 lead whenCoutinho was sent on for the final 15 minutes.
The Brazilian found time for an assist – pinging the ball tothe head of the unmarked Robert Lewandowski – and then toscore twice himself against a goalkeeper he knows so well.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen is still Coutinho’s team-mate. The 160million euros forward remains not only Barca’s record signing butstill their player. He’s only on loan at Bayern for this season afterstruggling to settle at the parent club he joined from Liverpool in2018 as the supposed heir to Andres Iniesta. – AP
and support throughout.
from 1929hrs consider me
as retired,” Dhoni posted
on his Instagram handle.
The announcement
came a day after he joined
his Chennai Super kings
team-mates at the side’s
home base for a short
training camp ahead of the
players’ departure to the
UAE next week.
The BCCI sent out a
statement, detailing each
one of his historic achieve-
ments and lauding “a
legacy that will be difficult
to replicate.” Board
president Sourav Ganguly
and secretary Jay Shah
paid rich tributes.
“It is the end of an era.
What a player he has been
for the country and world
cricket... He will finish with
no regrets on the field,”
said Ganguly.
“He is leaving the game
richer from the time he
joined,” added Shah.
The Board also stated
that Dhoni “changed the
face of Indian cricket with
his calm demeanour, sharp
understanding of the game
and astute leadership
qualities.”
His last outing in India
colours was during the lost
World Cup semifinal against
New Zealand in July last
year.
One of the best runners
between the wickets was
run out following a hard-
earned 50 in that tense
game, shattering Indian
hopes and leaving him in a
state of disbelief.
Ever since he went
on a sabbatical after
that match,
speculation raged
over his future but he
stoically avoided a
response for over a year.
The reticent man from
Ranchi will, however, go
down as one of the finest to
have played the game for
was, however, marred by a
drop in form, prompting
several critics to question
his resolve to continue.
But he nevertheless
signs off as an ODI legend
with 10,773 runs,
averaging more than
50 despite batting
between No. 5 and 7
for a major chunk of
his career.
In the Test format,
from which he retired in
2014, Dhoni accumulated
4876 runs at an average of
38.09 and led India to
more wins (27) than
anyone else before
him. – PTI
Suresh Raina bids adieuto international cricketNEW DELHI, Aug 16:
Michael Jordan needed a Scot-
tie Pippen, so did Lionel Messi
an Andres Iniesta by his side
and Suresh Raina is that glue
that admirably stuck around
with Mahendra Singh Dhoni in
highs, lows, and from Saturday,
in retirement.
On Saturday, following in the
footsteps of his favourite cap-
tain and mentor, Raina an-
nounced his retirement from
international cricket.
The 33-year-old is among
the few who made centuries
across formats, having played
18 Tests, 226 ODIs and
78 T20 Internationals
while scoring 768,
5615 and 1605 runs re-
spectively.
He also has 36 ODI
wickets to his name and 13
each in Tests and T20Is. One
will remember that 34 not out
against Australia at Ahmedabad
during the 2011 World Cup, an
innings that was bridesmaid to
Yuvraj Singh’s all-round
heroics.
In the semifinal
of the same
tournament, the unbeaten 36
was pure gold
dust but
Sachin Ten-
d u l k a r ’ s
scratchy 85 still
remains in our col-
lective conscience.
Some things in life
are just meant to be and
Raina, the quintessential
supporting actor, was
probably one of them.
The 33-year-old
left-hander from Ghaz-
iabad, a mean white-ball mas-
ter in his own rights, probably
knows that the train called
‘Team India’ has left the station
and he will not be able to add on
to his 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and
78 T20 Internationals.
But he did hold his own in a
significant number of matches
as his seven hundreds across
three formats (only one among
three with KL Rahul and Rohit
Sharma being the other two)
and nearly 8000 (7988 to be
precise) international runs
would suggest.
Add to it 167 catches and a
rough estimate of 1000 runs
saved on the field in the point
and cover region, Raina did
well while having serious tech-
nical limitations, which prevent-
ed him from playing more than
18 Test matches.
But again, if Greg Chappell
saw a raw talent in the boy
from Lucknow Sports College,
Dhoni knew how to use him.
Playing for Chennai Super
Kings and becoming probably
the most consistent IPL play-
ers since inception made him a
better India player.
The skipper knew that if In-
dia played mostly in the sub-
continent, an aggressive play-
er like Raina would be an asset
with his running between the
wickets and ability to hit the
spinners with ease. There
were two signature shots of
Raina which fetched him plen-
ty of runs. A whip or lofted on
drive in the arc between long-
on and deep mid-wicket and the
inside out lofted shot over ex-
tra cover that will either be a
six or a one bounce four.
One of the better players of
spin bowling, on his day, he
could murder the slow bowl-
ers with precision footwork.
It helped that he batted
number three at CSK for
most of his career while in the
Indian team, it would often be
number five, where either he
came in when the top-order
collapsed or for a tricky final
few overs. – PTI
Webinar heldGUWAHATI, Aug 16: The State level webinar on “Is-
sues and challenges of physical education and sports with
special relation to Assam” was organised by Alumni Asso-
ciation Centre for Studies in Physical Education and Sports,
Dibrugarh University on August 14.
Dr Binod Ch Bora, Joint Registrar, Academics, Dibru-
garh University inaugurated the programme while Vice-
chancellor of Sri Sri Aniruddhadeva Sports University Jay
Prakash Verma was the keynote speaker in the webinar,
stated a press release.
LISBON, Aug 16: Gabriel Jesus was
crouching on the field and crying. Not even
the Manchester City jersey covering his
face could mask the agony.
Raheem Sterling was lying across the
turf, his hands crossed over his eyes.
Then, the Lyon players broke away
from their celebrations to console oppo-
nents distraught at being knocked out of
the Champions League without reaching
the semifinals for a fourth straight season.
City, the most expensively assembled
squad in football history, had lost 3-1 to
the team that finished seventh in the
French league.
“It’s incredible because we’re the sur-
prise team,” Lyon goalkeeper Anthony
Lopes said. “I don’t think many people
expected us to reach this stage of the
competition.”
While Lyon prepare to face Bayern
Munich in its first Champions League
semifinal in a decade, City must face up to
another collapse in its quest to become
European champions for the first time.
“We need to learn it’s not good enough
and that’s it,” said Kevin De Bruyne, who
scored City’s only goal to equalise be-
fore Moussa Dembele scored twice on
Saturday.
Lyon stun Man City 3-1 to reach semisDifferent year, same stuff. It leaves Pep
Guardiola still waiting for a first Champi-
ons League title since 2011 while coach-
ing Barcelona, falling short in three at-
tempts with Bayern Munich before re-
peated failures with City. After surren-
dering the Premier League trophy to Liv-
erpool, City end the season with only the
League Cup.
Guardiola’s decision to deploy an unfa-
miliar five-man defence to match Lyon’s
system backfired when gaping holes were
left at the back before Maxwel Cornet
struck the opener in the 24th minute.
“We won the tactical battle as we mas-
ter our system of play,” Lyon coach Rudi
Garcia said.
De Bruyne equalised in the 69th but
substitute Dembele restored the lead 10
minutes later by putting a shot under goal-
keeper Ederson after being on the pitch
for only four minutes.
Then came the chance to level again
that will haunt Sterling. Facing an un-
guarded net at the far post, Sterling
missed the target completely and Lyon
extended its lead 59 seconds later with
Dembele scoring again.
This was an error-strewn performance
by City on a night when Guardiola was
out-thought by Garcia, whose last major
titles were the French league and cup
double with Lille in 2011.
Rudi Garcia has left his mark, has in-
stilled discipline, sporting director Junin-
ho said. “We grew up. Now we need a
little humility, a little calm.”
For the first time since 1996 the Cham-
pions League semifinals will not feature a
side from England and Spain. Instead
France will take on Germany in this unique
pandemic-enforced conclusion to the
Champions League in Lisbon, with single
games without fans rather than two-leg-
ged semifinals. After Paris Saint-Ger-
main plays Leipzig on Tuesday, Lyon
faces Bayern the following night just
like it did in the 2010 semifinals. Bu-
oyed by knocking out Juventus and City,
Lyon will believe it can make the final
this time, even against a Bayern side
that thrashed Barcelona 8-2.
City’s biggest Champions League win
of the season seemed to come off the
pitch when its lawyers overturned a two-
season ban from European competitions.
But for a side that eliminated record 13-
time champion Real Madrid in the pre-
vious round, losing to Lyon was not in
the script. – AP
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug
16: Pakistan scrambled to
236 all out and reduced Eng-
land to 7-1 before another
bout of rain hit the weather-
affected second test at the
Rose Bowl on Sunday.
Lunch was taken on the
fourth day of the test with the
bad weather looking likely to
rob Pakistan of a realistic
chance to secure a series-ty-
ing win in Southampton.
The tourists had England’s
batsmen exactly where they
wanted them before the
teams went off, with Shaheen
Afridi removing Rory Burns
for 0 off the fourth ball of the
innings and both Zak Craw-
ley (5) and Dom Sibley (2)
struggling to deal with a
swinging and seaming ball.
Only five overs have been
possible in England’s innings
so far, but they were encour-
aging ones for Pakistan.
Resuming on 223-9 after
the third day’s play was
wiped out by rain, Pakistan
added 13 runs before being
dismissed when Moham-
mad Rizwan scooped a ball
from Stuart Broad high into
the air, with Crawley taking
the catch at cover point to
end an important lower-or-
der knock of 72 by the wick-
etkeeper.
Broad finished with figures
of 4-56.
Burns had already nicked
Afridi just short of the slips
off the first ball of the reply
when the paceman found the
outside edge again, and this
time it carried to Asad Shafiq.
The left-handed Burns
only made 4 and 10 in the first
test in Manchester, which
was won by the English by
three wickets to earn them a
1-0 lead in the three-match
series. – AP
Pak all out for 236, England7-1 before rain returns
Bencic withdraws from US OpenNEW YORK, Aug 16: 2019 US Open semifinalist Belin-
da Bencic became the latest to pull out of the Grand Slam
that is scheduled to begin on August 31.
Bencic is the third 2019 semifinalist to pull out of the
2020 US Open. The 23-year-old Swiss wrote on social
media on Saturday that she “made the difficult decision to
skip the US swing in New York and will return to the tour
starting in Rome next month.”
She will hence be participating in the Italian Open, a clay
court tournament that is part of the buildup to the French
Open which is scheduled to start on September 27.
“I would like to thank the US Open and the USTA for all
their hard work and effort they have put together to have
both Cincinnati and the US Open take place this month. I
am looking forward to returning to New York next year
and wish everyone competing there in the coming weeks
the best of luck,” said Bencic.
Earlier, defending champion Bianca Andreescu and Elina
Svitolina also pulled out of the tournament that is being held
amidst strict protocols due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This
leaves out 2019 runner up Serena Williams as the only sem-
ifinalist from last year to play in the tournament. Williams
was also the only American among the last four. – IANS
