Free insurance policies to students for dengue
Students of nine schools of Kamrup district received free insurance policy of Rs 20,000 for dengue under the collaboration of a social-based organisation Drishtee and CAFE India under the Behtar India
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Move to fight Japanese Encephalitis
In order to combat the threat of Japanese Encephalitis, the Kamrup District administration has chalked out plans to vaccinate all children between one to fifteen years of age. The vaccines would be provided free of cost and would be administered by people specially trained for the purpose.
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Delhi, city bodies join hands to electrify village
In a bid to provide basic services to the rural poor, a Delhi-based NGO, Goonj has initiated electrification work in Katara village near Sipajhar in Darrang district with the support of Dr Pradip Kr Sarmah (Ashoka Fellow), executive director of Centre for Rural Development (CRD), a Guwahati-based organisation.
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Health dept yet to prepare strategy on swine flu
Even as the global as well as regional media are flush with facts and information about the influenza A (H1N1) infection, swine flu in common parlance, the State
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Landslide kills four in Arunachal
ITANAGAR, May 1
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Ban on pvt vaccination
In view of the Government vaccination programme against Japanese Encephalitis from May 4-15 in Kamrup (Metro) district, the administration under Section 144 CrPC has prohibited voluntary organisations, and private doctors and individuals from doing vaccination on their own before 28 days or after the Government programme, an official release said.
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Rains bring respite to NE
The Regional Meteorology Centre (RMC) here forecast probability of rain or thundershower at many places over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh and at a few places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram during the next 24 hours since today noon.
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Vulnerable Puthimari embankments causing concern
The Puthimari embankments on both the banks have a number of vulnerable points and if immediate steps are not taken to strengthen the embankments at these points, the river may cause more devastation for the localities situated along its banks in the coming days. This was the apprehension expressed by the local residents while talking to this correspondent recently.
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Unabated encroachment on in reserve forests
Unabated encroachment in vast tracts of reserve forests (RFs) has posed a danger to long-term conservation prospects in the State. Official figures alone put the encroached area at approximately 3,396 sq km. Another 159.69 km of forests under protected areas (wildlife sanctuaries and national parks) continue to be under encroachment.
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Tripura sounds swine flu alert
Close on the heels of the outbreak of meningitis, the Tripura Government on Thursday sounded a red alert to prevent the outbreak of the deadly swine flu in the State, official sources said here. The decision was taken at a review meeting that was chaired by Principal Secretary YP Singh on Wednesday night. Two Health directors, Dr SR Debbarma and Dr RK Dhar were also present in the meeting.