Asom land encroached: Over 7 lakh bighas by sister States, 32 lakh bighas by locals
Over seven lakh bighas of Asom land have been encroached by four neighouring States
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Black fever afflicts 22 persons in State
In all, 22 persons have been found suffering from black fever in the State and the disease has been dealt with utmost care and hence has not spread beyond Chapaidong locality of Panikhaiti area in the city. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated this in the State Assembly today. The Minister was replying to a motion moved by Dr Aditya Langthasa (AUDF) during the Zero Hour. He also expressed the apprehension that the re-appearance of the disease might have some links with the migrant labours from North Indian states like Bihar. The outbreak of the disease in Chapaidong locality was reported on February 13 last and the patients were taken to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital on February 14 and 15. But they fled the hospital when they were told that bone marrow substance test was needed to be conducted on them to confirm the type of their fever, he said. However, with the help of the test kits brought by a team of doctors from the Assam Medical College (AMC) the type of the fever could be determined. Black fever was found afflicting 13 of the 19 patients tested for confirmation. By this time, another team of doctors from Patna also arrived in the city, said the minister. Following this, mosquito nets were distributed and DDT also sprayed in the locality. Injections have been administered to the affected people and doctors with vans have also been deployed in the area for treating the patients. The Health Department has by now procured the test kits The doctors from Patna have also expressed satisfaction over the measures taken by the State Health Department to tackle the situation, he said. The Minister said that new areas were seemed to be vulnerable to diseases, which were eradicated in the State long back. This is may have some links with the people migrating to the State from other parts of the region and country. For, black fever and polio were eradicated from the State long back. But outbreak of these diseases has now been reported from some parts of the State. Recently two cases of polio were reported from Karimganj district. Even malaria, which was brought under control in the State resurfaced with 50 of the State's people who went to the neighbouring states to work as miners returning diseased and they died of the disease. In the case of black fever also, it is feared that the sand fly might have come to Chapaidong locality with the seasonal labours coming from Bihar, he said. State Government is making communications with the Governments of the neighbouring states on matters related to malaria and directed the Health Department to keep strict vigilance on the areas where the habitations of the seasonal labours are located, the minister said.
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New water supply schemes initiated at Udalguri
The Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department has initiated many water supply schemes in and around Udalguri district recently.
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Gogoi presents 2,819-crore deficit budget for 2008-09
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday presented a Rs. 2819 crore deficit budget for the 2008-09 fiscal and announced a number of sops and projects to be undertaken by his government during the year.
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Micro-irrigation in Assam (Editorial)
Irrigation is specifically meant for increasing agriculture production.
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Gogoi presents Rs 2,819-cr deficit Budget
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who is also holding the Finance portfolio, today placed before the State Assembly a deficit Budget of Rs 2,819.23 crore.
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VAT on foodgrains abolished
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, while presenting his Budget for 2008-09 today proposed abolition of Value Added Tax (VAT) from rice, pulses, atta, maida, suji and besan.
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Assam Budget: an evaluation (Editorial)
In the backdrop of a populist Union Budget, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had limited options of being harsh on the people.
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Haladhibari declared first model village in Barpeta under NABARD
BARPETA, March 18
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Severe cyclonic storm hits Badarpur
A severe cyclonic storm hit Badarpur at midnight on Friday. The storm damaged a large numbers of houses, trees, electric posts, telephone wires etc in the town and adjacent villages.
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Sustaining agriculture (Editorial)
Declining agricultural productivity and the increasing demand for foodgrains have emerged as a big challenge before the country.
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Aid to BPL beneficiaries
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Rice output in State down
Rice production in the State is dwindling. Though there was a fluctuating trend between 2003-04 and 2005-06 in its production, the output of the item showed a sharp decline during 2006-07.
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State imports 45 mt fish daily
The State has a demand of about 545 metric tonnes of fish, on an average, per day. The State produces around 500 mt of fish and it imports around 45 mt of fish every day, on an average.
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Visit the farmers and see what they lack: Brahma
From the cosy confines of Dispur, it is not possible to feel the worries of farmers or even appreicate their yield.
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Mainland's attitude towards NE must change: economist
There is an indifferent attitude, almost of a colonial type, in the mainland of India towards NE.
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Revamping pisciculture (Editorial)
Its enormous water resources notwithstanding, Assam continues to be a deficit State in fish production. This is a drawback that can be traced to inadequate planning and implementation.
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Assam in debt trap?
While replying to a question in the Budget session of Assam Assembly on March 24, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi acknowledged that the per capita burden of the State's public debt now comes to Rs 6,806
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Over 10 per cent of total families of Asom are landless
The Asom Government claims from time to time that from 2001 onwards the fiscal reforms carried out in the State benefited the people to a large extent leading to rise in per capita income of the peopl
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Asom gets Rs 102 cr under RKVY
The Centre has earmarked an amount of Rs 102.89 crore for Asom under the Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) for the year 2008-09, with the major allocation made for buying tractors and irrigation.