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Gogoi welcomes new projects in NE
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has expressed his gratitude to Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for a plethora of new projects and trains her budget has offered to Assam and the NE region.
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- 25/02/2010
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Highways min delays Assam power project
New Delhi: Highways minister Kamal Nath may have been harping upon exceeding the target of laying 20km of new roads in the country every day but his ministry has been dragging its feet since August 2009 over repairing a bridge in Assam, leaving staterun hydel utility NHPC stranded with vital equipment for a 2,000 mw project.
- Date:
- 25/01/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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More advanced device to detect traps in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
In order to check poaching of rare animals, officials of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve have procured advanced device to detect traps laid by poachers in the protected forest.
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- 17/11/2009
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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15 new tiger cubs sighted in Dudhwa
Bringing good news for wildlife enthusiasts concerned over dwindling big cat population in the country, at least 15 tiger cubs have been sighted in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
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- 09/11/2009
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- Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Rs 31.73 lakh for rural roads under NREGA in Lakhimpur
The Lakhimpur district authority has released Rs 31.73 lakh for development of rural roads for Telahi Developmental Block under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) for Assam 2008-09.
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- 12/10/2009
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Over Rs 192 lakh released under NREGA for 12 Dhakuakhana GPs
A total sum of Rs 192.42 lakh has been released for 12 GPs of Dhakuakhana sub-division by the Lakhimpur deputy commissioner under the NREGA Programme. The fund was released through the DRDA for various rural development works by Jayant Narlikar, DC, Lakhimpur.
- Date:
- 07/10/2009
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Assam in the grip of brain fever
FORTY-FOUR people died of Japanese encephalitis, a viral infection, at the Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh on July 28. The same day another 68 patients suffering from the viral disease were admitted to the hospital that receives patients from across the state. T R Borborah, principal of the medical college, confirmed the deaths.
FORTY-FOUR people died of Japanese encephalitis, a viral infection, at the Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh on July 28. The same day another 68 patients suffering from the viral disease were admitted to the hospital that receives patients from across the state. T R Borborah, principal of the medical college, confirmed the deaths. Health officials in Assam said the disease has
- Date:
- 29/09/2009
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- Down to Earth
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Flood displaces over 2 lakh people in Assam; two killed
Guwahati: A wave of flood, triggered by incessant rains along the foothills of Arunachal Pradesh and eastern Assam districts, has killed two persons and inundated hundreds of hectares of crop land rendering over two lakh people homeless so far in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts where rivers, on spate, have overtopped embankments in many places disrupting surface communication.
- Date:
- 14/08/2009
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- Shillong Times (Shillong)
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Assam House panel to study impact of Arunachal dams
With legislators across parties expressing fears about the impact in Assam of mega dams on rivers in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam Assembly Speaker Tanka Bahadur Rai has constituted a House Committee to carry out its own study of the problem.
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- 27/07/2009
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Hi-tech embankment fails to stop flood, Gogoi orders probe
Two weeks after a much-hyped embankment constructed with the application of a geo-fabric technology failed to prevent the Brahmaputra from flooding Lakhimpur district, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday ordered a high-level inquiry into alleged anomalies in the Rs 100-crore contract that was awarded to a Malaysian company.
- Date:
- 13/07/2009
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
