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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Solar power project coming up in Cachar dist
KARIMGANJ, Dec 5
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Proposed power tariff hike opposed
Raising serious concern over the proposal for another power tariff hike by the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB), aggrieved organisations and individuals have decided to move the Gauhati High Court with a PIL against the earlier tariff hike of 13 paise per unit in June 2010. Engineer JN Khataniar, Consumers
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No power project in Arunachal rejected
NEW DELHI, Dec 14
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Gas Cracker Project misses deadline again
It is official, the ambitious Assam Gas Cracker Project has slipped the deadline this year as well, achieving only 26.4 per cent of the targeted 50 per cent. The progress achieved so far in the project included the overall physical progress of the project, as on November 15 is 26.4 per cent, against the cumulative scheduled target of 50 per cent, it was officially stated. Despite the slippag
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$89.7 mn ADB loan for State power sector
As part of the initiative to boost power sector in the State by reducing transmission and distribution losses and upgrading the power work facilities, the Government of India today signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for $89.7 million under the Assam Power Sector Enhancement Programme, Tranche- II.
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Cabinet panel nod to Tripura project estimate
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday sanctioned revised cost estimate of 100 MW Tripura Gas-based power project amounting to Rs 623.44 crore. The Project being executed by North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) is located at Monarchak, West Tripura. The revised cost includes interest amount of Rs. 51.09 crore during construction.
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Tripura to earn Rs 150 cr annually from power
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CM demands more rly projects for NE
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested Minister for Railways Mamata Banerjee for inclusion of a slew of projects in the Railway Budget for the year 2011-12. In a letter to the Railway Minister, Gogoi requested Banerjee for new lines for strengthening the Railway infrastructure in the Northeast and Assam, which include a new railway line from Salona to Khumtai and Jorhat to Sivasagar for creatin
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US co proposes solar plant in Meghalaya
A United States-based company, Azure Power, has proposed to set up a solar plant in Meghalaya with one time investment of Rs 150 crore to generate 10 megawatt of solar energy. The US-based solar power producer firm having its international headquarters at California and its headquarters in India at New Delhi, has already negotiated with the State Government for signing the solar power purchase
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ASEB facing power shortage
GUWAHATI, Feb 15