Meet reviews development schemes of Cachar district

Meet reviews development schemes of Cachar district

From Our Correspondent HAILAKANDI, June 21 – The Deputy Commissioner of Cachar, Gautam Ganguly recently reviewed all the ongoing developmental schemes of the district and asked the concerned officials to intensify the progress of implementation of these schemes. Presiding over the meeting of the District Development Council (DDC) meet at his office's conference hall, Ganguly asked authorities to start the reconstruction works in the dilapidated Silchar-Kalain road. The North Eastern Council (NEC) has sanctioned rupees 4.92 crores for the repair of the Silchar-Kalain road.The School Department informed the Deputy Commissioner that 7353 below poverty line (BPL) students of 103 provincialised schools of Cachar district, living 2 kms outside the school have been identified for the free distribution of cycles. The Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department informed in the meeting that the low cost sanitary latrines have been constructed in the 1500 households of 64 Gaon Panchayat in Cachar district. Latrines have also been constructed in the 88 Lower Primary and Middle Schools of Cachar district till the end of May. DC Ganguly has suggested the PHE to apply for the Nirmal Gram award as the department has achieved the target of constructing the low cost sanitary latrines in the Gaon Panchayats. DC has also asked the Town & Country Planning department to complete the construction works of road in the Itkhola area of Silchar town within the second part of July. Besides, he also asked the Brahmaputra Board to intensify the construction works of Amjurghat scheme and Kakrakhal Sluice Gate and a said that due to the non completion of these works the construction of roads and fencing along Indo-Bangla border is being hampered. The District Transport Officer (DTO) informed the DC that they have collected rupees 89.83 lakh as motor tax inCachar district till May.The DC also reviewed the present status of the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the concerned authorities informed that 79,000 labourers have received the job cards in Cachar district and they are working in the 200 different projects in the various parts of the district. Source: assamtribune

Centre firm to implement Accord: Sonia

By A Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, June 13 – Asserting that the Centre was committed to implementing the Assam Accord in its all aspects, Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today and said that farmers’ interests and rural development were two key areas of focus of the UPA Government. Addressing a ‘State-level Kisan Rally’ (farmers’ rally) at the Khanapara Veterinary College playground in the city, Gandhi said that the Congress had all along been striving for development of the State and that it was duty-bound to implement the Assam Accord. “We are committed to implementing the Assam Accord in its different aspects – be it development or checking infiltration,” she said. Gandhi said that modernization of agriculture had been a top priority for the UPA Government and that more funds would be pumped in to boost the sector. Terming the Rs 70,000-crore loan waiver for farmers of the country as a landmark move, she said that the BJP-led NDA Government had done nothing for the farmers. Reiterating its commitment to protect the State from flood and erosion, the Congress president said that the recommendations of the flood task force were being implemented to check the menace. Claiming that the UPA Government was successful in arresting a possible steeper hike in oil prices, Gandhi said that fuel prices in India were still much lower than in its neighbouring countries. “While the BJP was in power, oil price in the international market was Rs 30-40 a barrel which is now Rs 130-140 a barrel. The recent hike, therefore, was inevitable but is still comparatively low considering the unprecedented hike in the international market,” she reasoned. In a veiled reference to the proposed Indo-US nuclear deal, Gandhi said that the changing circumstances made it imperative that prospects of nuclear energy were explored to meet growing power needs. “Nuclear energy has gained much importance in view of the steep rise in global oil prices,” she said.Gandhi had a word of praise for the self-help group (SHG) movement in the State, saying that with 80 per cent woman participation, the nearly 1.5 lakh SHGs of Assam were giving a fillip to woman entrepreneurship in villages. Gandhi further said that the ambitious Bharat Nirman project would change the face of the villages in terms of infrastructure and amenities. Gandhi also said that the Centre accorded priority to the development of minority communities and had set up a special ministry for them. Earlier, the UPA chairperson recalled the sacrifices of the farming community in India’s freedom struggle, and dwelt specifically on the farmers’ revolts of Assam at Patharughat and Phulaguri. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Veerappa Moily, Union Ministers Santosh Mohan Dev and Bijoy Krishna Handique, senior leader Margaret Alva and Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bhubaneswar Kalita were present at the dais. Earlier, Sonaram Bardoloi and Deepali Senapati, two model farmers, felicitated Sonia Gandhi. Source: assam tribune