Silchar Daily丨 News 丨21 JANUARY
1.Semi-nude, black flag protests greet Sushmita in Silchar
SILCHAR: Half-naked men of Madhurband, Silchar in Cachar district
and hundreds of others greeted Congress MP and All India Women Congress President Sushmita Dev with black flags while staging a protest against her on Sunday.The protesters lambasted the Congress MP for supporting the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. (CAB) 2016. Slogans against the Bill and Dev rocked the region on Sunday. The agitators further burnt Dev’s effigy. Ignoring this protest demonstration, Dev expressed her concerns about this bill. "Nobody is looking at the other side of the story. Even if this bill is passed, the claimants will have to run from pillar to post for attaining Indian
citizenship,” said Dev.“They will have to produce all the documents from Bangladesh. Certainly this is not going to be a cake walk for them." Dev observed.
She further stated that Cachar Congress is following the approach shown by former Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader. Tarun Gogoi.
"Tarun Gogoi maintained that the voter’s list should be prepared on the basis of 2014 voter’s list. Cachar Congress too is maintaining this position. We have not deviated from this position,” Dev quipped.She also claimed , "I have reiterated this view before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)." The Silchar Ml* alleged that her views didn’t receive
the desired response from the Union government and that the government is simply giving false assurances. They are fooling the people,Dev alleged. Meanwhile, employees of the Assam government have come in support of protests against the Citizenship (Amendments) Bill 2016.The employees, under the banner of Sadou Asom Karmachari Parishad (SAKP). on Sunday decided to hold a three-hour sit in demonstration on January 30 across the state.
SAKP General Secretary Fakhruddin Ahmed said a resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting held at Tamulpur on Sunday.The SAKP has around four lakh members who
are the employees of the Assam government. The sit in demonstration by the four lakh employees on January 30 implies that the administration will come to a standstill for three hours that day. "The SAKP had taken active part during the Assam Movement
against the illegal foreigners. Out of the total 860 martyrs of the movement. 68 were government employees and members of the SAKP." Ahmed said.
2.Sand smuggling on, foresters clueless
SILCHAR: TSILCHAR: The menace of illegal sand mining has once again picked up as
various sources suggest that machines are being used to pump out sand from the Singla river across various parts of the valley.Citizens of Mokamganj. Bidyanagar, Anipur and
Chamtilla regions of Chcragi range have complained that smugglers have been using
machines to pump out sand from the Singla river. This has become a major reason of
distress for the people living here. The forest department still appears to be clueless
even as such crimes are being carried out rampantly all over. This has also increased
the risks of flooding and soil erosion among others. The roads nearby are also being heavily damaged as a consequence. Citizens have expressed that the mining is being carried out in gross violation of the Supreme Court(SC) directive which has
issued stern orders against all such activities. They said that such illegal mining is also
carried out very close to Ratabari where MLA Kripanath Mallah continues to remain
silent. The forest department officials have also remained silent over the matter despite
repeated requests.On being contacted. Cheragi Ranger Ramiz Uddin
Choudhury and Karimganj forest department official S. Suklahaidya remained silent
on the issue as well.
3.Laya Madduri : Problems faced by Silchar town no different fromother towns, will strive to address them
SILCHAR: The problems faced by a town like Silchar, be it water logging, traffic jams or any other issue confronting its citizens, are no different from what the other towns in
the state have to confront. The observation was made by IAS Laya Madduri, who recently took charge asthe Cachar Deputy Commissioner on Sunday at a programme organised by
a NGO, Nagarik Sartharakha Sangram Parishad at Gandhi Bhawan.She however iterated
that she will strive hard to resolve at least some of the issues plaguing the town
during her tenure. The Cachar Deputy Commissioner said, "There is no point in playing the blamegame if one has to find a solution towards the problems faced by the citizens.
Everyone including elected representatives, municipal bodies and citizens must
play an important role in this regard. I have just assumed charge and will look to find ways to address the problems faced by Silchar town in general".Laya Madduri maintained that everyone must get rid of the bad habit of littering the town at any cost if Silchar has to become a cleaner place. The Silchar MLA Dilip Kumar Paul who also attended the
programme opined that the district administration must take a tough stand to
drive away encroachers from the footpaths.
4.Minor girl gang-raped by Hojai men over family dispute
NAGAON: Sensation gripped Hojai district after Kaki Police arrested five persons for allegedly raping a minor girl, at Ejaarbari village of Ianka Circle area in Hojai on Saturday. According to police, in order to take revenge of an incident with the minor girl’s family, the five decided to target her. "The Seventh Standard girl student was going to her neighbour’s house for attending a religious function on Friday evening.” said J Bey. Officer-in-Charge. Kaki Police Station adding. "The five then suddenly caught her mid-way and lured her to a nearby bush, where she was gang raped." The five identified as Kanai Majumder, Rupan Roy. Rohit Kisko. Sumit Mardi and Rantu Das, all hailing from the village, have admitted to their crime. They were sent to judicial custody after being produced in Hojai Sankardev Nagar Court on Sunday.
5. Chopping off ear: Ghy brothers held
GUWAHATI: Noonmati Police apprehended two brothers after they brutally beat up
seven persons over a dispute in Gaon Bura Path area at Patharquarry in Guwahati on Sunday morning.The two youths identified as Himu Saikia (24) and Bilinchi Saikia (29) hail from Gaon Bura Path. "A pile of soil was kept on the road by four labourers engaged in repairing the road. As the duo. in their air, couldn’t pass through the road, they got down and started abusing and beating them up.” said Chidananda Bora, Officer-ln-Charge,
Noonmati Police Station."Three locals who intervened were also beaten up by the duo and one of them lost his ear as they chopped it off with a dao (machete)," added Bora. The injured person was sent to the hospital while the duo is in police custody.
6. Golaghat woman stoned to death by drunk trio
JORHAT: Tension prevailed in Golaghat district after a woman was stoned to death
and her husband severely injured by three drunken miscreants at Negheribil
area in Merapani of Golaghat on Sunday afternoon. According to sources. the youths identified as Mubarak Ali. Asraf Ali and Habib Ali descended on the foothills of the area
for a picnic and consumed liquor. In an inebriated and semi nude state, they
started teasing local women. who were coming down the hills after collecting
firewood.The couple, identified as Hasnara Begum and husband Mujibur Rahman, protested the act of the youths following which the youths attacked the couple with stones, killing the wife.
7. Why exam on Netaji's Jayanti ? : Protests by AIDSO
January 20: Assam University aslo kept exam on 23 January, the birthday of Nataji Subhas Chandra Bose. AIDSO protests at the foot of the statue of Shaheed Khudiram on Sunday. Earlier, they sent a memorandum to the university authorities and asked them to not be kept in the examination of Netaji Jayanti. But the response did not match. So this day, the AIDSO staff asked the University authorities. Secretary of the organization Gour Chandra Das, Vice President Prashant Bhattacharya, Treasurer Pallab Bhattacharya said that Netaji Subhas, one of the revolutionaries of the non-stop movement of the freedom struggle of India, University authorities took the January 9 examination of graduation to January 23 for the purpose that students and students can not join the programs organized by various organizations to pay tribute to her. University authorities ignore and neglect such personality as Netaji says AIDSO leaders.
Also on behalf of the organization, various competitions were organized on the occasion of Netaji's birthday. More than 200 contestants took part in drawing, sports and merit tests. Apart from the places of Katigara, Barakhala, Damchhara, Salganga, Bhaga, Dhalai and Dhawraband, along with the place of Ashram Road, Vivekanand Road, Itakhla, Kanpur etc. at Silchar will be held on 23rd and 24th January, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Netaji. The district level main event will be organized on January 25 at Gandhi Bhaban. There will be concerted music, dance performances, discussion meetings etc. AIDSO, AIDYO, AIMSS and ComSomele will launch the main event at 5:30 pm. On this day, prizes will be given to the winners of different competitions.
