82 years of service to the nation PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH RN-1127/57 TECH/GH – 103/2018-2020, VOL. 82, NO. 216 www.assamtribune.com Pages 16 Price: 6.00 GUWAHATI, SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020 p3 Kerala landslide death p5 Theatre workers meet CM p8 Antique coins, jewellery toll reaches 24 seeking financial support found in Lakhimpur village Kamrup (M) among COVID toll GUWAHATI, Aug 8: Eight COVID patients – high caseload districts Mahan Talukdar and Azizur Rahman of Nalbari, Narayan States advised to ensure timely referral, C Deka and Dulu Paul of Tinsukia, Turab Ali of hospitalization of COVID-19 patients Morigaon, Sufala Gogoi of SPL CORRESPONDENT Medical Superintendents of for nearly 9 per cent of In- Kokrajhar, Khanindra Nath Medical Colleges participat- dia’s active cases and about of Nagaon, Prakash Jain of Dibrugarh – died today, NEW DELHI, Aug 8: ed in the virtual meeting, 14 per cent of COVID taking the State’s toll to The Kamrup Metro dis- said sources. deaths. They also report low 140. – Staff Reporter trict has been identified Official sources said that tests per million and high Sri Lanka PM among 13 districts in eight coordinated, graded and pro- confirmation percentage. A States reporting high active management of COV- surge has been observed in COLOMBO, Aug 8: Sri Lanka’s former President caseload and higher Case ID-19 by the Union and State the daily new cases in four Mahinda Rajapaksa – the Fatality Rate (CFR) than governments has ensured districts, including Kamrup 74-year-old Sri Lanka the national average. the national CFR is on the Metro. People’s Party leader – Union Health Secretary slide. It currently stands at Several issues critical to will be sworn in as the Rajesh Bhushan has chaired 2.04 per cent. reducing case fatality rate country’s new Prime two rounds of meetings that Today’s meeting focused were discussed in the meet- Minister for the fourth concluded here today to en- on 13 districts concentrat- ing. The States were advised time at a historic Buddhist gage with the States in or- ed in eight States, includ- to address the issues of low temple on Sunday. – PTI der to advise and support ing Kamrup Metro in As- lab utilization, i.e., less than New CAG Labourers carrying their belongings arrive from Uttar Pradesh, during Unlock 3, at Anand Vihar in New Delhi on Saturday. Workers them on efforts to prevent sam; Patna in Bihar; Ranchi 100 tests per day for RT- NEW DELHI, Aug 8: from various states have returned to their workplace to resume working amid the coronavirus pandemic. – PTI and reduce mortality due to in Jharkhand; Alappuzha and PCR and 10 for others; low Girish Chandra Murmu has COVID-19. Principal Secre- Thiruvananthapuram in tests per million population; assumed office as the tary (Health) and MD Kerala; Ganjam in Odisha; decrease in absolute tests Comptroller and Auditor General of India from (NHM) from the eight Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh; from last week; delay in test August 8, an official Dehing Patkai national park to States along with district 24 Parganas North, Hoogh- results; and high confirmation statement said. He was surveillance officers, district ly, Howrah, Kolkata and percentage among the health sworn in as the CAG at collectors, commissioners of Maldah in West Bengal; and care workers. Rashtrapati Bhavan. – PTI have double the sanctuary area the municipal corporation, Delhi. Black box Chief Medical Officers, and These districts account SEE PAGE 3 SIVASISH THAKUR much purpose without enhancing its area ever, the entire belt is not linked today, KOZHIKODE, Aug 8: Investigators today substantially. as the forests have endured destruction recovered the black box GUWAHATI, Aug 8: The proposed Conservationists made a strong pitch and fragmentation. GU classes from the ill-fated Boeing Dehing Patkai national park will have an for expanding the area of the sanctuary Terming the incorporation of the en- Flood scene 737 that could provide area at least double the size of the when the State government had an- tire Jeypore RF area as a must, a senior to resume vital clues in the crash of present wildlife sanctuary, according to nounced its upgrading to a national park forest official said that it would boost improves in State on Sept 1 the Air India Express the State forest department. The de- on July 7 in the wake of a sustained me- long-term conservation of the national flight here as the death CITY CORRESPONDENT partment has started the process of up- dia campaign. The Assam Tribune did a park. “Jeypore is rich in biodiversity – toll rose to 18. – PTI III More reports on p-3 grading the 111.19-sq km wildlife sanc- series of investigative reports exposing both faunal and floral. It has extremely GUWAHATI, Aug 8: The tuary to a national park. widespread illegal mining and logging luxuriant tree cover and diverse wild- Gauhati University will Forest sources told The Assam Trib- in the Dehing Patkai range. life. The State tree holong can be seen resume regular classes for une that the department was keen to at Sources added that Oil India Limited at its majestic height along this stretch, the final semester students August 9, 2020 least double the area of the sanctuary had a few stakes in some of the pro- towering over 50 metres,” he said. under the university on A struggle to clean and the details including maps were be- posed extension areas but those lacked Many of the nearly 50 species of mam- September 1. Dr. Moushumi Bhattacharjee ing prepared for the purpose. legal status and as such it would not be mals found in the sanctuary were docu- Erosion at Bhakat According to a notification In times of trouble “A meeting of the department chaired difficult to incorporate those areas in the mented in the Jeypore RF area during a Chapori in Majuli. of the university issued on – UB Photos Indrani Raimedhi by the PCCF yesterday decided on add- proposed national park. camera-trapping study conducted by Friday, the university is pre- I UP CLOSE ing the rest of the Jeypore reserve for- “We will also create a wildlife divi- wildlife biologist Dr Kashmira Kakati paring to restart regular Melody makers est under Digboi Division to the pro- sion for the national park. A detailed during 2007-2009. classes for postgraduate (PG) Nasreen Habib STAFF REPORTER total of 6,435 people remain posed national park. Similarly, some 35 proposal for the national park would be “The importance of Jeypore RF can 4th semester, undergraduate I WOMEN PLUS affected till date, while 5,375 sq km of Upper Dehing (West Block) prepared within a week,” sources said. hardly be overemphasized. It was for (UG) 6th semester, LLB 6th At the helm GUWAHATI, Aug 8: The hectares of cropland in 98 vil- RF and Dirok RF would also be added. The sanctuary is part of a much larger the first time in the world that seven semester and BA LLB, BBA Priyanka Kaushik flood situation has improved lages under four revenue cir- Jeypore RF comprises 110 sq km of contiguous habitat of rainforests (937 sq species of cats, including the tiger, were LLB and BCom LLB 10th I FICTION considerably in most parts of cles are still under water. which only 24 sq km are inside the sanc- km) – officially classified as Assam Val- recorded from just one site. It is also a semester. Prayers and people - I tuary at present,” sources said, acknowl- ley Tropical Wet Evergreen Forest – major elephant habitat,” she said. the State with a rapid decline Meanwhile, the Brahmapu- Tannaz Mahreen edging that merely upgrading the sanc- that extends to the three districts of Di- witnessed as far as the tra was flowing above danger SEE PAGE 3 I MY SPACE tuary to a national park would not serve brugarh, Tinsukia and Sivasagar. How- SEE PAGE 3 number of flood-affected pop- level in Jorhat district till this Face-to-face with ulation is concerned. morning, said a Central Wa- COVID-19 Dr. Zohra Ahmad The Regional Meteorolog- ter Commission update. I ALL THINGS CONSIDERED ical Centre here has, howev- In most of the affected dis- A lipstick index Preparations made for capping blowout: OIL er, issued a warning forecast- tricts, people made their way ing heavy to very heavy rain- back to their homes from the Mitra Phukan DIBRUGARH, Aug 8: The controllably for the last 66 safety systems are also in spectively, the release said. fall at most places of Assam, relief camps. The ASDMA Plus all our regular features Oil India Limited (OIL) said days since May 27 and it place, the release added. OIL said it has surveyed Meghalaya and Arunachal stated that only one relief on Saturday that prepara- caught fire on June 9, killing OIL said “Oil and gas pro- 2,739 families till August 7 in Pradesh in the next 48 hours. camp is in active state in Dhe- tions have been made for cap- two of OIL’s firefighters at duction continues to be affect- Doomdooma and Tinsukia JOCOSERIOUS The daily flood bulletin of maji district where altogether ping the blowout in its well the site, besides injuring ed due to forceful closure of circles for providing relief ASDMA stated that four dis- 73 people are taking shelter. at Baghjan, which is spewing three foreign experts. a few wells connected to and rehabilitation. tricts – Dhemaji, Baksa, Today, incidents of flood-trig- gas uncontrollably for the last “Capping blow out prevent- Baghjan EPS. Drilling and Environmental Impact As- Kokrajhar and Morigaon – gered erosion were reported 75 days.