Floods Breach 48 Dykes, 120 Roads in State This Year to Receive RITURAJ BORTHAKUR Like Soil Conservation, Close Another Six in Two / Three Ficials Said

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PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH RN-1127/57 TECH/GH – 103/2018-2020, VOL. 82, NO. 205 www.assamtribune.com Pages 12 Price: 6.00 GUWAHATI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 p5 Strong opposition to draft p7 Tripura COVID-19 death p11 PM to discuss economic roadmap EIA Notification, 2020 toll rises to 17 with banks, NBFCs today Air Chief Floods breach 48 dykes, 120 roads in State this year to receive RITURAJ BORTHAKUR like Soil Conservation, close another six in two / three ficials said. 5 Rafale today Najib guilty P&RD, Agriculture etc. As days time. In others, we may “The floods this year have NEW DELHI, July 28 : KUALA LUMPUR, July GUWAHATI, July 28: per our reports, breaches require more time and wait been unprecedented. Some IAF chief Air Chief Marshal 28: A Malaysian court has The three waves of were reported in 120 road for the water level to re- districts of the State have re- RKS Bhadauria will receive pronounced former Prime floods have left a trail of stretches across the State,” cede,” the official said. ceived 60 per cent excess five Rafale jets that will land Minister Najib Razak destruction, breaching at an official in the Water Re- Thirty eight embankment rainfall. Overall, the State has guilty in his first at the Ambala air base on least 48 embankments sources Department told breaches were reported by received 20 per cent excess corruption trial over the Wednesday for induction. multibillion-dollar looting of and dykes and 120 road The Assam Tribune , citing the Water Resources De- rainfall. The neighbouring The jets flew out from the the 1MDB investment stretches so far. latest reports available from partment last year, of which hilly states have received Merignac air base in the French fund. He faces 42 charges The raging waters have the ground. 36 were plugged. “One at much more precipitation, port city of Bordeaux and af- in five separate trials and breached 17 embankments “According to a prelimi- Borguli and another at Bar- compounding the situation in ter covering a distance of near- could face years in prison. of the Water Resources De- nary estimate, we may re- peta could not be closed due Assam further,” the official ly 7,000 km landed at Al Dha- – AP partment and at three loca- quire Rs 256 crore for tem- to local issues. However, added. fra air base in the United Arab Fatality rate tions “public cuts” were de- porary closing of the embank- we are on the job. At the Assam has 423 embank- Emirates on Monday night. NEW DELHI, July 28: tected. ments and another Rs 930 Barpeta location, locals are ments with a total length of The fleet comprises three As the confirmed COVID- “Besides those, there have crore for complete restora- demanding a sluice gate. It 4474.42 km. As many as 295 single seater- and two twin 19 cases in India have been at least 28 other breach- tion works,” the Water Re- sources Department has al- breaches were closed on war- has been already sanc- of the 423 embankments in seater- aircraft. spiked to 14,83,156 of es in the embankments and sources official said. ready closed five of the breach- footing. Some were plugged tioned. Work will start once the State have outlived their which 33,425 people have dykes of other departments However, the Water Re- es reported this year. “The in five days time. We hope to the floods are over,” the of- lifespan. SEE PAGE 2 died, the falling fatality rate at 2.25 per cent as per latest government reports has come as a ray Baghjan disaster of hope. – IANS Flood scene improves, death toll reaches 104 Rajasthan STAFF REPORTER JAIPUR, July 28: The may cause long Rajasthan government on GUWAHATI, July 28: The Tuesday sent a revised flood situation in Assam has proposal for an assembly started showing signs of im- term environmental session to Governor Kalraj provement in the past few Mishra, sticking to its hours even as the Regional demand that the sitting Meteorological Centre, Gu- damage should begin on July 31 wahati has predicted heavy SIVASISH THAKUR are lifelines for both wildlife and refusing to mention if and communities, the report it would seek a trust vote. rainfall in most parts of the GUWAHATI, July 28: A noted that the affected area – PTI State. On Tuesday, the number of study conducted by the Wild- is biodiversity rich and one ED raid flood-affected population has life Institute of India (WII), of the important remaining MUMBAI, July 28: The come down from 22,33,920 to an autonomous body under refuges for several endan- ED today raided multiple the Union Ministry of Envi- gered and range restricted locations in connection 19,81,801. With one more fa- ronment, Forest and Climate species. with a money laundering tality reported from Golaghat case against GVK Group, district today, the death toll in Change, on the adverse im- “The wetland and river in Mumbai International the State has reached 104. pact of the Baghjan gas well the area are also a critical life- Airport Ltd and others to Across the State, altogeth- blowout has revealed shock- line for the surrounding com- probe alleged irregularities er 42,275 people are taking ing and long-term environ- munities. During the on-site of Rs 705 crore in running shelter in 398 relief camps. mental damage in the area, survey a dead dolphin, sev- the Mumbai airport, According to the daily flood including Dibru Saikhowa eral carcasses of dead fishes, officials said. – PTI National Park and the Magu- herpetofauna and many spe- bulletin of Assam State Disas- Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inspecting erosion protection works near Bihpuria, Lakhimpur on Tuesday. – UB Photos Nepal rift ter Management Authority ri Motapung wetland. cies of insects were encoun- KATHMANDU, July 28: (ASDMA), till this evening the Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, ghat, Jia Bharali in Sonitpur tinued to be submerged un- The study done after an tered. The oil spill has caused Nepal’s ruling communist deluge continued to affect Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokra- Sivasagar and Dibrugarh. and Kopili in Nagaon district der flood waters in the af- extensive field survey (May mortality and wilting of many party leaders today failed 1,771 villages under 60 reve- jhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, The Brahmaputra river in were flowing above the dan- fected districts. 29 to July 7) and sample col- plant species, and has severe- to strike a deal between nue circles in 21 districts of Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup Jorhat, Sonitpur, Goalpara ger level. More than one lakh lection noted serious con- ly affected the health of for- Prime Minister KP Sharma tamination of air, water and ests and grassland,” the re- Oli and executive Dhemaji, Biswanath, Darrang, (Metro), Morigaon, Nagaon, and Dhubri, Dhansiri in Gola- hectares of cropland also con- SEE PAGE 2 chairperson Pushpa Kamal the terrestrial system. The port said. Dahal ‘Prachanda’, who team comprised WII scien- “There is a coating of oil convened a standing tists Qamar Qureshi, Vishn- film on the vegetation, the committee meet despite COVID-19 death toll Concern over recovery of huge upriya Kolipakam and Abdul beel , riverfront, as well as on the former’s decision to Wakid. many species of river fauna, postpone it. – PTI “Even after seven weeks birds and mammals, in the Pak shelling in State touches 88 cache of weapons in BTC of the incident, the leakage impacted area. There is a JAMMU, July 28: The STAFF REPORTER into the system continues, leakage of hazardous and toxic 295 were from Kamrup R DUTTA CHOUDHURY not surrender all their weap- der.” However, sources ad- Pakistan army resorted to with no sign of containment,” chemicals, which is danger- (Metro), and 221 from Kam- ons. mitted that the recent recov- heavy firing and mortar GUWAHATI, July 28: Two rup. The total cases in the the report noted, implying ous to life in general, and this shelling in forward areas GUWAHATI, July 28: Re- Highly placed security eries were very positive de- more persons lost their lives State now stand at 34,947. that the wetland and the na- toxicity is known to persist along the LoC in Jammu and cent recovery of huge cache sources told The Assam velopments and all out efforts tional park (the wetland is in aquatic and soil of the spill,” due to COVID-19 today tak- Health Minister Himanta Tribune Kashmir’s Poonch district, of sophisticated weapons in that as per inputs must be made by police and intrinsically linked to its eco- it said, adding that the loud prompting Indian troops to ing the overall tally to 88. Biswa Sarma today informed different parts of the Bod- available, the sophisticated security agencies to seize system) environment has noise due to the explosion retaliate effectively, officials The patients -Dulu Rani that the State has achieved oland Territorial Council weapons recovered in the illegal weapons and take been bearing the brunt of the could be heard as far as 12 said on Tuesday. – PTI Sarkar (70) and Hemanta another milestone in COV- (BTC) areas has become a BTC area in recent times, strong action against anyone spill for a prolonged period. km and beyond, making the Buragohain (50) - have suc- ID-19 testing with the figure matter of serious concern for belonged to different factions found to be in possession of Stating that the oil spread area extremely unhealthy for JOCOSERIOUS cumbed to their infections crossing eight lakhs. the police and security of the NDFB. Sources said such weapons. out not only on land, but also humans and wildlife. today. Both the deceased are The first COVID-19 test agencies as such recoveries that it is almost impossible Sources admitted that the dispersed into the surround- from Kamrup Metro and was done on February 7. proved beyond doubt that to perfectly assess the possibility of surrendered ing rivers and wetlands that were admitted at GMCH. Meanwhile, the Health De- militant outfits did not number of weapons in pos- militants selling the weapons SEE PAGE 2 Meanwhile, Assam Assem- partment has intensified the deposit all their weapons session of the militant groups that they kept with bly Deputy Speaker Aminul random testing drive for COV- while surrendering. and some members of the themselves to criminals or Haque Laskar, has also tested ID-19 in Guwahati, with spe- All four factions of the Na- outfits take advantage of the poachers cannot be ruled out positive for COVID-19 today. cial attention to areas inhabit- tional Democratic Front of situation and keep weapons. and that is a matter of serious After testing positive, Laskar, ed by vulnerable population. Boroland (NDFB) signed Sources said , “we can concern. an MLA from Sonai constitu- “For the last three days, peace pact with the Govern- make an assessment of the Security sources further ency, has requested the peo- the rate of new infection has ment of India, following which number of weapons on the said that the top leaders of ple who came in contact with slowed down in Guwahati, the militants surrendered basis of whatever inputs we the militant groups also often him in the last few days to get which is an encouraging weapons before Chief Min- have. But it is impossible to do not have exact record of themselves tested. trend,” Health Department ister Sarbananda Sonowal, in make a correct assessment the weapons in possession of Due to COVID, I missed this A total of 1,371 new COV- sources said. a formal function in Guwahati. and that is why, police has to the cadres. year’s study tour on flood ID-19 cases were detected in But the recent recoveries go by the statements of the control! the State on Tuesday, of which SEE PAGE 2 proved that the militants did militants when they surren- SEE PAGE 2 Tiger population in HC seeks Centre’s reply on NE increasing Dehing Patkai plea KALYAN BAROOAH The report mentions about the problems of encroach- Suspension of mining by Coal India NEW DELHI, July 28: Ti- ment within Kaziranga Na- ger population in the North- tional Park, unabated coal East including Brahmaputra mining in other forest areas, STAFF REPORTER to file reply within six weeks the matter in a number of flood plains has continued with among others. before the court. PILs filed in this regard. its increasing trend and has A chapter titled North GUWAHATI, July 28: In The petition was filed by all Since it was assured on be- recorded an estimated popu- Eastern Hills and Brahmapu- response to a petition filed be- the four trade unions of the half of the Coal India Limited lation of around 219 tigers. tra Flood Plains said that fore the Gauhati High Court North Eastern Coalfields, that no coercive action will be The tiger population has camera trap based mark-re- challenging suspension of Coal India Limited, Margher- initiated towards closing shown promising trend in capture and density esti- mining operations by Coal ita – Purbuttar Khadan Maz- down the coalfields and its Brahmaputra flood plains, but mates of tigers were ob- India Limited in Assam, the door Sangh, Rashtriya Coal employees, and the North Nameri and Pakke block has tained from eight sites of the court today issued notices to Mozdoor Union, Assam Col- Eastern Coalfields awaits only shown a decreasing trend. Tiger Estimation Report Brahmaputra flood plain and the Central government, in- liery Mozdoor Congress and the forest clearance from the The findings were a part of 2018-19 released by the North East hills landscape. cluding the Ministry of Coal, Assam Janata Mazdoor Union. Ministry of Environment & the Tiger Census Report re- Prime Minister, the State has Tiger presence was also re- Ministry of Environment and Following a massive pub- Forest for reopening of all its leased on the eve of Global emerged as the seventh high- corded from newly formed Forest & Climate Change, the lic outcry against allowing coalfields, the court did not Tiger Day here today by Un- est tiger populated State in Kamlang Tiger Reserve and Principal Chief Conservator Coal India Limited to run find any requirement to pass ion Minister for Environment India. As per the report, the Nampdapha Tiger Reserve. of Forest, Assam, besides Coal mining activities in Dehing further order at this stage. and Forest, Prakash Javadekar. total number of tigers in As- India Limited and North East- Patkai forests, the Gauhati According to the All India sam was 190. SEE PAGE 2 ern Coalfields directing them High Court has also seized SEE PAGE 2 2 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 Kabul mine New Zealand suspends Urgent requirement at Financial Biden has 10-point IN MEMORIAM blast kills 1 Sector Post-Collection KABUL, July 28: At least Executive. Location : Guwahati. one person was killed and two extradition treaty Contact No. 70026-50470, others were injured on Tues- lead over Trump: Poll 93651-34204 bastab.hr@gmail. day in a magnetic mine blast with Hong Kong com that targeted a police vehicle WASHINGTON, July 28 : cent of Democrats, compared news agency reported. WELLINGTON, July 28 : the international community. 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The Kaziranga popula- rising the Coal India Limited authorities to close down all its ly three billion animals were [email protected] tion is one single largest mining operations. killed or displaced during the source tiger population in this Under such circumstances, the Coal India authorities not devastating 2019-20 Austral- CD/Edu/BP000109/1 +91 7002510428 landscape. Kaziranga tiger only suspended its activities but also initiated a process to close ian bushfires, according to a WhatsApp +91 9864265843 population is connected to down the entire coal industry in Assam and as a part of it trying report issued on Tuesday. Orang Tiger Reserve on the to relocate its machinery and equipment from its present loca- The findings meant it was west, Nameri, and Pakke Ti- tions of coalfields at Ledo and Margherita to other coalfields in one of “worst wildlife disas- Singleroom attach bath, kitchen ger Reserve in the north the country, besides further initiating process for disposal of its ters in modern history”, ac- at Sixmile Surujnagar @ Rs Priyakshi Buragohain has been through the island systems of immovable properties, he said. cording to the World Wide awarded the Degree of Doctor of 6500/pm. (For govt/corporate Brahmaputra. Chetia further informed that if Coal India Limited shuts down Fund for Nature (WWF), which employee). Ph: 9854036811. Philosophy by Assam Agricultural commissioned the report, the University, Jorhat for her thesis Significantly, the report also its operations in Assam, then many other industries will also to TL/P/AC000727/1 entitled "Developing and validation mention about encroachment be shut down for lack of fuel to run their industries. BBC reported. The mega blaz- of an integrated pest The Bokajan cement factory had regularly procured coal es, which swept across every 2,200 sq/ft Office Space, Bank, of the fertile river islands in- management (IPM) strategy for from the Coal India Limited, Margherita for running it. Similar Australian state, also killing at and for commercial purposes at invasive South American tomato side Kaziranga National Park. Mirza close by NH 17 Contact: leaf miner, Tuta absoluta The river islands or 'chaporis' is the situation for the National Thermal Power Corporation, least 33 people. 9101051449. (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: play an important and vital hab- Bongaigaon that produces electricity using coal procured from Mammals, reptiles, birds Gelechiidae)". She received Coal India Limited, Margherita. Besides Chetia, senior advo- and frogs died in the flames or TL/P/AC000723/1 student research fellowship from itat link to maintain gene flow World Vegetable Center to carry between plains and hill popu- cate Dr Ashok Saraf, and Supreme Court advocate Kaushik from loss of habitat. Furnished 2 bedroom 800 sq.ft. out her research work at their lation of tigers (in Arunachal Choudhury also appeared on behalf of the petitioners. During the peak of the cri- flat, one bathroom and a balcony Regional Center for South Asia Pradesh). But, these river is- sis in January, scientists had es- at Kundil Nagar, Near AG Bus at the ICRISAT campus, Baghjan disaster ... timated that 1.25 billion ani- Hyderabad. Her work was lands being extremely fertile Stop, Guwahati for rent. Ph. No. (Contd from page 1) mals had been killed in New supervised by Dr. Dilip Kumar for agriculture and pasture for 9435077122. Saikia (Major Advisor), Principal Mentioning that large amount of oil and associated pollutants South Wales and Victoria alone. livestock are mostly en- TL/AL000033/1 Scientist, Dept. of Entomology, were discharged into the system, the report stated that levels But the new estimate takes croached being a major hin- A.A.U, Jorhat and Dr Srinivasan of nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and for- in a larger area. About 11.46 A premium 4 BHK fully Ramasamy (Co-Major Advisor), drance for animal movement. maldehyde in the environment surrounding the well blowout million hectares – an area furnished well ventilated flat, Flagship Program Leader for Safe Kaziranga population has al- and Sustainable Value Chains & site, which were measured using remote sensing data, showed comparable to England – was area 2,529 Sq.ft, with 5 balconies, most lost the connectivity to modular kitchen, vitrified tiles Lead Entomologist, World dangerously high levels of pollutants. scorched from last September Vegetable Center, Taiwan. She the North Bank of the Brah- flooring, attached washrooms, “NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) has shown 16% increase on 27th to this February. – IANS is the daughter of Mr. Ranjit maputra. The Orang Tiger 24/7 water and electricity, round Buragohain and Mrs Monica May (on the day of the spill), which is highest recorded in our Reserve also has a significant the clock security, gym, ample Buragohain, Chandan Nagar, data time window (1st May to 10th July). SO2 (sulphur diox- Jorhat. She is the wife of Mr tiger population; however the COVID-19 ... parking space located at Zoo ide) levels spiked on 28th May (a day after the oil spill) and Pritom Kr Gogoi.and daughter-in- connectivity of this population (Contd from page 1) Tiniali, Guwahati, is available highest recorded on 9th June (on the day of the blowout), 2020 law of Dr. Ananda Gogoi and Mrs to Kaziranga in south and “However, the next few for. occupation from 01-08- Deepa Gogoi, Old Amolapatty, and then subsided. HCHO (formaldehyde) also showed spike Nameri- Pakke in north is be- weeks would be crucial for all 2020. Contact: 70026-91443/ Golaghat. on 28th May, 9th June and highest on 21st June and CO (carbon 95774-88769. ing disrupted due to increas- of us in terms of breaking the CD/Achiv/NL000129/1 monoxide) levels did not show much changes before and after TL/NL000131/1 ing human settlements and chain of the virus. We cannot blowout,” it said. CD/Edu/...... /1 'khutis' (cattle farms). be complacent at any cost,” The burnt out area is mapped as 65-70 hectares which in- Semi-furnished room for rent Kaziranga is connected to sources added. for single Male at Six Mile. cludes cropland, grassland and swamps. 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H&F/P/AC000663/10 structure do not form a barri- (Contd from page 1) functioning of a business enti- MSME Loan contact - Certified er for movement of wildlife to They will be inducted into the Indian Air Force as part of its ty will not be affected if any- Book 2/3 BHK flat under Credit Counsellors by SIDBI Karbi Anglong. one tests COVID-19 positive. I am looking for a main road No. 17 Squadron, also known as the Golden Arrows at Ambala construction at Bhetapara (Vidya 98641-35063. Also mining and stone quar- air base. The Air Force has stated that the pilots, ground crew He also emphasised on wear- Mandir Path) Bye lane-4, Ph. Loan/AL000029/30 situated ground floor property having good frontage on rent rying and stone crushing in and the fighter will be operationally ready as the jets reach ing masks at the workplace. 98640-10641. Karbi Anglong Hills are mat- India. Rafale would be a game changer in the current scenario Office bearers of Kamrup H&F/P/AC000106/3 measuring appx 1500 to 3000 sq ft preferably in Zooroad or ter of concern and the Assam when India is facing border tension with China in Eastern Lada- Chamber of Commerce, As- 80% work completed 3 BHK flat 2500 to 98,000 sq.ft. Industrial GS Road or good commercial Government has already been kh. It is being stated that it will increase India’s air power sam Chamber of Commerce, at Chandan Nagar (Niribili Path) Shed/Warehouse, Godown at area. Contact . 9864159537. requested to put a ban on min- manifold. – IANS Assam Roller Flour Mill As- Rukminigaon. Contact : 98640- Khanapara, Beltola, Lokhra, CS/P/AC000724/2 ing activities in these sensitive sociation, North East India 10641. Amingaon, Changsari, Mirza areas. Flood scene improves ... Petroleum Dealers’ Associa- H&F/P/AP000107/3 94354-03986. Intanki National Park is also (Contd from page 1) tion, LPG Dealers’ Associa- Godown/P/UC000001/1 connected westwards through In the past 24 hours, flood waters damaged two embankments tion, Salt Merchant Dealers’ Rhino Packers, Sixmile forests up to Balphakram Na- in Jorhat district and a number of roads in Chirang, Barpeta, Majuli Association, Vegetable Trad- Ground floor, RCC, parking M:98644-69464, Local shifting tional Park. Surveys and cam- and Goalpara districts. Incidents of flood-triggered erosion have ers’ Association, Guwahati 1 Katha 10 Lessa Myadi Land, space available, Piyoliphukan M:94018-22253 (All India), era trapping, though limited, also been reported from Biswanath district. Large portions of Fruit Merchants’ and Whole- near Pratiksha Hospital, Road, Rehabari, Guwahati, Packers & Transportation Guwahati. Ph. No. 7896405827. 91015-58005. household goods. did not record any tiger sign Kaziranga National Park, Orang National Park and Pobitora Wild- salers’ Association, etc., took L&P/RP000089/1 Godown/P/AC0000721/1 P&M/P/AC000651/30 in Intanki as well. life Sanctuary also continued to be under flood waters. part in the meeting. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 NATIONAL THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 3 France sends ventilators, test kits to assist India in COVID-19 fight NEW DELHI, July 28: assistance material was flown With @IFCCI1 CSR commit- India 50 Osiris-3 ventilators vasive technique to supply France on Tuesday handed here on board a French Air tee, French companies, too, and 70 Yuwell 830 ventilators oxygen to the lungs without over to India ventilators, test Force aircraft. have contributed to relief ef- with BiPAP mode, it had said. intubation. These high-qual- kits and other medical equip- “Delighted to hand over forts in India,” he said. Osiris ventilators are par- ity ventilators meet the ment as part of its assistance COVID-19 medical equipment President Emmanuel Ma- ticularly useful for emergen- needs of Indian hospitals, the in the fight against the COV- from France to Shri RK Jain, cron had recently announced cy transport, intra-hospital embassy had said. ID-19 pandemic. Secy General @IndianRed- the donation of medical equip- transfer and recovery. They The donation by France The medical equipment Cross,” Lenain tweeted along ment to India, as well as pro- have different ventilation also includes 50,000 high- was handed over to the Indi- with pictures of the handover. vision of technical expertise, modes, including non-inva- quality serological IgG/IgM an Red Cross Society by “France earlier granted 200 according to a statement by sive ventilation, it said. test kits and 50,000 nose and French Ambassador to India million euros in financial aid to the French embassy. As part The Yuwell 830 ventilators throat swabs and modes of Emmanuel Lenain at the Pal- India through @AFD_en of this medical assistance have bi-level positive airway medical transport, the state- am Air Force Station after the (French development agency). package, France is donating to pressure (BiPAP) – a non-in- ment said. – PTI Gehlot govt insists on July 31 for Yesteryear star Kumkum passes away session, won’t mention trust vote MUMBAI, July 28: Veter- rites took place at Mazgaon JAIPUR, July 28: The Ra- han Sabha Session. In addition, the Governor an actor Kumkum, who fea- cemetery,” Shenaz added. jasthan government on Tues- Amid nationwide protests had written that a session can tured in classic Hindi movies Mourning Kumkum’s day sent a revised proposal by Congress workers over be called at a short notice if such as CID , Mr X in Bom- death, singing legend Lata for an Assembly Session to the Governor’s apparent re- the government says in its bay and Mother India , passed Mangeshkar tweeted, “I just Governor Kalraj Mishra, luctance to call a session, new proposal that it planned away on Tuesday. She was 86. got to know about the pass- sticking to its demand that the Mishra had on Monday said to seek a vote of confidence. Kumkum, whose real ing away of popular actor sitting should begin on July 31 he had no such intention. But But sources said the Ashok name was Zaibunnissa, died Kumkum. I’m really sad. Ahead of arrival and refusing to mention if it he sought a redrafted pro- Gehlot government has not at around 11.30 am at her May her soul rest in peace.” 43 pc Indians suffering would seek a trust vote. posal, the second time in the mentioned in its new propos- Bandra residence due to age- Kumkum hailed from Hus- of Rafale jets, Sec Sources said the Cabinet past few days, including three al whether it is seeking a vote related issues, her sister-in- sainabad in Sheikhpura dis- from depression: Study 144 imposed near took the stand after discuss- points – a 21-day notice for of confidence in the Assem- law Shenaz told PTI. “Her last trict, Bihar. – PTI NEW DELHI, July 28: With the series of lockdowns, ing the suggestions made by calling a session, live broad- bly Session, which it is still Ever since the pandemic hit anxiety, job cuts, health Ambala air base Mishra when he returned a cast of the proceedings if insisting should begin on July India over five months back, scares, and the overall vola- AMBALA (Haryana), July proposal from the State gov- there is a trust vote, and so- 31, the date it gave in its last followed by an unprecedent- tile environment, stress lev- 28: Authorities tightened ernment to summon a Vid- cial distancing. recommendation. – PTI ed lockdown, stress levels els are at an all-time high. security and imposed pro- have been on the rise with “Copious amounts of hibitory orders near the 43 per cent Indians suffering stress can lead to depression. Ambala Air Force Station in Spl CBI court completes from depression, according With the current lockdown Haryana on Tuesday ahead to a new study. and lifestyles drastically of the arrival of five Rafale Conducted by GOQii, a changing, we have seen that jets from France, banning recording of statements smart-tech enabled preven- 43 per cent of Indians are shooting of videos and pho- tive healthcare platform, the currently plagued with de- tography. LUCKNOW, July 28: A accused in the case, Pradhan from a CBI report that Pan- study surveyed over 10,000 pression and are learning to The Ambala district ad- special CBI court here com- was the penultimate on the list. dey was neither traceable nor Indians to understand how cope with it,” the study said. ministration also prohibited pleted on Tuesday the re- The judge separated the was there any possibility of they have been coping with To monitor the severity of people from flying private cording of statements of the case against the last accused him being traced in the near the new normal. depression in the respond- drones within the 3-km ra- accused in the 1992 Babri Om Prakash Pandey, who is future. The court, however, According to the study, 26 ents, the study relied on self- dius of the air base, an offi- mosque demolition case. not traceable as his family told directed the CBI to produce per cent respondents were administered Patient Health cial said. Deposing before CBI him if he is nabbed. The suffering from mild depres- Questionnaire or PHQ-9 (a Deputy Commissioner Special Judge SK Yadav Babri mosque case court separated Pan- sion, 11 per cent were feeling form of primary care evalua- Ashok Sharma said in an or- through video confer- dey’s file, as otherwise moderately depressed, and six tion of mental disorders). It der that Section 144, which encing from Thane in Mahar- the CBI that he had become a the trial proceedings would per cent were facing severe took into account 9 aspects of prohibits assembly of four or ashtra, former Shiv Sena MP monk 15-16 years ago and did have to be halted. symptoms of depression. an individual’s daily routine, more people, has been im- Satish Pradhan claimed that he not return home since then. Since the court has to con- “The last five months have including interest levels in ac- posed in the villages adjoin- was falsely implicated in the The court has already de- clude the trial by August 31, been unexpected. The situa- tivities, appetite, sleep cycles, ing the air base, including case due to political vendetta clared him an absconder and 2020, in compliance with a tion has taken a major toll on ability to concentrate, and Dhulkot, Baldev Nagar, Gar- and maintained that he was has initiated proceedings to Supreme Court order, it the mental health of citizens. energy levels. – PTI nala and Panjkhora. – PTI completely innocent. Of the 32 attach his property. It inferred took the decision. – PTI 4 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020

MESSAGE FOR TODAY Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear. Dehing Patkai and politics of ‘development’ – GEORGE ADDAIR I Pradyut Bordoloi proval for opencast coal mining in from their endemic habitat strug- been many such instances where our 57.20 hectares of forest land in the gling for their survival. In a progres- international commitments and lo- avaging floods, illegal renewable 30-year mining lease Saleki Proposed Reserve Forest sive direction, post-independence cal laws have been undermined or mining and an entire bi- which ended in April 2003. With the (PRF) under the Dehing Patkai El- governments recognized custom- flouted. The Central Government odiversity hotspot in discourse over the environment ephant Reserve in Assam. The cur- ary tribal rights over forests. How- since 2014 has been pursuing a very flames! This has been shifting towards conservation in the rent controversy pertains to this ever, it was still subservient to what cold and definitive agenda towards Rthe picture of Assam in the past cou- early 2000s, immediate steps were decision by the NBWL. was perceived as national interests. blunting the environmental con- Major challenge ple of weeks. The Assam Govern- taken to protect the priceless envi- These actions are clearly in vio- Therefore, striking a balance be- cerns. The Government has not only Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has hit the ment has cut a sorry figure as it stood ronmental and cultural diversity that lation of multiple laws like the For- tween environmental well-being, muffled the voices of conservation- nail on the head when he recently asserted that reviving by and watched half the State burn thrives in the region of Dehing est (Conservation) Act 1980, Coal rights of the forest villages, custom- ists and ecologists in our country the economy of the State, ravaged as she has been by the and the more than the other half Patkai. In this regard, the then Con- Mines (Special Provisions) Act, ary rights of the tribal groups, and today, all the institutional watchdog Covid-19 pandemic, will be a major challenge. A broken submerged in waters. But the big gress Government pledged the ‘Le- 2015, Biological Diversity Act, the ongoing coal mining have be- agencies such as the NGT (the East- down economic system has been the outcome of pro- picture emerged when, even in the khapani Declaration’, which was 2002, Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 come a major concern for the Deh- ern India bench located in Kolkata midst of the fight against the pan- proclaimed by the then ing-Patkai region. has been dysfunctional for a couple longed shutdown of normal activities not merely in this demic, the Central Government’s President of India (and Since 2016, when the of years now) or even the Environ- region, but across the world. Economically affluent coun- development paradigm showed its the chief guest of the De- Greedy mercenaries, with the BJP Government came ment Ministry’s own monitoring tries throughout the world have been brought to their ugly face triggering off an environ- hing Patkai Biodiversity to power in Assam, the mechanism such as the Forest Ad- knees by the lockdown strategy adopted to contain the mental crisis in the Northeast. Festival at Lekhapani in active connivance of the police Lekhapani Declaration, visory Committee, etc., have all spread of the coronavirus pandemic, with even the The case of Dehing Patkai: The February 2002), Dr APJ and forest departments, have introduced by the earlier been subdued and defanged. Now, mighty US being saddled with record-breaking unem- Dehing Patkai protests that have Abdul Kalam. As a follow- Government (in 2002) to coupled with the newly circulated ployment figures. As far as India is concerned, reces- organically erupted to protect the up, in 2003 the State Gov- swarmed and swamped the protect the rainforests draft EIA 2020, under the Union sionary trends have been evident for some time in the rainforests from the unhindered ernment notified the De- surrounding rainforests with and biodiversity, has been Government’s decision to open up States that had been industrially advanced, the mass mining (both legal and illegal) have hing Patkai Elephant Re- totally disregarded. commercial coal mining, any private been a predictable fallout of the du- serve, and by June 2004, Greedy mercenaries, entity would technically be able to exodus of unskilled workers proving to be a big handicap machinery to extract coal and in bious connivance of the local admin- the Dehing Patkai Wild- with the active conniv- excavate on a revenue-sharing ba- in the revival efforts currently being undertaken. Assam istration as well as the environmen- life Sanctuary was carved the bargain, destroying the ance of the police and for- sis. Privatization will bring an en- in particular, and the Northeast in general, had been among tal policies of the present Govern- out to protect the core priceless biodiversity. est departments, have tirely new set of issues to the fore, the economically underdeveloped States even before the ment. The entire region in the con- areas of biodiversity. The swarmed and swamped including excesses and unchecked commencement of the pandemic, and the contagion and fluence of the Dehing river and the CIL, now under compul- the surrounding rainfor- business expansion. As profit-mak- lockdowns have adversely impacted her even further. Patkai Hill Range in the northeast- sion as per the Forest Conservation and the Assam Wildlife Protection ests with machinery to extract coal ing takes the front seat, the need for As mentioned by the Chief Minister, Assam’s economic ern-most corner of the Indian map Act, 1980 and the Wildlife Protec- Act. The biggest concerns here are and in the bargain, destroying the conservation will be automatically woes have been compounded by the successive waves that separates Myanmar from India tion Act, 1972, applied for clearance that not only will it induce dramatic priceless biodiversity. The rampant relegated to the background as a dis- of floods which have caused immense sufferings amongst constitutes the largest remnants of and a new post-facto lease to contin- geological, hydrological and geo- illegal rat-hole coal mining activities posable obstacle. The illegal rat hole wet evergreen forests (rainforests) ue mining in 2012 (after a lapse of technical changes, adversely affect- mushroomed all around the famed mining is already a major concern in the masses apart from destroying crops and infrastruc- in India. It lies at the extreme east- nine years since 2003) which re- ing the existing ecological system Dehing Patkai region. Today, in the Upper Assam and this is only bound ture. These floods have proved to be an additional hand- ern end of the Brahmaputra Valley mained pending until the incum- and landscape, but also lead to social Dehing Patkai region, there are to be aggravated unless the Gov- icap in the State’s revival efforts with manpower and re- and is a part of the Indo-Burma Bi- bent State Government forward- exploitation of the communities liv- more than a dozen different ethnic ernment takes strong measures like sources having had to be diverted to tackle them. odiversity Hotspot. Historically, coal ed the proposal to the MoEF&CC ing in the region, and their rich cul- groups living in the area including appointing an inter-ministerial fact- No doubt, even during the lockdown, the State Govern- mining in the Dehing Patkai region on August 21, 2018. It is interest- tural heritage. the Tai Phake, Khamti, Singpho, finding team from Delhi to probe ment had attempted to open up certain agricultural and in- began in the British era (1880s) by ing to note here that the Assam Historically, development and Sema, Moran, Mising and Nepali these issues in Assam. It is in this dustrial segments. For instance, the Government had al- the AR&T Co. and then continued Chief Minister himself presided deforestation have been closely in- people, most of them dependent on context that the institutional exploi- lowed agriculture activities within the first phase of the lock- subsequently when coal mines were over the State board’s meeting and tertwined with the subjugation of the resources of the forest. tation of environmental resources down, while tea gardens were permitted to function by main- nationalized in 1973. The collieries accordingly in May 2020, the tribal communities. Colonial Assam Dehing Patkai is not the only de- including Dehing Patkai must be in Assam were transferred to the NBWL (National Board of Wildlife), saw its various resources like for- cision taken by the NDA Govern- seen and countered. taining social distancing. However, these did not have the Northeastern Coalfields, a subsidi- chaired by Union Minister Prakash ests, oil, and coal dwindle while the ment which compromises environ- (The author is the Lok Sabha MP desired results, with much of the gains made in the agricul- ary of the Coal India Ltd (CIL) for a Javadekar, granted post-facto ap- tribal people continuously shrink mental preservation. There have from Nagaon. ) tural sector being undone by the floods, while as industry sources have pointed out, the tea sector has suffered huge crop and revenue losses so far this year. Despite these setbacks the people of Assam have to pull up their socks to Agriculture as universal education in Assam revive the economy, with active help from Government agencies. The Chief Minister also has rightly said that Assam I Dr HN Dutta their traditional indigenous knowl- ucational curriculum in Assam. Assam could be transformed into a edge of agriculture without pro- Students will learn the dignity of hub of food and beverages indus- would have to try and take full advantage of the schemes ature and agriculture are of the population does not have the fessionalism. The attention of the production and labour in their na- tries in the global market. Such vi- launched under the Atmanirbhar Bharat project and more the two basic elements advanced agricultural knowledge younger generations of Assam tive economic geography, for at- sion may open up the floodgates of MSME units, which form the bulk of the industries in this of the life and culture in and fails to contribute to the growth needs to be inculcated so that they taining self-reliance and pleasure. income opportunities to the youths underdeveloped State, should come forward to take advan- Assam. All the three na- of the agricultural production of the adopt agriculture either as a pro- Such theories and practical pro- as Assam is traditionally rich in tage of the schemes not only to set up or strengthen their Ntional festivals, e.g., the Bohag State. The traditional indigenous fessional or an optional career, or grammes could also be organized medicinal plants and herbs, roots industries but also to provide employment opportunities to Bihu, Kati Bihu and Magh Bihu knowledge on agriculture has been as an additional respectable voca- as per the Choice Based Credit of plants, fruits, vegetables and ce- unemployed youths. Sonowal has pertinently called upon observed by the Assamese are ag- replaced by an educational curricu- tion, like the European countries. System, prescribed by the Uni- reals which are of high nutritional the legislators to encourage people to engage themselves riculture-based community festi- lum, which has alienated the sons Students need to be taught the ap- versity Grants Commission. Thus, value and serve as immune boost- in agriculture and allied activities, citing the initiative Sootea vals. Apart from the cultural moor- of the soil from their own land. The plication of science and technolo- a student while studying Science ers in human health. ings, agriculture is the main occu- illiterate farmers are cultivating gy in diverse agriculture disci- or Arts in any college at the un- The establishment of agro-based MLA Padma Hazarika has taken in this regard. It is also pation for self-reliance in Assam. vegetables with chemical supple- plines, world markets of food prod- dergraduate level could pursue industries, management of organ- imperative that the Government refrain from further lock- Thus, agriculture is considered as ments, which are hazardous to hu- ucts, global tourism, food indus- agriculture as one subject. In the ic farms, dairy farming, etc., ought down measures to allow petty traders and daily wage work- the solid base for self-reliance and man health. try, eco-friendly lifestyle in rural process, the students from the ru- to find their way into rural areas in ers to recoup their losses. future of the Assamese nationality. Thus, the introduction of agri- areas. This would bring about a ral areas of Assam can learn agri- Assam. The agricultural resourc- Yet, agriculture is not universally culture as a universal academic change in outlook in society as it culture and may become agricul- es in ethnic villages need to ex- Chinese connection taught in schools and colleges in curriculum in schools and colleg- would uphold agriculture as a pro- turists professionally. pand. The students becoming pro- Assam. As a result, the Assamese es of Assam could be a means to fession of dignity and credibility. Today, the Assamese boys and fessional agriculturists will bring With the relationship between India and China remain- society has gradually sidelined their attain traditional pleasure and sat- The unemployed youths, with tra- girls are seen working in other dignity to the society, adjusting ing a bit tense following the face-off in Galwan Valley in own creative vocation in their na- isfaction, good health, self-suffi- ditional knowhow of parental agri- States, promoting their economy their traditional lives with their Ladakh, there is apprehension that the Chinese agencies tive State of Assam. ciency, and self-reliance by the culture, would flourish in the agri- by working as cheap labourers. Out- parents, village elders and in the may instigate the insurgent outfits of the Northeast region Assam records 69% of the total youth. For integrating education culture sector and will find justice migration of the Assamese boys community. These developments to create trouble by indulging in acts of violence and the population as farmers. Yet, this sec- with rural development in Assam, to their inheritance and tradition- and girls has changed the demo- will assist in retaining tradition and recent recovery of huge cache of sophisticated weapons tor contributes only 17% to GDP, therefore, agriculture as a subject al economic satisfaction. With cer- graphic pattern of the Assamese. culture in Assam. which considering the geographi- should be taught from the prima- tain innovations in the educational With advanced knowledge in agri- The learned academic and exec- in Myanmar has added to the apprehensions. All the po- cal advantages for agricultural prac- ry level and some sort of practical curriculum, the study of agricul- culture, agro-based industries, utive councils of the universities in lice forces of the Northeast and other security and intelli- tices seems to be quite low. The classes be taught in urban areas in ture could open up new vistas of dairy science, fish farming and al- Assam, if deemed proper, may con- gence agencies should keep a close watch on the situation absence of a desirable thrust in Assam, to make youngsters un- productivity in social development lied occupations in agricultural sider to bring certain innovations to ensure that the insurgent outfits cannot indulge in any planned agriculture, agricultural derstand that for total progress in Assam in a global context. economy, including the tea indus- in the educational curriculum, as a kind of violence, particularly at a time when the whole education, agricultural industrial and attaining self-reliance in As- The National Policy of Educa- try, the Assamese youths may seek post-Covid-19 measure for country is fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. It is now an development, application of mod- sam, the base of the economy is tion provides for job security of their fortune in their home State achievement of self-reliance in As- established fact that the Chinese agencies have been di- ern agricultural technology are agriculture. Currently, agriculture the youth after completion of edu- of Assam with dignity. sam, to impart agriculture at the rectly or indirectly helping the insurgent groups of the some of the reasons behind this is held by the poverty-ridden back- cation, which could be attained With an agriculturally productive BA, BSc, higher secondary and Northeast region by providing them with weapons, while state of affairs. The largest section ward village communities, with with agriculture as a universal ed- society, institutions and resources, high school levels. the commander-in-chief of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), Paresh Baruah, has been staying in Letters China for quite some time. It is hard to believe that a leader Flood relief must include sanitary napkins of a militant group of the Northeast can stay in China for to the of old cloth pieces, papers, dried goods sent from the Covid-19- of others in the subsequent issues of normal life of the people nearby as years without tacit support of any government authority. EDITOR leaves, grasses, etc.), all of which infested areas from outside the this prestigious daily. is the apprehension. The muck On several occasions, the Indian security agencies have must be avoided. That’s why the States, carried through many The ambitious road tunnel (debris) generated will be around 15 submitted details of the locations of Baruah and a few other government agencies and the hands, but are scared of the project under the Brahmaputra lakh cubic metres out of which about militant leaders in China to their Chinese counterparts. Sir, – The flood is affecting most NGOs should include sanitary newspaper hawker battling hard river will be a technological marvel, 50% will be reutilized for concrete But China has always been in denial mode and claimed of the areas of Assam today. The napkins in the list of relief materials through rain and sun for survival if implemented. All technical linings of tunnels and in road that they could not locate anyone wanted by India in the majority of the flood-hit people are for the flood-hit people. Yours etc. in a cruel world. Some of the persons agreed that although a construction. The rest 50% may be addresses given. However, time and again, the security sheltered in the government-run Dr DHARMAKANTA KUMB- academicians, who regularly write challenging task, with modern utilized for other purposes like flood relief camps. But, the women forces recovered sophisticated weapons from militants, HAKAR, Tezpur Medical College. in various newspapers for name technology the project is feasible. embankment construction and river and girls staying in these flood relief and fame, have stopped subscrib- protection works. If it has to be which had markings of Chinese companies. Saving the print media The 14.85-km-long tunnel camps are facing a hard time ing to newspapers. What an connecting Gohpur (NH-54) with disposed of, then as per environ- After a clamour for boycotting Chinese goods came up because of the non-availability of Sir, – Arup Kumar Dutta’s ‘Saving the print media’ (AT, July attitude from the ones our society Numaligarh (NH-37) will have two ment protection rule, it should be as the fallout of the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in Galwan sanitary napkins during their looks up to for inspiration! different capsules (tubes) for stacked 30m above the high flood menstruation periods. The 25) very succinctly describes the Valley, the ULFA(I) issued a statement in favour of China The Indian Newspaper Society seamless movement of traffic from level and will not be disposed of in government agencies and the sorry state that the print media is and the security agencies believe that the militant outfit has appealed to the Central both sides. The tunnel will be the riverbed or agricultural fields as NGOs are distributing food items, in today. It also reminds us of our did the same to please the Chinese agencies. It is also Government for a cut in customs constructed in three phases and considered by Gohain. Yours etc., clothes and medicines in these responsibility to support this great believed that the militant outfits of the Northeast joined duty in newsprint; the Information expected to be started in Decem- AN MOHAMMED, RG Baruah relief camps. But, the inclusion of institution. The dread of the and Broadcasting Ministry has ber. Gohain is worried about any Road Tiniali, Guwahati. hands at the instance of the Chinese agencies. However, sanitary napkins in the list of relief pandemic is so pervasive that even accepted the proposal and adverse environmental impacts on it is a fact that militancy is on the wane in the Northeast and materials is almost nil though one of the most learned people with a Controlling floods announced a 5% cut in customs the people of Assam. On earlier the level of violence has come down. Moreover, following the most urgent needs of the scientific bent of mind have refused Sir, – Apropos your editorial duty. Besides, it has also written occasions also, Gohain objected to repeated requests by the Government of India, the Myan- women and girls of these flood to read newspapers fearing it to be ‘Controlling floods’ (July 23), one of a carrier of the Covid-19 virus. to all other ministries to release such developmental projects for the the main reasons for the recurring mar Government also launched a crackdown against the relief camps is sanitary napkins. the arrear amounts they owe to Very few government agencies and There have been many clarifica- same reason. In contrast, as a floods is that the work for repairing/ militants, who were using the territory of that country as the media houses for advertise- NGOs are distributing sanitary tions from the relevant authorities technical person having some restoration of the embankments/ safe sanctuaries for years. The action of the Government ments. On our part, we too need napkins as a flood relief material. It that the chance of infection through experience in tunnelling, I feel dykes is taken up during May-June of Myanmar also put the militants on the back foot. The to support the newspaper is an issue that nobody discusses. newspapers is minimal. It is very there will not be any significant whereas the work should be taken signing of the peace pacts with all the four factions of the industry, not boycott it in this time Only a few can imagine the agony surprising that the hawkers are adverse environmental impact of up during November-December. of crisis. Yours etc., MANOJ National Democratic Front of Boroland is also a positive that the women and girls are being prevented from entering the proposed tunnel project. The Minimum 4-5 months settling time KUMAR BORTHAKUR, AT development. However, the insurgent groups will defi- suffering in these temporary relief the campuses of even some tunnels will be through hard rock is required for the work to be Road, Sivasagar. nitely be desperate to make their presence felt before the camps. The lack of proper sanitary universities and institutions like strata well below the riverbed. effective. Yours etc., SUDIPTA Independence Day and the Chinese agencies may also napkins can lead to various diseases IITs which clearly shows the lack Underwater tunnel Most likely, the tunnel boring GOSWAMI, Suwagpur, Rehabari, extend direct or indirect help to them. In the present sce- (such as fungal infections, urinary of commitment in shouldering a Sir, – This is with reference to machines (TBM) will be utilized Guwahati. responsibility towards the print the debate in these columns on the subject to suitability of the strata. nario, all the forces on the ground should join hands in a tract infections, reproductive tract Articles (within 1000-1100 words) and The transportation of the TBMs in coordinated manner to prevent the insurgent groups from infections, etc.), ill-health and even media in a crisis period. A lot of proposed tunnel under the Letters to the Editor for publication in people show no qualms in using Brahmaputra initiated by Hiren parts by rail and their working regrouping. death due to unhygienic and the editorial page may be sent to the unsanitary menstrual practices (use foodstuff and other household Gohain on July 17 and the opinions underground will not disturb the email ID: [email protected]. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 CITY THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5 Strong opposition to draft EIA Notification, 2020 STAFF REPORTER vice president Ajoy Dutta stated. tentials for environmental impacts Sangram Samity (SMSS) have also projects on forest land without leav- industries legal. This entire devel- WEATHER SGBG appealed to all the chief are listed in the B2 list which will voiced their opposition to the draft. ing any scope for the common peo- opment makes it clear that the gov- GUWAHATI GUWAHATI, July 28: With op- ministers of the NE states to join not require appearing before the LDP opposes notification: ple to voice their concerns,” Partha ernment is hell-bent upon silenc- LOCAL FORECAST : position to the draft Environment hands in opposing the draft EIA, and Appraisal Committee. Such provi- The Liberal Democratic Party Protim Bezbaruah, general secre- ing the local populace, and it is au- Generally cloudy sky with Impact Assessment (EIA) Notifi- appealed to Prime Minister Naren- sions may lead to misuse of the EIA (LDP) too has opposed the draft tary of LDP, said. tocratically bringing in measures to moderate rain. Maximum cation, 2020 becoming more vocif- dra Modi to keep the North East by powerful lobbies. With growing Environment Impact Assessment He added, “Also, the government loot the resources and serve the and minimum temperatures are most likely to be 32°C erous in Assam and the other north- out of the purview of some of the concerns about protecting the eco- (EIA) Notification, 2020, proposed can decide to set up industry within interests of moneyed outsiders. & 24°C respectively on eastern states, NGO Save Guwa- amended provisions of the pro- sensitive areas and natural resourc- by the Union government. 100 km of any international bounda- The Central government is main- Wednesday. hati Build Guwahati (SGBG) has posed EIA, 2020. ry and there will be no public hearing taining a stony silence in spite of TEMPERATURE: appealed to all the NE states to “Some provisions like the ex- Draft is directly against the interest of all regarding this. The draft refers to the obvious threat to the peace in Max 34.9°C unite in registering a strong pro- post-facto environmental clearance, 100 km aerial distance only. As we Assam and the entire north-east- Min 24.6°C test against the notification that is dilution of certain projects by plac- people of the North East, alleges Liberal know, almost all states of the North ern region,” Bezbaruah said. detrimental not just to the interest ing them in Category B2, not men- Democratic Party East, including Assam, are connect- He said that the notification can AASU’s of Assam, but to the entire region. tioning the requirement of clear- ed to international borders. As such, “under no circumstances” be accept- “With powerful lobbying in fa- ance from the National Board of es of Assam and the North East, “The Ministry of Environment, this draft is directly against the inter- ed as “it poses threat to Assam and Dimoria unit vour of the draft, it is very impor- Wildlife for projects falling in the we need more stringent protective Forest and Climate Change has late- est of all people of the North East.” the entire north-eastern region”. calls for check tant that the North East is united in eco-sensitive zones, are some of measures, rather than dilutions of ly come up with the anti-people EIA Bezbaruah said that the draft of He said that this proposal of the its opposition to the draft EIA. At the clauses that are certainly alarm- the existing provisions for corpo- draft to permit the setting up of in- the EIA Notification 2020 also car- government will push Assam to the on price rise least the north-eastern region must ing. Natural resources are the big- rate benefits,” the NGO added. dustries and projects on forest land. ries the proposal to regularise the brink of destruction and enable out- CORRESPONDENT be kept out of the ambit of proposed gest strength and pride of the North A number of students’ organisa- The concerning factor about this projects which have hitherto been siders to establish control over the amendments to the EIA,” SGBG East,” the NGO stated. tions, including the All Assam Stu- draft is that it will empower the set up illegally on forest land. land and resources of Assam and JORABAT, July 28: The president Krishno K Borooah and “Some activities, with high po- dents Union (AASU) and Satra Mukti government to allow industries and “This will render many illegal the North East. Dimoria unit of All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) has written to several committees controlling haat s and oth- Robotic scavenger launched to check Call for systematic approach to er markets to ensure that prices of essential commodities prevent child trafficking in State like vegetables, fish, meat and hazards of manual scavenging eggs are under control. STAFF REPORTER returned to their native places noi, IPS, AGDP-CID. “Prices of vegetables have STAFF REPORTER hind this unhygienic practice post lockdown and due to their The key discussion of the shot up drastically in the re- is the lack of proper alterna- GUWAHATI, July 28: The poor economic condition, sold webinar centred around adopt- gion. The average price of all GUWAHATI, July 28: Gu- tive technological solutions. Assam State Commission for off their children. In the first ing a family-centric approach vegetables and other essen- wahati Development Depart- ‘Bandicoot’ along with six Protection of Child Rights case, a four-month-old baby was for prevention of child traffick- tials has doubled or trebled,” ment (GDD) Minister Sid- skid steer mini loaders from (ASCPCR) organised a we- sold for Rs 45,000 and in the ing. It was collectively agreed rued Barasha Medhi, presi- dhartha Bhattacharya today JCB and six backhoe loaders binar on Tuesday with focus instance a one-month-old baby upon that in the present situa- dent of the unit. inaugurated a robotic scaven- from CASE and BOBCAT on prevention of child traf- was sold for Rs 50,000. Fortu- tion, the role of the village and Medhi asked the authori- ger. Provided by the Indian Oil companies each, was inaugu- ficking amid the crisis pre- nately, in both the cases, the in- community-level institutions ties to see to it that poorer Corporation Limited to the rated by the minister in the vailing in the State due to fants were rescued by the po- and committees is extremely sections are not affected by Guwahati Municipal Corpora- presence of G Ramesh, Chief COVID-19 and flood. lice in close coordination with crucial in creating a safety net the spike in prices. tion (GMC), the robotic scav- General Manager and State The Commission, right at NGOs, local leaders and child for children. The Panchayati Meanwhile, conscious sec- enger is an initiative to over- Head of Indian Oil in the the start of the pandemic-in- welfare committees. Raj Institutions, too, must un- tions have alleged that the come the hazards of manual North East; Maninder Singh, duced lockdown, had written The webinar was attended dertake mapping in the villag- administration here has not scavenging in Guwahati. Additional Chief Secretary to the police along with other by the Assistant Labour Com- es to identify the vulnerable ‘Bandicoot’, the manhole and Devajyoti Hazarika, line departments that post missioners, Labour Welfare families and link them to the taken appropriate steps to The robotic scavenger that was inaugurated on Tuesday. – AT control the price hike. cleaning robot, is portable Commissioner, Guwahati lockdown, there might be a Officers, CEO of Zila Parishad, existing social security and can go down a manhole compressor so that it is self- sanitary and undignified oc- Municipal Corporation at a rise in the cases of child traf- in-charge of the Anti Human schemes of the government, Webinar on over 450 mm diameter. It has sufficient for outdoor work. cupation, it had even been function held in front of the ficking in the State, and there- Trafficking Unit, District Child like MGNREGA, PMAY, Ay- a 16-litre bucket capacity and Manual scavenging is a seri- legally banned by the Parlia- Janata Bhawan here. fore made a request to take Protection Officer and repre- ushman Bharat, etc. students’ stress 125 kg hoist capacity com- ous concern due to the human ment a few years ago. For a Bhattacharyya lauded Indi- necessary precautionary sentatives of NGOs. The key ASCPCR chairperson Dr management bined with electronic sensors rights issues associated with it. bare minimum income, in a an Oil for coming forward for measures for the same speakers at the webinar were Sunita Changkakaty said the fitted with cameras. The ro- Manual scavenging means re- practice that reinforces age- such a noble cause. GMC through its various advisories Prof Dr PM Nair, IPS (Retd), Commission would come up on July 31 bot can go down to a depth of moval of human excrement old caste beliefs, manual Commissioner Hazarika also and letter of recommendation. chairperson, Centre for Police with recommendations for STAFF REPORTER 10 metres. It is fitted with a from public streets and dry la- scavengers take on grave expressed his gratitude to Two such alarming cases, Studies and Public Security, strategic convergence among 10-inch interactive touch trines, cleaning septic tanks, risks to life from toxic gases Indian Oil and said that the both from Kokrajhar district, TISS, Mumbai; Priyank Ka- various departments, NGOs GUWAHATI, July 28: Con- screen for operation from the gutters and sewers, etc. in sewer lines to infections scavenging robot would go a were reported last week, noongo, chairperson, National and civil society organisations sidering the present COVID- ground. The robot comes Manual scavenging is not by manually removing the long way in solving the prob- where the families that were Commission for Protection of to prevent children of Assam 19 situation and its impact on with a generator and an air just a hazardous, unsafe, un- excreta. A major reason be- lem of manual scavenging. working in different states had Child Rights, and Dr LR Bish- from falling prey to trafficking. the students’ psychology, the Gauhati Commerce College NFR installing (GCC) in association with the City firms develop feature-rich Study conducted on lockdown GCC Alumni Association automatic coach (ALCOM) is organising a national-level webinar on the online teaching platform washing plants impact on women in 11 dists topic ‘Stress management of STAFF REPORTER students during COVID-19 SIVASISH THAKUR from, and enter into live tional classroom through a STAFF REPORTER Trust, Kokrajhar-Chirang healthcare services due to pandemic’ on July 31 through video sessions to commu- virtual class. GUWAHATI, July 28: Ma- and Sanmilita Mahila Samiti, the lockdown, 11.54 per Zoom platform. GUWAHATI, July 28: nicate in real-time,” “We are all gearing up ligaon-headquartered North- GUWAHATI, July 28: A with support from Zubaan, cent reported unavailability The webinar will be inau- Following the ending of Supratim Kashyap, for the ‘new normal’ and east Frontier Railway (NFR) study conducted in 11 dis- New Delhi. of doctors, 30.77 per cent had gurated by noted orator, spir- the Chinese online director, Megon Creative going back to the tradi- today said that work is going tricts of Assam revealed that During the study, 80.73 per major financial constrains itual speaker and translator monopoly in the wake of India Pvt Ltd told The tional classrooms seem on for installation of automat- 86 per cent of the respond- cent of the women reported that affected their ability to Diganta Biswa Sarma. Noted the anti-Chinese stir and Assam Tribune . like a distant dream. The ic coach washing plants in ents were out of paid work that they were facing short- access healthcare and 35.29 writer and consultant Loya boycott of its products, A Learning Manage- OnClass team believes various pit lines and depots during the COVID-induced age of food, 47.39 per cent per cent could avail only Agarwala will be the desig- two city-based firms have ment System (LMS) with that education and learning and the project is expected lockdown and 67.77 per cent had to depend on NGOs and medication due to lack of pro- nated speaker. Students of come up with an online integrated video confer- should never stop, and an to help the zone in its effort have not been paid during community support for food, fessional medical attention schools, colleges and univer- teaching platform called encing solutions, OnClass online learning platform to conserve water. the period. and only 2.08 per cent re- during that period. sities can take part in the we- ‘OnClass,’ infusing fresh rightly provides an like OnClass will ensure “Installation of automatic Again, 73.55 per cent are ceived the direct ration ben- Closure of schools and al- binar by following the link on air into the domain of appropriate learning that the Institutions are coach washing plants is in willing to get back to work efits introduced specially by ternate educational institu- www.gauhaticommercecollege.in , online education. environment and solution future-ready and adaptive progress in various loca- but not quite sure about it the government to deal with tions had showed multiple said GCC Principal Dr Home- The OnClass platform for conducting virtual to the ‘new normal’,” tions, including Dibrugarh, while 19 per cent are uncer- the lockdown. effects as 82 per cent of re- swar Kalita. which is a collaborative classes ensuring privacy, Kashyap said. Silchar, Naharlagun, Agarta- tain whether they will go back During the study, it was spondents spoke of their ina- effort of Libresoft Technolo- ownership of data and According to Kashyap, la, New Jalpaiguri, Siliguri, to work again or not. found that 42.5 per cent of bility to attend online classes KMSS protest gies Pvt Ltd with Megon security of the partici- such an online platform Alipurduar and Katihar. Only The study was carried out the households surveyed due to network issues or un- STAFF REPORTER Creative India Pvt Ltd, is a pants. OnClass, through has been developed in the around 6,000 litres of water among 200 women during were suffering from either availability of smartphones, user-friendly and secured its features like an North East for the first will be needed for cleaning April and May in Kamrup chronic or acute ailments while the respondents hav- GUWAHATI, July 28: Po- platform for successful advanced interactive time. Libresoft Technolo- and washing each train rake Metro, Kamrup, Karbi An- which exacerbated by the ing differently-abled stu- lice on Tuesday detained a online learning with an easy- whiteboard, browser- gies’ earlier product was in such plants, as compared glong, Chirang, Barpeta, lockdown. Reproductive and dents also pointed out the lack number of Krishak Mukti to-learn and neat interface. based communication, an operating system (OS) to 10,000 litres in the con- Sonitpur, Kokrajhar, Dar- menstrual health were also of educational services for Sangram Samiti (KMSS) “It is designed in such a screen sharing, real-time named ‘SuperX’ – a Linux- ventional system used at rang, Golaghat, Dhemaji and affected as access to prima- their children. members while they were way that one can share text chat, attendance based platform and is present. Moreover, 75-80 Udalguri district. ry health centres was dras- During the study period, holding a protest programme information and conduct tracker, a social wall for currently being used in per cent of the water uti- Titled ‘Impact of COVID- tically reduced. Differently- 14.06 per cent of the respond- at Chandmari here. During classes simultaneously in a students, assignments and the laptops distributed lised can also be recycled for 19 lockdown on women in abled women were not able ents reported different forms the protest, KMSS members hassle-free manner. It assessment, and polling under the Assam Govern- further use,” Subhanan Assam’ the study was con- to access any form of health- of violence, where 8.33 per formed a human chain and allows students and mechanism to interact and ment’s Aunondoram Chanda, Chief Public Rela- ducted by Women’s Leader- care during the time the cent identified family mem- demanded immediate release teachers to interact, share ideas, will provide Borooah scheme for tions Officer of NFR, said. ship Training Centre, Wom- study was conducted. bers as the perpetrators and of their leader Akhil Gogoi. upload materials to learn the ambience of a tradi- meritorious students. The automatic coach en in Governance, North The report revealed that 37.31 per cent reported wit- washing plant is a multi- East Network Action for In- 51.92 per cent of the re- nessing some form of domes- stage external cleaning sys- clusion and Empowerment spondents could not access tic violence or harassment. tem for coaches and trains Webinar discusses impact of by using high pressure water jet, and horizontal and COVID-19 on cancer care vertical rotating nylon combination brushes. It com- GUWAHATI, July 28: Karmashree cialised by business houses and unethi- is curable provided there are proper med- pletes exterior cleaning of Hiteswar Saikia College’s Department cally promoted in advertisements by ical awareness, guidance and access. the coaches in a rake while of Political Science and Internal Quality many popular cinema personalities. Gupta said his organisation Win Over being placed in the pit line Assurance Cell (IQAC) jointly organised Sharma also gave a brief account of how Cancer is doing a lot by extending sup- for maintenance. a national webinar on the topic ‘Living he and his team had brought cancer pa- port to many cancer patients like dis- The requirement of water with Cancer and COVID-19’ on Monday, tients from Mumbai to Assam by road tributing free breast prostheses, coun- and other consumables is said a press release. covering a distance of more than 2,500 selling people on various myths relating much lesser in such plants in Inaugurating the webinar, Devasish km during the countrywide lockdown. He to cancer, creating long-term financial comparison to the conven- Sharma, Joint Resident Commissioner, acknowledged the initiatives and support sustainability among cancer-impacted tional washing system. Assam Bhawan, Mumbai and founder provided by the Assam Health Minister families, etc. His wife Kavita Gupta also chairman of Deepsikha Cancer Founda- in bringing the cancer patients home. spoke on the occasion. OBITUARY tion, reflected upon the entire cancer care Speaking from his medical bed, the Speaking on the occasion, Principal of the system being disrupted during the COV- other speaker, Arun Gupta, who is the host college Dr Sikhamoni Konwar said the Rohindra Nath ID-19 pandemic. He called upon all con- founder of the NGO Win Over Cancer pandemic-induced lockdown has largely af- cerned to do a rethinking on several pol- and himself has been fighting cancer fected the medical support system for can- Bhattacharyya icy matters with regard to facilitating since 2011, showed his positive attitude cer patients with restriction of movement GUWAHATI, July 28: Ro- cancer treatment with the changing and fighting spirit towards the disease and difficulties in regular medical checkups hindra Nath Bhattacharyya, a medical scene in the present times. when he said, “Cancer is a beautiful dis- and delivery systems. Also, COVID-19 in- retired agricultural officer Replying to a question on banning to- ease…. It changes one’s perspective to- fection has further complicated the treat- and resident of Ushanagar, bacco for prevention of cancer, Sharma wards life.” He said that one can win over ment of cancer, she said, adding that one Dispur, died at the GNRC said the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco cancer by learning to live with it. should not however, lose heart. here today. He was 90. Products Act, 2003 (COTPA) is not The stigma, the emotional and physical The webinar was jointly coordinated Bhattacharyya leaves be- enough to dissuade people from using trauma, the financial problem, etc., corol- by Dr Ranjan Kumar Bhatta, coordina- hind his wife, one son and two tobacco products; the people must take lary to cancer can be managed with a very tor of the college’s IQAC and Dr Mrin- married daughters. He was own initiatives for discarding such harm- positive mindset and approach, Gupta said. moyee Baruah, Assistant Professor in cremated at the Nabagraha ful products which have been commer- He added that one must not forget cancer the host department. crematorium. Vendors selling vegetables on the roadside, in Guwahati on Tuesday. – UB Photos 6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020

GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER, PWD, BUILDING, ASSAM CHANDMARI, GUWAHATI-3 PRESS NOTICE No. BN/ 13/2020/13 Dated Guwahati the 27/7/2020 The Chief Engineer, P.W.D. (Building), Assam, on behalf of the Governor of Assam invites fresh bids for the following works from eligible registered contractors of under P.W.D. (Building), Assam, having experience of similar nature of work. Details of the bid may be seen at e-procurement portal website i.e. www.assamtenders.gov.in and also in the office of the undersigned during office hours from 03.08.2020 (11.00 AM) to 24.08.2020 (2.00 PM) for Category-I, 03.08.2020 (11.00 AM) to 26.08.2020 (2.00 PM) for Category-II & 03.08.2020 (11.00 AM) to 28.08.2020 (2.00 PM) for Category-III. Tender documents can be downloaded online w.e.f. 03.08.2020 (11:00AM). The bidders m ust be enrolled in www.assamtenders.gov.in .

Sl. Gr. Name of Work No of Category Estimated District Bid Security Bid Tender Last date Date of Time of Eligibility of Sl. Gr. Name of Work No of Category Estimated District Bid Security Bid Tender Last date Date of Time of Eligibility of No. No. School Amount (in Rs.) Security Cost of receiving opening completion Tenderer vide No. No. School Amount (in Rs.) Security Cost of receiving opening completion Tenderer vide (Tender drawn in (in Rs.) Tender of Tender Govt. Order (Tender drawn in (in Rs.) Tender of Tender Govt. Order Value) favour of Documents Documents No. DASR. Value) favour of Documents Documents No. DASR. (in Rs.) at at 132/2018/2, (in Rs.) at at 132/2018/2, 14.00 hrs. 11.00 hrs dtd. 20.7.2018 14.00 hrs. 11.00 hrs dtd. 20.7.2018 1 TG-01 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Kamrup 2,10,898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I 21 TG-21 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Sonitpur 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (M) (for General) Guwahati (eight) (A, B & C) School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (ten) (A & B) Assam at A mchang T.E. 105,449.00 Building months Assam at 2,10.898.00 Building months (for reserved Division-II, i) Gogora T.E. (for reserved Division, Category) Dispur ii) Narainpur T.E. Category) Tezpur 2 TG-02 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Udalguri 2,10,898.00 EE.PWD 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I 22 TG-22 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Sonitpur 2,10.898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Udalguri (eight) (A, B & C) School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (eight) (A. B & C) Assam at Bhooteachang T.E. 1,05.449.00 (R&B) months Assam at Dibru Darrang 1.05,449.00 Building months (for reserved Division, TG No.3 Line LPS. (for reserved Division, Category) Udalguri (Category) Tezpur 3 TG-03 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05.44,900.00 UdaIguri 2,10,898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I 23 TG-23 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16.34,700.00 Biswanath 6.32,694.00 E.E. PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (twelve) (A & B) School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Udalguri (eight) (A, B & C) Assam at 3,16.347.00 Building months Assam at Ambilka T.E. 1,05,449.00 (R&B) months i) Jingia TE (for reserved Division, (for reserved Division, ii) Ketla TE, Category) Tezpur Category) Udalguri iii) Sakomatha TE 4 TG-04 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Udalguri 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I 24 TG-24 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Biswanath 2.10,898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) UdaIguri (ten) (A & B) School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (eight) (A, B & C) Assam at 2,10,898.00 (R&B) months Assam at Pertaingarh TE 1,05,449.00 Building months i) Beteli T.E. (for reserved Division, (for reserved Division, ii) Dhansiri T.E. Category) Udalguri Category) Tezpur 5 TG-05 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Karimganj 6,32,694.00 E.E. PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I 25 TG-25 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Biswanath 2,10,898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Silchar (twelve) (A & B) School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (eight) (A, B & C) Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months Assam at Tirpal Line LPS TE 1,05.449.00 Building months i) Pathini T.E. (for reserved Division, (for reserved Division, ii) Sephinjuribheel T.E. Category) Silchar (Category) Tezpur iii) Bubrighat T.E. 26 TG-26 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Karbi 4.21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I 6 TG-06 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Karimganj 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in Anglong (for General) Diphu (ten) (A & B) School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Silchar (ten) (A & B) Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months Assam at 2,10.898.00 Building months i) Lahorijan T.E (for reserved Division, i) Dullavchera T.E. at Damcher (for reserved Division, ii) Holokhouw T.E. (Category) Diphu ii) Goombhira T.E. Category) Silchar 27 TG-27 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Jorhat 6,32.694.00 E.E. PWD. 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I 7 TG-07 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16.34.700.00 Hailakandi 6,32,694.00 E.E. PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Jorhat twelve) (A & B) School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Silchar (twelve) (A & B) Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months i) Kathaigoorie T.E. (for reserved Division, i) Lakhinagar T.E (for reserved Division, ii) Nagnijan T.E Category) Jorhat ii) Koya T.E Category) Silchar iii) BosabariT.E iii) Serispur T.E. 28 TG-28 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Golaghat 6,32,694.00 E.E. PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I 8 TG-08 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Cachar 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD. 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Jorhat (twelve) (A & B) School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Silchar (ten) (A & B) Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months i) Bhogodabari T.E. (for reserved Division, i) Silcoori T.E (for reserved Division, ii) Doyang T.E. Category) Jorhat ii) Borokhai T.E Calegory) Silchar iii)Bholokiting T.E 9 TG-09 Construction of Model High 2 II 2, 10,89,800.00 Cachar 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I 29 TG-29 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Golaghat 6,32,694.00 E.E. PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Silchar (ten) (A & B) School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Jorhat (twelve) (A & B) Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months i) Shubharn T.E. (for reserved Division, i) Dhokhin Hengera T.E (for reserved Division, ii) Chokiting Chan Mazdur Category) Jorhat ii) Rampur T.E Category) Silchar New LPS 10 TG-10 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10.89,800.00 Cachar 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I iii) Bhagwan T.E School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Silchar (ten) (A & B) 30 TG-30 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Golaghat 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Jorhat (ten) (A & B) i) Nagar T.E. (for reserved Division., Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months ii) Itachora T.E. Category) Silchar i) Bukhial T.E. (for reserved Division, 11 TG-11 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44.900.00 1 Cachar 2,10,898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I ii) Behora T.E Category) Jorhat School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Silchar (eight) (A, B & C) 31 TG-31 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Jorhat 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327,00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I Assam at Govindogupa T.E 1,05,449.00 Building months School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Jorhat (ten) (A & B) (for reserved Division, Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months Category) Silchar i) Rajoi / HatigaonT.E. (for reserved Division, 12 TG-12 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900,00 Cachar 2,10,898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I ii) Boloma T.E. Category) Jorhat School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Silchar (eight) (A. B & C) 32 TG-32 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Jorhat 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I Assam at Kalain T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Jorhat (ten) (A & B) (for reserved Division. Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months category) Silchar i) Moormuria(CinnamaraT.E. (for reserved Division, 13 TG-13 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Dheimaji 2,10,898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,16.3.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I ii) Hatigarh T.E. Category) Jorhat School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) North (eight) (A, B & Q 33 TG-33 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Golaghat 2,10,898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I Assam at Ananda Tea Estate, 1,05,449.00 Lakhimpur months School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Jorhat (eight) (A, B & C) Chouldhowa (for reserved Building Assam at Rungamati T.E 1,05,449.00 Building months Category) Division. (for reserved Division Lakhimpur Category) Jorhat 14 TG-14 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900,00 Dhemaji 2,10,898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I 34 TG-34 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Jorhat 2, 10,898.00 E.E. PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) North, (eight) (A, B & C) School for Tea -Garden Areas in (for General) Jorhat (eight) (A, B & C) Assam at Siajuli T.E. 1,05,449.00 Lakhimpur, months Assam at Chakla Ting T.E 1,05,449.00 Building months (for reserved Building (for reserved Division, Category) Division. Categaoy) Jorhat Lakhimpuri 35 TG-35 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Sivasagar 16,32,694.00 E.E. PWD., 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas In (for General) Sivasagar (twelve) (A & B) 15 TG-15 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Sonitpur 6,32,694.00 E.E. PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (twelve) (A & B) i) Manjushree MVS (for reserved Division, Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months ii) Towkak T.E. Category) Sivasagar i) Tulip T.E. (for reserved Division, iii) Borhat T.E. ii) Dhekiajuli T.E. Category) Tezpur iii) Sonajuli T.E. 36 TG-36 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Sivasagar 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Sivasagar (ten) (A & B) 16 TG-16 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89.800.00 Sonitpur 4,21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (ten) (A & B) i) Mohkhuti T.E. (for reserved Division, Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months ii) Khangia T.E. Category) Sivasagar i) Naharani T.E. (for reserved Division, 37 TG-37 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Charaideo 4,21,796.0O E.E. PWD 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I ii) Thakurbari T.E. Category) Tezpur School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Sivasagar (ten) (A & B) 17 TG -17 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Sonitpur 6,32,694.00 E.F. PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I in Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (twelve) (A & B) i) Mekipur T.E. (for reserved Division, Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months ii) Charideo T.E category) Sivasagar i) Kasarnari T.E (for reserved Division, 38 TG-38 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Sivasagar 2.10,898.00 E.E., PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I ii) Rupajuli T.E. category) Tezpur School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Sivasagar (eight) (A. B & C) iii) Kothalguri T.E. Assam at Amgoori T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months 18 TG-18 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Sonitpur 6,32,694.00 E.E. PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I for reserved Division, School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (twelve) (A & B) Category) Sivasagar Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months 39 TG-39 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Nagaon Rs.4,21.796.00 E.E, PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I i) Dibridarrang T.E. (for reserved Division School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Nagaon (ten) (A & B) ii) Panbari T.E. Category) Tezpur in Assam at Rs,2,10,898.00 Building months iii) Charduar (Kalakuchi) T.E. i) Keldin T.E./ Hatigaon T.E. (for reserved Division. 19 TG-19 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Sonitpur 6,32,694.00 E.E., PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I ii) Dijubheli T.E. Categony) Nagaon School forTea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (twelve) (A & B) 40 TG-40 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Nagaon 4,21,796.00 E.E., PWD 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27-08-2020 10 Class-I Assam at 3,16,347,00 Building months School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Nagaon (ten) (A & B) i) Sonabeel T.E. (for reserved Division, in Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months ii) Old Adabari T.E. Category) Tezpur i) Purnasalona, T.E. (for reserved Division. iii) Phulbari T.E. ii) Sagunbari T.E. Category) Nagaon 20 TG-20 Construclion of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Sonitpur 6,32,694.00 E.E. PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29-08-2020 12 Class-I 41 TG-41 Construction of Model High, 1 I 1,05,44.900.00 Morigaon 2,10,898.00 E.E., PWD 3.163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas in (for General) Tezpur (twelve) (A & B) School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Nagaon (eight) (A, B & C) Assam at 3,16,347A0 Building months in Assam at Gopal 1,05,449.00 Building months i) Hatinga T.E. (for reserved Division, Krishna TE. (for reserved Division ii) Brahmajan T.E. Category) Tezpur Category) Nagaon iii) Halem T.E. (Contd. on Page-7) WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 NORTH E AST THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 7 Tripura COVID-19 death toll rises to 17 CORRESPONDENT official here today. the pandemic. Any dilution in the proc- Arunachal The four deaths on a single day have ess may appear as fatal for the state,” he WEATHER AGARTALA, July 28: Tripura on Mon- occurred at a time when a weeklong added. COVID-19 tally NORTHEAST day reported four COVID-19 deaths after house-to-house survey to detect COVID- Meanwhile, in another Facebook post, climbs to 1,239 Forecast for NE: Rain/thun- four patients succumbed to their infec- 19 cases is under way across Tripura. the Chief Minister said altogether 4,027 ITANAGAR, July 28: As dershower is very likely to oc- tion at the GB Pant Hospital here. The Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb con- samples were tested during the past 24 cur at most places over Aru- death toll due to the pandemic has reached firmed the four deaths on his official Fa- hours, out of which 147 tested positive. many as 81 new COVID-19 nachal Pradesh, Assam, 17, which is the second highest among cebook page late last night and urged the With the new cases, the total COVID-19 cases were detected in Aru- Meghalaya, Nagaland, Ma- the North Eastern States. people of the State and Health workers positive cases in Tripura have swelled to nachal Pradesh on Monday, nipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Sources said that three among the four associated with the survey, to remain calm. 4,079. taking its tally of confirmed Warning: Thunderstorm with deceased were aged between 70 and 80 The Chief Minister has urged the peo- As many as 93 patients were also re- cases to 1,239, according to lightning is very likely to oc- years, while the fourth one was 40 years ple to cooperate with the survey team by leased from COVID Care Centres after data released by the State Di- cur at isolated places over old. “All the four patients came to the giving true information as the survey is testing negative during the last 24 hours. rectorate of Health Services Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, hospital late, leading to the fatalities. The meant to give a clear picture of COVID- In a related development, the District here. Meghalaya, Nagaland, Ma- On the other hand, 69 in- 40-year-old man from Melaghar in Sepa- 19 infection at the grassroot level. Magistrate and the SP of Sepahijala dis- nipur, Mizoram and Tripura. fected persons were released hijala district reported to the hospital af- “A true picture on the Covid-19 infec- trict tested positive for COVID-19 today, Heavy to very heavy rain is following their recovery from ter 20 days of developing fever and tion is important to draw up a compre- sources said. Sepahijala is one of the worst very likely to occur at isolat- the disease. With this, the to- ed places over Assam and cough,” said a senior Health Department hensive plan for the state to battle against affected districts due to COVID-19. Meghalaya. Heavy rain is tal number of patients dis- very likely to occur at isolat- charged across the State has ed places over Arunachal risen to 574. As of now, Aru- Pradesh, Nagaland, Ma- nachal Pradesh has 662 active nipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Mizoram reports 10 new cases in Sikkim cases. Three patients with co- Temperatures A CORRESPONDENT morbidities have already suc- Max (°C) Min (°C) 23 new cases cumbed to the virus. Of the 81 new cases, the Dibrugarh 31.8 24.1 CORRESPONDENT GANGTOK, July 28: Ten new cases of COVID-19 have been Tezpur 31.3 26.1 reported in Sikkim in the past 24 hours. Five of these cases Itanagar Capital Complex ac- Silchar 33.4 25.9 were found after RT-PCR tests. The rest five were confimed counted for 51. With this, the Dhubri 31.7 26.4 AIZAWL, July 28: With 23 new cases, Mizoram’s COVID-19 total number of positive cases tally today surged to 384. positive through rapid antigen tests. OBITUARY Jorhat 31.8 24.5 Meanwhile, 26 persons were discharged today, taking the in the State capital region has N Lakhimpur 30.2 24.4 Of the 23 new cases, 22 are Assam Rifles personnel who total number of cured patients to 174 in the State. risen to 675, including 341 Shillong 23.4 18.3 had returned from different States. They have been placed in The total active cases now stand at 380, and the cumulative active and 333 discharged cas- Cherrapunjee 26.0 17.8 quarantine facility and are asymptomatic. es along with one casualty. Aizawl 24.3 – The only civilian among the new cases is a 34-year-old man total has reached 555. The 10 new cases were admitted to COVID-19 wards today. Twelve cases were report- Kohima 25.0 18.2 who had returned from Nepal and was admitted to the Zoram ed from Tawang, nine from Pasighat 32.7 25.0 Four patients are in the ICU, a bulletin issued by the DG-cum- Medical College (ZMC) as he had developed symptoms. Changlang, four from Tirap, two Itanagar 29.5 24.3 Secretary of Health, Dr Pempa T Bhutia, stated. Imphal 30.6 22.4 Altogether, 358 swab samples were tested at the ZMC lab- from West Siang and one case Agartala 34.7 26.2 oratory on Monday. An official source said those who tested each from Lohit, Lower negative, included primary contacts of a doctor who tested 39 more cases in Meghalaya Dibang Valley and Upper positive for the virus last week. Siang districts. NSCN (R) cadre Meanwhile, five recovered patients were discharged today. STAFF CORRESPONDENT Of the 51 cases of the Itan- Obeisance to Bhabesh Chandra Dutta A three-year-old girl was discharged from the COVID Care agar Capital Complex, 32 The sad demise of Bhabesh Chandra Dutta, my elder brother, and, in held in Changlang Centre in Mamit district. Four cured patients – all National SHILLONG, July 28: Meghalaya today registered 39 new were confirmed at the Dokum fact, the pater familius of our large family has shaken us to the core. We keep meeting one another fairly frequently. Alas! from now onwards his CORRESPONDENT Disaster Response Force personnel – were discharged, two cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, taking the total Colony in Naharlagun and the active cases to 580. Most of these cases were reported from adjoining area, six detected absence on such occasions will be hugely conspicuous. Whenever I each from the ZMC and the COVID Care Centre, Thenzawl. met him I could notice that he exuded an atmosphere of warmth, ITANAGAR, July 28: Secu- Mizoram has so far reported 384 COVID-19 cases, of which the East Khasi Hills district. Meanwhile, six patients have at paid quarantine facilities geniality and friendliness. rity personnel nabbed a cadre 186 are active and 198 are recovered cases. also recovered from the infection during the same period. and two at the Banderdewa Dada's main hobby was travelling. Every year he used to visit quite a of the proscribed Naga outfit, An official source said 153 of the active cases belong to the The Meghalaya capital has been under a three-day lock- check gate. number of places in India. Also he visited many countries in Europe. NSCN (Reformation), from BSF, the Assam Rifles, the NDRF and the Army, which ac- down and on the second day today, Health authorities traced As per the health bulletin, Charitable by nature he lent a helping hand to the needy and the distressed as much as possible on his part. He was averse to snobbery Changlang on Monday, the po- count for over 80 per cent of these cases. contacts of high-risk persons in different parts here. 72 cases were found to be lice said today. Meanwhile, the district magistrate of East Khasi Hills dis- asymptomatic and nine are and ostentation. Mizoram has achieved a 50.26 per cent recovery rate and One very remarkable trait in his character amazed me, and that was, “Based on specific inputs no death has occurred in the State so far. trict has closed down the Lad Smit Market after a person who symptomatic. Of the 69 discharged cases, 47 were re- just a few days before his death, he looked quite unperturbed by the old about movement of an NSCN had reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, was found min- age ailments he was afflicted with. Till he breathed his last he defied to (R) cadre in Changlang town, a gling with shopkeepers and pedestrians. leased in the Itanagar Capi- submit to the icy hands of death much like a stoic. He passed away at joint team of Changlang District Nagaland cases tal Complex, 10 in Leparada, the ripe old age. He was 86. Police, 9th Assam Rifles and 149 702 active cases in Manipur nine in East Siang, two in East Today, 29th of July 2020, on the day of his 'AdyaShradha' I salute you, Bn CRPF, launched an opera- surge to 1,460 Kameng and one in Longding my dearest Dada. May your soul rest in eternal peace. tion on Monday evening. The CORRESPONDENT district. – Correspondent BHUPESH CH. DUTTA NSCN-R cadre, identified as NEWMAI NEWS Noksom Tangha (42), a resident IMPHAL, July 28: The total COVID-19 positive cases in of New Sallang village under DIMAPUR, July 28: Nagaland recorded a huge spike in Manipur today reached 2,317 with 702 active and 1,615 re- Changlang PS, has been appre- COVID-19 cases today with the detection of 75 fresh cases. covered cases. The recovery rate is 69.70 per cent, official hended,” Changlang SP Mihin This is the second highest number of cases after the 90 resources said. In the last 24 hours, 31 persons tested positive, Gambo said. ported in the State on July 23. while 56 others were discharged following recovery, a press Security forces also seized a According to Nagaland Health Minister Pangnyu Phom, 75 release stated. motorcycle and a mobile phone new cases of COVID-19 have been detected out of 450 test In another development, the Regional Institute of Medical from him. Gambo said that the results received. Out of these fresh cases, Kohima reported Sciences on Monday said normal health care services in de- arrested ultra was involved in 51 cases, Phek reported 10, Wokha reported seven, Mon and partments like Casualty, Emergency Obstetrics and Gynae- an extortion racket in Chang- Dimapur three each, and Tuensang reported one. cology, flu clinic, cancer treatment, PMR, Dental, etc., will lang district. The COVID-19 tally of Nagaland now stands at 1,460. function as usual though the General OPD is closed.

(Contd. from page 6) Sl. Gr. Name of Work No of Category Estimated District Bid Security Bid Tender Last date Date of Time of Eligibility of Sl. Gr. Name of Work No of Category Estimated District Bid Security Bid Tender Last date Date of Time of Eligibility of No. No. School Amount (in Rs.) Security Cost of receiving opening completion Tenderer vide No. No. School Amount (in Rs.) Security Cost of receiving opening completion Tenderer vide (Tender drawn in (in Rs.) Tender of Tender Govt. Order (Tender drawn in (in Rs.) Tender of Tender Govt. Order Value) favour of Documents Documents No. DASR. Value) favour of Documents Documents No. DASR. (in Rs.) at at 132/2018/2, (in Rs.) at at 132/2018/2, 14.00 hrs. 11.00 hrs dtd. 20.7.2018 14.00 hrs. 11.00 hrs dtd. 20.7.2018 54 TG-54 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Tinsukia 2,10,898.00 E.E., PWD. 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (eight) (A, B & C) 42 TG-42 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16.34,700,00 Tinsukia 6,32,694.00 E.E., PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29.08.2020 12 Class-I in Assam at Kehyung T.E. 1,05,449.00 Building months School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dihrugarh (twelve) (A & B) (for reserved Division, in Assam at 3,16,147.00 Building months Category)) Dibrugarh i) Dhelakhat T.E. (for reserved Division, ii) Hukanpukhuri T.E. Category) Dibrugarh 55 TG -55 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700,00 Dibrugarh 6,32.694.00 E.E. PWD 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29.08.2020 12 Class-I iii) Chandmari T.E. School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (twelve) (A & B) in Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months 43 TG-43 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Tinsukia 6,32,694,00 E.E., PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29.08.2020 12 Class-I i) Dikhari T.E. (for reserved Division, School lor Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (twelve) (A & B) ii) Tiloijaan T.T. Category) Dibrugarh in Assam at 3.16,347.00 Building months iii) Jamirah T.E. i) HansaraT.E. (for reserved Division ii) Rupai T.E. category) Dibrugarh 56 TG-56 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16.34,700.00 Dibrugarh 6.32,694,00 E.E, PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29.08.2020 12 Class-I iii) Daisajn T.E School For Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (twelve) (A & B) in Assam at 3,16,147.00 Building 44 TG-44 Construction of Model High 3 III 3, 16,34,700.00 Tinsukia 6,32.694,00 E.E., PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29.08.2020 12 Class-I i) Jalan T.E. at Hiloidhari (for reserved Division, School for Tea Garden Areas (for General Dibrugarh (twelve) (A & B) ii) Maijan T.E. Category) Dibrugarh in Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months iii) Makulhari T.E. i) Margherita T.E. (for reserved Division. ii) Pengeree T.E. category) Dibrugarh 57 TG-57 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34.700.00 Dibrugarh 6,32,694.00 E.E, PWD 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29.08.2020 12 Class-I iii) Powai T.E. School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (twelve) (A & B) in Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months 45 TG-45 Construction of Model High 3 III 3,16,34,700.00 Tinsukia 6,32.694.00 E.E. PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29.08.2020 12 Class-I i) NamsangT.E (for reserved Division, School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (twelve) (A & B) ii) Jaloni, T.E. Calegory) Dibrugarh in Assam at 3,16,347.00 Building months iii) Dilli T.E. i) Laina T.E. (for reserved Division, 58 TG-58 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Dibrugarh 4,21,796.00 E.E.PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27.08.2020 10 Class-I ii) Sankar T.E category) Dibrugarh School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (ten) (A & B) 46 TG-46 Construction of Model Highi 3 III 3.1634.700.00 Tinsukia 6,32,694.00 E.E., PWD, 9,490.00 28-08-2020 29.08.2020 12 Class-I in Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months school for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (twelve) (A & B) i) HalumariT.E (for reserved Division, in Assam at 3,16.347.00 Building months ii) Nilmoni T.E Category) Dibrugarh i) Rongagorah T.E (for reserved Division, 59 TG -59 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Dibrugarh 4.21,796.00 E.E. PWD, 6,327.00 26-08-2020 27.08.2020 10 Class-I ii) HapjanT.E calegory) Dibrugarh Schooll for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (ten) (A & B) iii) Bozaloni T.E in Assam at 2.10.898.00 Building months 47 TG-47 Construction of Model High 2 II 2,10,89,800.00 Tinsukia 4,21,796.00 E.E., PWD, 6.327.00 26-08-2020 27.08.2020 10 Class-I i) Tarajan T.E (for reserved Division, School for Tea Garden Areas (for general) Dibrugarh (ten) (A & B) ii) Dirial T.E Category) Dibrugarh in Assam at 2,10,898.00 Building months 60 TG -60 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Dibrugarh 2,10,898.00 E.E., PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I i) Samdang T,E (for reserved Division, School For Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (eight) (A, B & C) ii) DeamolieT.E Category Dibrugarh in Assam at Teenali T.E. 1,05.449,00 Building months 48 TG-48 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05.44,900.00 Tinsukia 2,10,898.00 E.E, PWD 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I (for reserved Division. School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (eight) (A, B & C) Category) Dibrugarh in Assam at Balijan T.E 1,05,449,00 Building months 61 TG-61 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Dibrugarh 2,10,898.00 E.E. PWD. 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I (for reserved Division, School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (eight) (A, B & C) Category) Dibrugarh in Assam at Wilton TG LPS 1,05,449.00. Building months 49 TG-49 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44.900.00 Tinsukia 2,10,898.00 E.E., PWD 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I (for reserved Division. School for Tea Garden Areas (for general) Dibrugarh (eight) (A, B & C) Calegory) Dibrugarh in Assam at Hatimara T.E/ 1,05,449.00 Building months Sd/- Chief Engineer, PWD, (Building), Assam Keheng, T.E. (for reserved Division, Chandmari, Guwahati- 3 Category) Dibrugarh NOTE: 50 TG-50 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Tinsukia 2,10,898.00 E.E., PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I 1. Pre-bid meeting: Date & Time: 11:00 hrs. of 10-08-2020. School for Tea Garden Areas (for general) Dibrugarh (eight) (A, B & C) Venue : Office of the Chief Engineer. P.W.D. (Bldg), Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati- 3 in Assam at DairnukhiaT.E 1,05,449,00 Building months 2. Online mode of submission for both Technical and Financial Bid is mandatory. (for reserved Division, 3. A hard copy of the technical bid submitted online is also to be submitted at the office chamber of the undersigned on or before 24.08.2020 up to 2:00 pm for Category-I, 26.08.2020 up to Category) Dibrugarh 2:00 pm for Category-II & 28.08.2020 up to 2:00 pm for Category-III for evaluation purpose. For any discrepancy between the online bid and the hard copy of the bid, the online bid will govern 51 TG-51 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Tinsukia 2,10.898.00 E.E., PWD. 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I and will he considered for evaluation. School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (eight) (A, B & C)) 4. Along with the hard copy of the technical bid, the foIlowing documents (in Original) must also be submitted on or before 24.08.2020 up to 2:00 pm for Category-I, 26.08.2020 up to 2:00 pm in Assam at Sabitri T.E 1,05,449,00 Building months for Category-II & 28.08.2020 up to 2:00 pm for Category-III. (for reserved Division. a. Original Power of Attorney for signing the BID, if any. Category) Dibrugarh b. Bid Security in the form of Original TDR/ FDR/ Bank Guarantee from a Nationalised/ Scheduled Bank. c. Original DD/ Banker’s Cheque of the specified amount against the works should be in favour of “Assam State Road Board Maintenance (Roads) Fund” A/C No.10566991479 of S.B.I, 52 TG-52 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Tinsukia 2,10.898.00 E.E., PWD, 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class New Guwahati Branch of Branch Code No. 00221 towards cost of Bid documents for the job. School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (eight) (A. B & C) 5. Bidders are advised to scan their Technical Papers at a resolution of 100 dpi (in Black & White mode) in ".pdf" format for multiple pages with maximum file size of 25 MB. If the file size in Assam at Deohal T.E 1,05,449,00 Building months exceeds 25 MB, the bidders are advised to create multiple files and upload the same in “Upload Additional Document” stage. (for reserved Division, 6. In the event of date of bid opening being a holiday the activities will take place on the next working day. Category) Dibrugarh 7. All the interested bidders are requested to read the bid document carefully before submission of their bid. 53 TG-53 Construction of Model High 1 I 1,05,44,900.00 Tinsukia 2,10,898.00 E.E., PWD 3,163.00 24-08-2020 25-08-2020 8 Class-I 8. The estimated amount (Tender amount) may vary and the Tender amount uploaded in the Detailed NIT shall be treated as final. School for Tea Garden Areas (for General) Dibrugarh (eight) (A, B & C) 9. The Bidders are advised to visit the construction sites prior to submission of Bids in consultation with respective Executive Engineers. in Assam at DheIghat T.E. 1,05.449.00 Building months 10. The Govt. Assam Advisories/Notifications regarding COVID-19 for Construction Sites are to be followed. (for reserved Division, Sd/- Chief Engineer, P. W.D (Building), Assam Category) Dibrugarh Janasanyog/C/2475/20 Chandmari, Guwahati-3 8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI STATE WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 NEWS IN BRIEF Forced donations banned CM urges youth to work hard for a strong future TEZPUR, July 28: The District Magistrate of Sonitpur Manvendra Pratap Singh has under Section 144 of the CORRESPONDENT Speaking on the occasion, colourful history. Earlier on CrPC banned the forceful collection of money in the form Minister for Cultural Affairs, Monday, the Chief Minister of donations/ subscriptions from any vehicle, bike riders or BISWANATH CHARIA- Archaeology and Libraries had inaugurated the renovat- pedestrians, household, shop, office, business establish- LI, July 28: Chief Minister and Water Resources, Kes- ed historical Sootea Police ment, industries, etc., with immediate effect. Moreover, Sarbananda Sonowal inaugu- hab Mahanta said that Sarba- Station established in 1913. forceful stopping of vehicles for the purpose has also been rated the renovated histori- nanda Sonowal, as Chief Min- He had assured that the call banned. Any violation of this order will invite penal action cal Gohpur police station to- ister, has been involved in the for setting up of a number of as per law, the order stated. – Correspondent day. Addressing a function on preservation of historical government offices at Sootea Smuggling bid aborted the occasion, the Chief Min- monuments of Assam and would be considered positive- DHUBRI, July 28: Dhubri Police along with the 67th ister said that even at the various ethnic groups. In ly. He assured that appropri- Battalion of BSF recently seized 3000 pieces of pants and time when the British ruled addition to allocating Rs 25 ate steps would be taken for 48 sarees manufactured in India, while they were being the world, the people of crore for the conservation of the construction of a modern smuggled to Bangladesh, from a boat at a char of the Gohpur, Sootea, Dhekiajuli, bird sanctuaries, the Central stadium at Sootea. The Chief Ghewmari river, approaching the international border. etc., had taken up the cause of government has also taken Minister also laid the founda- Police informed that though the smugglers fled, but they bravery against the British steps to make Sivasagar dis- tion stone of Sootea Inspec- apprehended one Shahadat Ali of village Gachpara, under Dhubri PS. Meanwhile, another 38 cattle suspected to be guns. Such unparalleled cour- trict one of the five iconic sites tion Bungalow which is to be meant for smuggling were seized at Boro balarchar, on the age proves how strong the in the country as a result of constructed at an estimated Gangadhar River ghat under Tamarhat PS and on Monday, Assamese nation is. the efforts of the present gov- cost of Rs 1 crore. police again seized 11 cattle suspected to be stolen from The Chief Minister, there- ernment. He said that the Pallav Lochan Das, MP from Adabari Part-I under Dhubri PS. – Correspondent fore, urged the new genera- protection of Gohpur and Tezpur Lok Sabha constituen- tion to work hard for a strong Sootea police stations, which cy, MLAs Padma Hazarika, COVID-19 death in Morigaon future seeking inspiration are associated with the histo- Pramod Borthakur and Utpal MORIGAON, July 28: One Satya Charan Biswas (75), from the colourful pages of our Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inspecting historic documents preserved at the newly- ry of India's freedom strug- Bora also spoke on the occa- former Principal of Hari Charan Sarkar Higher Secondary constructed building of Gohpur Police Station at Gohpur in Biswanath district, on Tuesday. – history. Referring to the gle, has been done on the in- sion. Cultural Affairs Secre- School, Bhuragaon died yesterday at his own residence at UB Photos Bhuragaon due to the COVID-19 infection. This is the present era as the era of com- structions of the Chief Minis- tary Madhurima Sen Baruah, first death case of Covid-19 in Morigaon district confirmed petition, the Chief Minister en special steps in this direc- ology, Keshab Mahanta, to ple to show their grievances ter. He said that the Archae- Archaeology Director Deep- official source. His sample was found positive after his also called upon the new gen- tion since taking over the reins take steps to digitise the his- if there is any malpractice in ology department has made irekha Kauli, Biswanath Dep- death. Meanwhile a total of 51 COVID-19 positive cases eration to take up the cause of of government. He also said torical documents preserved the government. arrangements for the preser- uty Commissioner Dhruva- were reported in Morigaon district upto 5 pm yesterday progress in all walks of life. that the present government in the Gohpur police station. Before the unveiling of the vation of the police station in jyoti Das and many others putting the affected tally at 496. – Correspondent Only then the Assamese na- has been making concerted He called upon the people to reconstructed building of this the same way as it used to be. were present on the occasion. Hog deer poacher held tion will be able to provide efforts to analyse the resourc- play a leading role in main- historic police station today, Minister for Handicraft The Chief Minister also NAGAON, July 28: Forest personnel of Nagaon Wildlife world leadership, he said. es and potential of Assam by taining peace and harmony in the Chief Minister paid hom- and Textiles, Ranjit Dutta visited Pabhoi Green, an or- Division arrested one poacher from Batuli Chapori, first Recognising the impor- adopting the ‘Discovery of Assam in the future. Noting age to all the martyrs of the said that today is a memora- ganic farm at Pabhoi, the Kaly- addition to the Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonit- tance of preserving history Assam’ programme. that the present government freedom struggle. He also ble day and the preservation ani Temple at Deepora and pur district on Sunday last. More than 800 grams of hog and archeological monu- The Chief Minister direct- has always respected posi- browsed through the histor- of this famous police station the erosion-affected sites at deer meat was recovered from his possession. The ar- ments, Sonowal said that the ed the Minister-in-Charge of tive criticism, the Chief Min- ic diaries, information etc., will enable future generations Behali during his programme rested poacher has been identified as Ahadul Islam (37) present government has tak- the Department of Archae- ister also called upon the peo- kept inside the police station. to get acquainted with our in the district. of Batuli Chapori under Thelamara PS in Sonitpur district. The operation was carried out by the staff of Dhania range under the Division led by Grade I Forester, Khairul Islam. – A Correspondent Corpses do not Man drowns in Brahmaputra TEZPUR, July 28: Sibo Kumar Karki (50), son of late Phul Bahadur Karki of Burha chapori (Dhaniasuti) under spread COVID-19: Tezpur Police Station drowned while bringing fodder for livestock from an islet of the Brahmaputra on Monday. – Correspondent Cachar DC STAFF CORRESPONDENT are taken care of by body han- dlers as suggested in the SILCHAR, July 28: As spec- guidelines.” He elaborated on ulations regarding spread of how bodies of COVID-19 cas- COVID-19 virus from dead ualties are packed as per the bodies is doing rounds across guidelines issued by Govern- Barak valley, the Cachar district ment of India on March 15 and administration along with doc- the SoP by the State Govern- tors from the Silchar Medical ment on April 7 this year. Su- College and Hospital (SMCH) perintendent of SMCH, Dr and political leaders have come Abhijit Swamy said that the forward to dispel the doubts. bodies of the deceased were With schools remaining closed for an indefinite period In a meeting held on Mon- sent to cremation or burial Dhubri Police personnel in association with Astha group distributing flood relief materials at Kuntir Char area near Dhubri town due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a boy extending a on Monday. – Photo: Irfan Khondker helping hand in paddy cultivation at Kamargaon in day, Deputy Commissioner grounds after proper sanitisa- Dergaon. – Photo: Sanjoy Kumar Hazarika Keerthi Jalli said, “there is tion and multilayered packing. nothing to fear or panic once a Silchar MP Dr Rajdeep Roy Stolen cellphones recovered COVID-19 patient succumbs said that since there is no prec- Sivasagar demonstrators UDALGURI, July 28: The Udalguri Police led by OC to the disease and there are no edent of anyone getting infect- Tangla and his team apprehended two thieves and also chances of contamination ed from a dead body of a coro- recovered 13 mobile handsets of different makes and spreading from such a dead na victim, all kinds of rumours demand Akhil’s release accessories from their possession, on Monday. – Corre- body. The national guidelines must be brushed aside. Silchar, CORRESPONDENT leaders, better treatment to and undemocratic policies of Baldev Telly, who was appre- spondent on how to handle dead bodies MLA Dilip Kumar Paul men- the detainees who have test- the government will contin- hended by the Army on al- Bail for BJP leader are being strictly adhered to.” tioned that one of the four cre- She sought cooperation matoriums inside the Silchar SIVASAGAR, July 28: ed COVID-19 positive and to ue till the aforementioned leged charges of clandestine DOOMDOOMA, July 28: A college girl from Line No.- Several local organisations refrain from adopting alleged leaders are set free. arms supply which the dem- 18 of Koomsong Tea Estate under Kakopothar PS filed an from religious leaders and crematorium must be demar- urged them not to fall prey to cated solely for disposing of here organised protest dem- vindictive steps taken by the They added that the pro- onstrators claimed was con- FIR at Kakopothar PS on Saturday evening against Manoj onstrations in various parts BJP government against the test in front of the historic spiratorial. Manki, the state general secretary of BJP Chah Morcha the rumours and to spread the dead bodies of COVID victims. of the district against the con- KMSS leaders. Rangghar is only the begin- Stephen Lakra and Deben and a resident of Line No.-6 of the same tea estate alleg- message loud and clear. Jalli It may be mentioned that ing that Manki had sent her some obscene proposals added to say that the COVID- Additional Deputy Commis- tinuous detention of Akhil Pronoy Hazarika, joint ning of a bigger demonstra- Urang, president and secre- through Facebook. Though police registered a case (No. - 19 victims must be accorded sioner, Sumit Sattawan has Gogoi, Debangana Kalita, secretary of KMSS, Ritumo- tion by uniting all democrat- tary of ATTSA said in a re- 26/2020), but the accused was not arrested. Consequent- the last respects at the time of urged the heads of all religious Adivasi leader Baldev Telly ni Hazarika, organising sec- ic forces. lease that security agencies ly, hundreds of people staged a dharna in front of Kako- cremation or burial. leaders, political leaders and and other anti-CAA leaders. retary, Manob Dutta, district Similar demonstrations have failed to justify the ar- pothar PS on Sunday afternoon and demanded immediate Professor and Head, De- others to work together to A symbolic human chain secretary of Chatra Mukti were reported from Moran, rest of the anti-CAA leaders arrest of the BJP leader who is in his 50s. Later, Manki partment of Forensic Medi- raise awareness among the was formed in front of the Sangram Samity and 11 oth- Amguri, Demow and Mah- as yet and the government surrendered at the Doomdooma PS on Sunday evening cine, Dr Gunajit Das said, masses regarding the wrong historic Rangghar by mem- ers were later arrested by mora during the last couple has neglected the UN and the and he was arrested. But, later police released him on bers of Krishak Mukti San- Sivasagar Police. of days. In Mahmora, AAT- Supreme Court directives to bail. – Correspondent “since aerosols are not pro- notions of COVID spread. ADC duced by dead bodies, so chanc- Rajib Roy, Principal of SMCH, gram Samiti yesterday with The leaders told media- TA demanded immediate re- release all detainees in the Flood relief distributed es of infection become almost Dr. Babul Bezbaruah among placards demanding uncondi- persons that their struggle lease of KMSS leader Akhil wake of the COVID-19 pan- GORESWAR, July 28: Dabur India Ltd, through a re- nil and necessary precautions others were also present. tional release of the anti-CAA against the alleged divisive Gogoi and Adivasi leader demic. puted NGO ‘Uttar Betna Samaj Sangskarak Bahini' (UB- SSB) of Maharipara distributed relief to the flood-affected people of Goreswar in Baksa district on Sunday. Food Scientist delivers online lecture material packets containing rice, masur dal, potatoes, Floods on canvas: Depicting the STAFF CORRESPONDENT stated that Dr Rao delivered mustard oil, soap, salt along with a mosquito net were the lecture on the topic ‘Sci- distributed among at least 173 families. The relief items also included products of the company like fruit juice, JORHAT, July 28: As part ence Shapes Our Life: Past paste etc. The distribution process was monitored by plight of a marooned village of the lecture series under Present and Future’. Swrjisuma Basumatary, Senior Officer (CSR), Manjit Das, CSIR-Summer Research Dr Rao explained how sci- HR manager and Sayan Deuri, a faculty of Tezpur Uni- youngsters from North La- Training Programme-2020, ence shapes our life, how sci- versity. – ANN Service khimpur – Bitopan Saikia, Ra- coordinated by the CSIR- ence and different disciplines Jagiroad COVID-19 cases jib Duwori, Ikramul Haque, NEIST at Pulibor here, an contributed in shaping life. Riponjyoti Das and Bikram online lecture was delivered He encouraged students to JAGIROAD, July 28: Within the last 24 hours, four more Gogoi and rapper Kuldeep COVID-19 positive cases were detected in Jagiroad area by eminent scientist Dr feel the excitement of sci- Saikia joined hands drawing on Sunday evening. The newly-tested COVID-19 per- Chandra Mohan Rao, Former ence, the note mentioned. sons of different regions under Jagiroad LAC have been paintings on the spot in the af- Director of CSIR’s Centre Earlier, the CSIR-NEIST identified as Chantush Bhattacharya (56) of Jagiroad, Uj- fected village on Sunday. They for Cellular and Molecular Director Dr G Narahari Sas- jal Bordoloi (42) of Nellie, Dimi Deka (16) and Gita Das also launched an online cam- Biology (CCMB). try welcomed the speaker (36) of Ahatguri. The positive cases have been admitted paign for the village which has A CSIR-NEIST press note and all the viewers. in District COVID-19 Hospitals in Morigaon district, said been subjected to the State’s Dr Arun Nath, District Nodal Officer. – Correspondent apathy for years. Five noted artists from Bhabesh Dutta: a tribute Plasma donation at North Lakhimpur – Raju Das, Bhabesh Dutta, 86 passed his young age, he was active- Nilim Mahanta, Miftaul Rah- away quietly on July 19, 2020 ly associated with Maharana man, Bidyut Kalita and Mino in Guwahati surrounded by Football Club of Guwahati. In SMCH soon Patir drew ten paintings on his three griev- later years, he STAFF CORRESPONDENT the present flood condition of ing daughters and became a life the village on that day. The their families. member of Hari SILCHAR, July 28: Following government instructions to price of each painting was He was a trav- Sabha, Panbazar popularise plasma donation to cure COVID-19 patients, the fixed at Rs 3000. Four paint- eller even before and regularly ex- programme will soon start at the Silchar Medical College and FARHANA AHMED lage marooned every year artists from North Lakhim- ings were already sold on the travelling became tended his serv- Hospital (SMCH). during floods. The villagers’ pur has come forward in a spot. The money received popular. He visit- ice there. Addressing the media on Monday, SMCH principal Dr Babul NORTH LAKHIMPUR, just demands for a bridge unique way to create aware- from selling the paintings ed nearly all the He still kept his Kumar Bezbaruah said, “we have received a letter from the states in India family together July 28: Silikhaguri, a village over Somdiri has been fall- ness and raise funds to pro- would be spent in providing government regarding plasma donation and accordingly, steps from popular cit- being the eldest on the confluence of Suban- ing on deaf ears of the con- vide some succour to the relief materials to the villag- are being taken to start it here.” ies like Delhi, Mumbai to brother among five brothers siri and its tributary Som- cerned authorities for marooned villagers, situated ers, the organisers said. Till Monday morning, 237 active COVID-19 patients were ones where tourists are un- and one sister and an extend- It may be mentioned that undergoing treatment at the hospital, Dr Bezbaruah informed. diri under Azad Gaon Pan- years. This time too, Si- less than 10 km away from heard of like a small village, ed family that loved and adored the people of the Bhogman- While Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma is constantly appealing to chayat in North Lakhimour likhaguri is marooned once the district headquarter. Tamarpukur of West Bengal him. No family function took persons who have recovered as symptomatic COVID-19 cas- Revenue Circle gets sub- again with entire village Dikpal Lahon, a young art- Silikhaguri village lack all or a seaside village in Tamil place without him. And when es to come forward and donate plasma, the Minister of State merged by the rising levels reeling under water. ist and social activist is lead- minimum civic amenities Nadu. And he then left the we grieved over our losses he for Health Pijush Hazarika in his recent visit to the hospital of water of both the rivers To draw the attention of the ing the initiative to bring art- like roads, pure drinking wa- shores of India and visited the was always the quiet strong also reiterated the move for plasma donation. every year. The lack of road authorities towards the ists to draw the plight of flood ter and sanitary toilets be- major cities in Europe that one who took us in his arms The government has named District Media Expert Suman connectivity from the rest plight of No. 2 Bhogman Si- of Bhogman-Silikhaguri vil- sides having to bear the an- his mother told him about. and taught us to move on. Choudhury as the nodal officer for plasma donation at the SMCH. of the district leaves the vil- likhaguri, a group of young lage on canvas. A group of nual ordeal of floods. Being a good sportsman at – Sumita Dutta WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 STATE THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9 Dibrugarh 46 new cases Tinsukia dist tally at 1,043 Laokhowa-Burhachapori sanctuary in Golaghat DOOMDOOMA, July 28: The total number of COVID-19 Covid tally positive cases in Tinsukia district has crossed 1,000 mark. at 1313 district A total of 39 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in becoming a breeding ground for big cats CORRESPONDENT the district on Tuesday, till the filing of this report. OUR BUREAU Most of these cases were detected in the community. A CORRESPONDENT era traps and the trapping ex- The picture of a Royal Bengal Tiger captured DERGAON, July 28: After With these 39 cases, the total number of positive cases has DIBRUGARH, July 28: The ercise has revealed the pres- by a camera trap inside the sanctuary. the detection of 46 new pos- increased to 1,043 in the district of which 818 patients have total number of COVID-19 NAGAON, July 28: The ence of four Royal Bengal Ti- itive cases, the number of ac- been released from hospitals, stated in the district COVID-19 cases in Dibrugarh district to- presence of two cubs of Roy- gers including the two cubs, tive cases has increased to 467 bulletin issued by the DIPRO, Tinsukia. – Correspondent day reached 1313, with 58 new al Bengal Tiger trapped by Ram said, adding that it is sus- and cumulative active cases positive cases detected today. cameras installed in the pected that there might be increased to 1489 in Golaghat Of the 1313 patients, 620 have Laokhowa-Burhachapori another fully grown tiger of district as on Tuesday. been discharged. wildlife sanctuary recently and the same kind in the first ad- Out of the cumulative The break-up of the detec- the presence of a Royal Ben- dition to the Laokhowa-Bur- positive cases in the district, tions are as follows: one pa- gal Tiger in the sanctuary hachapori wildlife sanctuary 1022 were discharged and tient each at Milannagar, As- have categorically proved it and an intensive trapping ex- 1 died so far due to Covid sam Medical College, as one of the few established ercise would be carried out and another 2 died infected Khowang railway station, Na- breeding grounds for tigers soon after the flood to capture with Covid but with co- liapool, Chaulkhowa, Chabua, in North East India. Laokhowa-Burhachapori other, the sources added. photos of the tiger. morbidities. Graham Bazar, Sukanpukhu- Sources in the Wildlife Di- wildlife sanctuary. This event Speaking to this corre- The DFO said the DIPRO in-charge Papu ri, Chiring Chapori, Chowkid- vision claimed that earlier in has established Laokhowa- spondent on Tuesday, TC Laokhowa-Burhachapori Gogoi said that among the inghee, Mancotta, Borbari, 2013, an adult tigress had been Burhachapori wildlife sanctu- Ranjith Ram, DFO, Nagaon wildlife sanctuary is playing a new cases, 32 were detect- Subhashpalli, Gabharupathar, first successfully trapped by ary as a tiger habitat and cor- Wildlife Division, said a cen- pivotal role towards maintained through RAT (Rapid An- Paltanbazar army camp, San- cameras in the Laokhowa- ridor components of the sus was conducted by the di- ing an obstruction-free corri- tigen Test) out of which 11 tipara, Lachitnagar. Burhachapori sanctuary, buff- greater central Assam con- vision in the current year as a dor for migrating wildlife of are jail inmates, 6 from NRL, The other cases have been er complex of the Kaziranga servancy landscape compris- participatory exercise in Kaziranga and Orang Nation- 13 from Mission Testing detected elsewhere in the dis- tiger reserve. It was found ing Kaziranga to the east, which volunteers, as well as al Parks and also ensuring the Centre, 2 from SKKCH trict as well as in other locali- that the female tiger had mi- Orang to the west with the researchers, were involved. healthy genetic exchange be- while 14 others were test- ties of the city here. grated from the eastern mighty Brahmaputra acting as Significantly, the elusive tween metapopulation of the ed through RTPCR (real- Burglary cases increas- range of the Kaziranga Na- an umbilical cord joining all mother and the calves were central Assam conservancy time reverse transcription ing : Amid the COVID-19 tional Park all the way to the these components with each documented in one of the cam- landscape. polymerase chain reaction). pandemic, robbers are mak- Among these new cases, 6 ing the most of the dawn-to- are from passengers, 17 dusk curfew hours in the city 49 villages reeling under 61 test positive in others and 23 from contact here. Barely a week after five tracing. shops were looted in Boirag- flood in Sivasagar Among these, 4 cases in- imoth area, burglars broke Nalbari dist cluding a minor boy are from into another two hardware CORRESPONDENT Four medical teams and CORRESPONDENT Dergaon. Three persons shops near The Assam Trib- three veterinary teams have been found positive at une office here and carried SIVASAGAR, July 28: have been pressed into NALBARI, July 28 : A total of 61 persons, including three Dergaon Kamargaon while away cash, computer sets and Forty-nine villages are still service in the flood-affect- nurses of Nalbari Swahid Mukunda Kakati Civil Hospital one was found at Hanhpani. sanitary fittings worth nearly reeling under the current ed regions of Demow and and nine police personnel, have tested COVID-19 positive He also said that a total of four lakhs. wave of flood in Sivasagar Sivasagar. today. A panic situation gripped the maternity ward of the 122 inmates are in the quar- The burglars stole compu- district – 43 villages fall un- Due to very heavy rainfall hospital after three nurses working in the ward tested antine centres. ter desktop, laptop, CCTV der Sivasagar Revenue Cir- during the last 48 hours, wa- positive. The hospital authority immediately shifted the Golaghat Deputy Com- DVR, mixture fittings, water cle and 6 villages fall under ter levels of the Desung and patients to another ward. missioner has urged all to pumps, CP fittings etc., be- Demow Revenue Circle. Darika rivers are rising. It may be mentioned here that in the district all total 13 maintain COVID-19 protocol sides about Rs 30,000 cash According to the govern- KNA Motors, Bhatiapar doctors including the superintendent of Nalbari Swahid in letter and spirit for break- from Viabhav Sanitation shop ment flood report today, representing Ashok Ley- Mukunda Kakati Civil Hospital have tested COVID-19 ing the chain of the virus. and about Rs 10,000 cash and 1,453 hectares of crop land land and Hinduja Group, positive. As a result, the scarcity of doctors has caused hardware items worth about in the district is now under distributed relief materials concern in the district since the number of COVID-19 Rs 3000 from Pee Gee En- flood water and 25,080 peo- in Rupohimukh, among 220 patients is increasing. No. BPM.61/2018/15 terprise. ple have been affected. families. Meanwhile, the president of Nalbari district BJP Dr CANCELLATION Mriganka Talukdar has also tested positive and he is now NOTICE Covid positive under home isolation. The Nalbari district administration The Press Notice issued vide this office letter No. BPM.61/ closed the Mukalmua community health centre after two mother gives 2018/11 dtd. 10.07.2020 doctors of the hospital tested positive yesterday. According inviting Expression of Interest birth to a to official sources, total positive cases in the district has (E O I) from Architects/ gone up to 506 till today. Architectural Consultants have healthy baby been cancelled. CORRESPONDENT Sd/- Chief Engineer, COVID-19 cases cross PWD (Building) Assam, BONGAIGAON, July 28: Chandmari, Guwahati- 3 A COVID-19 positive moth- Janasanyog/C/2468/20 er, suffering from obstructed 1,000 mark in Darrang prolonged labour pain, gave CORRESPONDENT No.ALPCO/T/01/20/(prt)/48 birth to a healthy female baby NOTICE INVITING TENDER following surgery conducted MANGALDAI, July 28: With as many as 71 fresh by a team of doctors and med- COVID-19 positive cases being detected on Tuesday, the Sealed Tenders are hereby invited on behalf of the Assam Livestock & Poultry Corporation Ltd. Khanapara, Guwahati, from reputed and experienced contractors, machinery suppliers/ No. CE/STBR/NLCPR/Demand/UC/96/2016-17/33 ical staff at the Bongaigaon overall figure of COVID-19 positive cases in Darrang manufacturers/authorized agents for various works under RIDF-XXV at different places in PRESS NOTICE INVITING TENDER Civil Hospital here today. district has crossed 1,000 mark. Assam as below: However, the newborn Till the filing of this report, the COVID-19 positive cases (e-Procurement) Sl. No. Works Location The Chief Engineer, PWD (Border Roads & NEC Work), was found COVID-19 nega- in the district stand at 1,030. Out of these, 423 cases are tive and the present condi- active in the district whereas 607 patients have been 1 Minor works under Khanapara, Sonapur, Golaghat & Assam on behalf of Government of Assam invites bids for Rejuvenation of Farms Birubari execution of the project “Construction of RCC Br. No. 29/1 (At tion of both mother and baby discharged after recovery. In the last 48 hours, the district 2 Establishment of Animal Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Bridge Gap) on Kuhimari Borduwa Road (SH-15) including is stable, the doctors of the recorded altogether 163 positive cases. Husbandry products Lakhimpur, Tezpur, Nagaon, Diphu, approaches and protection work under NLCPR (Balance hospital confirmed. marketing outlet (10 units) Silchar, Golaghat, Azara work) in PWD Morigaon District Territorial Road Division” of The team included Dr Assam from eligible contractors for amounting to Rs. Gautam Das (gynaecologist), Dhubri dist witnessing Those having a certified good track record of completing projects in time bound manner for 255.38093 Lakh (Approx) State/Central Govt. and other reputed Agencies may participate. Last date for dropping of Dr MM Rahman (anaesthet- completed tender papers is 25.08.2020 up to 4.00 P.M. Details may be seen at the website http:// ist), Dr MI Ahmed (paedia- assamtenders.gov.in and also in the office of the rise in positive cases Tender papers of the works and other details may be obtained from the Engineering Cell of trician); staff nurses Mijing the office of the undersigned on payment of required fees during working hours from 03.08.2020 undersigned during office hours. CORRESPONDENT Sd/- Chief Engineer, PWD (Border Roads & NEC Work) Brahma, Anita Kalita and up to 23.08.2020 Janasanyog/CF/1214/20 Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3 Laxmi Chetry; operation Sd/- Managing Director theatre boy Satra Sing Roy DHUBRI, July 28: Although the community spread of Assam Livestock & Poultry Corporation and cleaner Kiran Basfor. COVID-19 has not yet been confirmed by the district Janasanyog/CF/1218/20 Khanapara, Guwahati-22 No. II-8/Pt. III/2018/ This was the first such case administration, there has been a spike in infections during TENDER NOTICE reported in Bongaigaon dis- the last few days in Dhubri district. On Tuesday, 22 fresh COVID-19 cases were detected, INVITING TENDER NOTICE Sealed quotations affixing non-refundable Court Fee Stamp trict amid ongoing COVID- 19 emergency. while on Monday, 63 such cases were found in Dhubri O.O. No. 24(A) of Rs. 8.25/- (Rupees Eight and paisa twenty five) only are Tender affixing Non-refundable Court fees of Rs. 8.25 (Rupees Eight and twenty five paisa) only are invited invited from calibration agencies accredited by National district. Nine more persons from the district were found positive outside the district. from the valid registered Contractor having experience in Plantation and Nursery for the following works and Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories as Minor drowns will be received by the undersigned up to 3.00 P.M. on 06.08.2020 and with be opened on the same day and per ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for calibration of equipments/ STAFF CORRESPONDENT However, according to COVID-19 checklist till the filing place at 3.30 P.M. in presence of intending Tenderers or their authorized agent- glassware of the State Public Health laboratory, Assam, of this report, 629 persons have recovered and have been Sl. Name of the Works App. Value 2% Earnest Money, Time of Eligibility of Bamunimaidam, Guwahati-21 for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. released and most of them are now under home quarantine, DIBRUGARH, July 28: A No. of the for General 1% Completion Contractor The list of the items alongwith specifications can be obtained six-year-old child is learnt to leaving 259 active cases. works for SC/ST/OBC from the office of the undersigned or can be downloaded from have drowned after falling into Talking to this correspondent through text message, the official website – www.sphlassam.org . The rates should 1 Maintenance of 1.5 hect. 7,00,328/- 14007/- for Genl. & One year (till Registered the flood water in Dodhia Dhubri Deputy Commissioner Ananat Lal Gyani said the Nursery at Saibari, 7003/- for 31st March/ Contractor with be quoted excluding taxes. Quotations complete in all respects Tengabari under Chabua rev- district administration is doing its best to check if there is under Koklabari S.F. SC/ST/OBC/MOBC 2021) Experience including GST No., Tax clearance Certificate, NABL enue circle today. The boy iden- any community spread of the disease. Beat, Patacharkuchi accreditation Certificate etc. must reach the undersigned within Till today, the district health services along with the 15 (fifteen) days from the date of issue of this Tender Notice. tified as Vishal Narah, is the Detailed particulars of the works may be seen in the office of the undersigned during office hours in any working day. The undersigned reserves the right to accept or reject any son of Govinda Narah and Pra- district administration have increased the number of tests The tender paper & terms & condition may be obtain from the office of the undersigned up to 4.00 P.M. on or all tenders without assigning any reason thereof. bhabati Narah. that are being done in the district. 04.08.2020 by payment of Rs. 500.00 in the form of Bankers cheque / Demand draft in favour of the Divisional The tenders will be opened at 1-00 PM on 18.08.2020 in Forest officer, Social Forestry Division, Barpeta. presence of the tenderers or their authorized representatives If the date of receiving of the tender papers to be an unforeseen Bandha/holiday the Tender will be received/ in the office of the undersigned. opened on the next working day at the same time and place. Sd/- Food Analyst to the Govt. of Assam, Sd/- Divisional Forest Officer Guwahati-21. Janasanyog/C/2501/20 Social Forestry Division, Barpeta. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– No. II-8/Pt. III/2018/ TENDER NOTICE No. ALPCO/T/01/20/(prt-I)/34 Sealed quotations affixing non-refundable Court Fee Stamp NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER of Rs. 8.25/- (Rupees Eight and paisa twenty five) only are The Managing Director, Assam Livestock and Poultry Corporation Ltd. on behalf of the Governor of Assam invited from the Authorised Dealers/Suppliers /Manufacturers invites bids for the following Turnkey Project under RIDF-XXV. The Bidders must be registered with the E- for supply of “Chemicals/Reagents/Apparatus/Equipments tendering system provider also. Details of the bids will be available in the portal http://assam.etenders.in from etc.” to the State Public Health laboratory, Assam, 10.01 am 02.08.2020 onwards. Bamunimaidam, Guwahati-21 for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. E-Tender Documents will be received through http://assam.tenders.in as per Tender Schedule for the Works The articles should be of reputed manufacturers. The list of as detailed in the table below : the items alongwith specifications can be obtained from the Sl. Name of work Package No. Appx. value Bid Cost of Time of office of the undersigned or can be downloaded from the No. of work Security bid completion official website – www.sphlassam.org . The rates should (in Rs.) (in Rs.) document be quoted excluding taxes. Quotations complete in all respects (in Rs.) including GST No., Tax clearance Certificate, Dealership 1 Establishement of ALPCO/T/01/ 4,52,25,000/- 9,04,500/- 10000/- 12 months Certificate etc. must reach the undersigned within 15 (fifteen) multipurpose Cold 2020(prt)/34 or days from the date of issue of this Tender Notice. Storage at Khanapara 2% of bid The undersigned reserves the right to accept or reject any under RIDF-XXV value for or all tenders without assigning any reason thereof. general and The tenders will be opened at 1-00 PM on 18.08.2020 in 1% for presence of the tenderers or their authorized representatives SC/ST/OBC in the office of the undersigned. Sd/- Managing Director Sd/- Food Analyst to the Govt. of Assam, Members of Tinsukia unit of AASU forming a human chain demanding scrapping of Assam Livestock & Poultry Corporation Citizenship (Amendment) Act, on Tuesday. – UB Photos Janasanyog/C/2464/20 Guwahati-21. Janasanyog/CF/1216/20 Khanapara, Guwahati- 22 WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 10 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI LEISURE & L IFESTYLE

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, July 29, 2020: Observant and concept-oriented, you are astute in sizing up those around you. This year, you embark on a project about a particular group. It will be a masterpiece. You will be called upon to defend it professionally. If single, you may be too busy to date until November. If attached, you are especially proud of your partner, and vice versa. You are protective of your family. CANCER is the most loyal. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3- Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult. ARIES (March 21-April 19) ### Today emphasizes social connections, teamwork and the news media. Transformations are evolving around you. Be flexible and observant. Questions of loyalty and legality can arise. By tonight any confusion should dissipate. Tonight: A new associate calls you to speak personally. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) #### The hand of fate is at work. Today ushers in a refreshing shift. Dreams and signs offer valuable guidance. Your thoughts might dwell THE PHANTOM ® By Lee Falk Across (3) 6 A system of upon mysteries and afterlife communication. Any shadowy undercurrents of tension fade. You are ready to move forward. Tonight: Back to the world. 1 Nepalese 22 Call for help (3) exercises for soldier (6) 23 Slumbered (5) the relaxing of GEMINI (May 21-June 20) 5 Animal pen 24 Auctioneer’s the mind (4) #### You’ll be able to extricate yourself from persons or situations (3) hammer (5) 7 Relating to fire that have been draining your energy and resources. Focus on what 8 Egyptian 26 Alkali (3) (7) you would like to release. Reclaim your freedom in the peaceful light of day. cross - “Hank” 27 Foolish (4) 12 Manipulate Tonight: No more false starts with friendships or goals. broke ? (4) 28 Fundamental dishonestly (3) CANCER (June 21-July 22) 9 Wild party (4) law (9) 1 4 Error (4) ### Observe how anger or stress can impact your well-being. Mild 10 60s-70s 31 Lasso (6) 18 Exploited (4) exercise can help restore balance and provide a wholesome release of German 32 Crab part (4) 19 Split into aggravation. Wear a hat and sunscreen when outdoors in the summer heat. chancellor (6) 33 Meadows (4) opposing Tonight: Take a long, relaxing bath. 11 Capital of 34 Behold (3) camps (8) LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Israel (9) 35 English river 20 Vigilantly (7) ##### Today promises romance. This can involve contact with 13 Epochs (4) (6) 21 Spanish stews someone you knew long ago. Accept and issue invitations. Honor the 15 Pen point (3) Down (7) love with an arrangement of sunflowers, your astrological flower. It represents 16 Flashy, 1 Gallows (6) 24 Swindle (3) following the spiritual light. Tonight: Have a sunflower party. ostentatious 2 Legible (8) 2 5 New York City VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) jewellery (5) 3 Trip to Mecca island (6) #### Family members share thoughts regarding the future. A real 17 A bacterial (4) 26 A cotton thread estate transaction, home repair or decorating project could need at- disease of 4 Alien head- (5) tention. Sentiment and memories are evoked. Today is beneficial for a healing BLONDIE the skin (5) gear? (7) 29 Information (4) ritual. Tonight: A family meeting and discussion over dinner goes late. 20 Foreman foe 5 Low tree (5) 30 Comfort (4) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ## You will be juggling a variety of different projects. A transportation SOLUTION TO TRIBUNE CROSSWORD – 6958 need might be involved in this. A recurring situation involving a sibling

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Grh, Sy 8 nh 9 ry 1 Bad, 11 Brandt, 10 Orgy, 9 Ankh, 8 Sty, 5 Gurkha, 1 and in survival mode. Tonight: Trust your own instincts over your compassion. Across: SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ##### You approach life as a game to be played and won, and today you certainly win. A renewed zest for life is ushered in with ® favorable influences. This inspiring pattern continues all day. Leadership skills HEALTH CAPSULES JUMBLED WORDS by Bron Smith Given below are four jumbled words. Solve are strongly present. Tonight: Celebrate as only a Sagittarian can. the jumbles to make proper words and move them to the respective squares below. Select CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) the letters in the shaded squares and jumble ### Today creates an odd, unbalanced sequence of events. Be them to get the answer for the given quip. observant and flexible. Your intuition guides you past a dilemma. This also promotes creative expression through writing and communication or art. HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Tonight: Staying up late and burning the midnight oil. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ##### It is a great day for networking. Trust your intuition regarding new acquaintances. New types of associates are included in your social circle. You will explore many different options concerning your many goals. Tonight: Approach a new associate with the promise of friendship. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ## Today favors enthusiasm and motivation, as well as some anger issues related to money. Hard work will bring financial rewards. Diplo- macy is a must in coping with complex social situations. A touch of humor and tolerance helps you greatly. Tonight: Relax and unwind. __ __ doesn’t guarantee success, but # # # improves its chances. – B. J. Gupta (4,4)

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Scarf, opera, adhere, winker. adhere, opera, Scarf, things turn out. Words: to be of a diagnostic nature. – JOHN WOODEN WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 BUSINESS & E CONOMY THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11 PM to discuss economic roadmap with banks, NBFCs today NEW DELHI, July 28: Prime Minis- conferencing in view of the novel coro- ter Narendra Modi on Wednesday will navirus pandemic which has badly hit discuss and deliberate on the economic the country, due to the over 68-day na- vision and roadmap for the future, in a tionwide lockdown. brainstorming session with stakehold- On May 12, Modi announced a Rs 20- ers from banks and non-banking finan- lakh-crore economic package, equivalent cial companies (NBFCs). to 10 per cent of India’s gross domestic The topics on the agenda include credit product (GDP) to boost the economy. products and efficient models for deliv- The Central government has also ery, financial empowerment through pushed several key reforms in the technology, and prudential practices for “factor markets”, which roughly de- stability and sustainability of the finan- note five economic determinants – cial sector, the Prime Minister’s Office land, labour, capital, technology and in- said today. frastructure. The session comes in view of banking The Prime Minister’s meeting with sector’s role in contributing to India’s banks and NBFCs assumes significance economic growth through financing in- in efforts to boost the economy which frastructure, agriculture, and local man- was already tumbling before COVID- ufacturing, including micro, small and ment through technology. 19 struck on January 30. The GDP grew medium enterprises (MSMEs). Senior officers from the government at just 4.71 per cent in the October-De- France Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain and Indian Red Cross Society Secretary General RK Jain receive COVID-19 test kits and As per the PMO, financial inclusion will also be a part of the interaction that cember 2019 period, the slowest pace equipment donated by France, at Palam IAF station, in New Delhi on Tuesday. – PTI can play a big role in financial empower- will most likely be held through video- in six years. – IANS

NOTICE Goyal launches SBI-IRCTC credit card for rail users Assam Forest Department undertakes various Forestry activities such as Raising and Maintenance of Nurseries NEW DELHI, July 28: Empha- on RuPay platform is equipped with PoS machines by just tapping in- reward frequent railway travellers. free access to premium lounges at sising Prime Minister Narendra near field communication (NFC) stead of swiping it. “The new credit card offers the railway stations in a year (one per and Plantations. Govt. of Assam desires that forestry Modi’s Atmanirbhar India mission, technology whereby the users can He further said that the State Bank rail passengers maximum savings quarter). works should be executed through tender system. Railway and Commerce Minister expedite their transactions at the of India (SBI) card is designed to proposition on their travel togeth- According to Railways, the users Therefore, for the purpose, it is informed to all the Piyush Goyal today launched the er with exclusive benefits on retail, of the credit card will receive 350 interested contractors, persons, bodies, agencies, firms, SBI-IRCTC credit card that offers dining and entertainment as well as bonus reward points upon activa- organizations etc. that they may avail the application a host of benefits to rail passengers. transaction fee waivers,” Goyal said. tion of the card with a minimum forms in order to register themselves in the Assam Forest “We are strongly committed in He also said that the cardholders spent. Department for the Forestry works, having experience making Railways ‘atmanirbhar’ in all will receive up to 10 per cent value “The users can redeem the accu- the fields with ‘Make in India’ initi- back on 1st AC, 2nd AC, 3rd AC, mulated reward points against pur- in Nursery and Plantation works to be undertaken in atives as envisaged by the Prime executive chair car and AC chair car chase of train tickets on IRCTC’s Social Forestry Division, Dibrugarh through tender Minister. The IRCTC-SBI co- bookings made on the Indian Rail ticketing website. In addition to sav- system for the year 2020-21 onwards, from the office of branded credit card is one of the Catering and Tourism Corporation ings on rail travel, the SBI-IRCTC the Divisional Forest Officer, Social Forestry Division, many ‘Make in India’ activities un- (IRCTC) website. card offers several benefits for on- Dibrugarh. dertaken by the Railways,” he said He said that the card also offers line shopping portals. Customers Sd/- Divisional Forest Officer while launching the card. online transaction fee waiver (1 per can avail discounts while shopping Social Forestry Division Highlighting its safety features, cent of transaction amount), 1 per at e-commerce sites,” the ministry the minister said the card working cent fuel surcharge waiver and four said in a statement. – IANS Janasanyog/D/2225/20 Dibrugarh

No. PHEE/SIV/M-7/2020-21/ Apple, Google, Microsoft BIS to frame quality norms for SHORT TENDER NOTICE No. 02 of 2020-21. top Forbes list Short Sealed tenders affixing Non-refundable court fee stamp worth of Rs. 8.25 (Rupees Eight & paisa 371 items by March next year Twenty Five) only prescribed forms purchased in Assam eventually to be drawn up in APWD F-2/K-2 forms are NEW DELHI, July 28: “Companies including Am- hereby invited from registered and experienced contractors of class-II category of Dibrugarh (PHE) Circle With a brand value of $241.2 azon, Netflix and PayPal all Dibrugarh and class-III category of Sivasagar (PHE) Division for Installation of different type of spot sources Bid to curb non-essential imports including construction of C.C., Platform, drain etc. under CM's Budget Announcement for the year 2019-20. The billion (a 17 per cent increase show substantial gains in brand Tender will be received upto 2.00 P.M. on 14.08.2020 & opened in the same date & hour in presence of year-over-year), Apple has value since last year’s list, fall- NEW DELHI, July 28: To check imports ucts for making standards.” contractor or their authorized agent who would like to be present. If the date of tender falls on holiday for any topped the Forbes annual list ing in line with trends related of substandard and non-essential goods, in- For some products, ministries have de- reason the next working day will be the date of tender. of the World’s Most Valuable to e-commerce, streaming and The detailed particulars may be seen in the office of the undersigned and detailed tender paper can be cluding from China, the Bureau of Indian cided not to have standards because of in- purchased on all working days during office hours from the office of the undersigned upto 13.08.2020 on Brands, which looked at the digital payments,” Forbes said Standards (BIS) has said it is framing manda- significant import volumes, while for cer- payment of Rs. 50.00 (Rupees fifty) only, in the form of cross IPO duly pledged to Executive Engineer (PHE) top 100 companies from the on Monday. There are some tory quality standards for 371 items identi- tain items, there are already standards in Sivasagar Division Sivasagar. fiscal year 2019. newcomers too. fied by the Commerce Ministry and the proc- place, he added. The undersigned reserves the right to accept or reject the request for issue/accept of tender paper without Google with $207.5 billion “Brands like Nintendo, ess will be completed by March 2021. On the deadline to make standards for all assigning any reason thereof and is not bound to accept the lowest quoted Rate. The Tenderers shluld be financially sound and must submit Photostate copy of PAN Card, up to date (a 24 per cent Burger King, The list of 371 tariff lines includes sever- the 371 items, he said, “The Cabinet Sec- clearance labour license, GST, Registration No. and EMD along with Tender Papers, otherwise tender will not be increase from World’s Hennessy al segments, ranging from steel, chemicals, retary is also reviewing the matter closely. entertained. same period and AXA, for pharmaceuticals and electrical machinery to Different ministries have asked us to make Sl. Name of Work Estimate amount Earnest Money Time of last year) and Most Valuable example, all furniture and toys. standards for certain products. Standards No. in Rs. (approx.) Each completion Microsoft with Brands made their “The Commerce Ministry has identified for some products will be made by Decem- 1 Installation of MK-III hand Pump Rs. 25629.00 2% (In case of 15 (Fifteen) $163 billion (a way onto the 371 imported tariff lines, including Chinese ber and the rest by March 2021.” including construction of plateform SC/ST/OBC/ days 30 per cent rise) were the ranking, while Philips, Drain, soak pit etc. under different MOBC 1%) products. We are trying to frame standards The target is to make standards for prod- LAC under CM's Budget first and second runner-up, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and make them mandatory and improve en- ucts under 371 tariff lines by March 2021, Announcement programme for the respectively. Nissan and Kellogg’s were forcement of the same,” BIS Director Gen- he added. year 2019-20. The top 100 most valuable knocked off,” the list re- eral Pramod Kumar Tiwari told reporters Meanwhile, BIS is strengthening its sur- 2 Installation of Tara hand Pump Rs. 22392.00 brands in total were worth vealed. Several brands had on Monday in a virtual press conference. veillance system and has posted officers at including construction of plateform $2.54 trillion, up from $2.33 notable shifts in the annual Drain, soak pit etc. under different The concerned ministries are identifying major ports to work closely with the cus- LAC under CM's Budget trillion last year. rankings. the important products from the list given toms department. Announcement programme for the Companies based in the Adidas went from 61st to by the Commerce Ministry and approach- “The officers will take the market sam- year 2019-20. US made up more than 50 of 51th and and Netflix moved ing BIS for making the standards mandato- ples of the imported products and test at Sd/- Executive Engineer (PHE) the top 100. up from 38th to 26th. ry, he said. the port itself,” Tiwari said. Sivasagar Division Janasanyog/C/2497/20 Sivasagar The tech sector was the Some luxury brands also When asked how many products from the To ensure quality products are imported most common in the rankings saw significant changes, with list the standards have been made so far, and sold in India, he said BIS is making ef- with 20 companies, followed Chanel going from 79th to Tiwari said: “It is a complex issue. Differ- forts to increase its surveillance visits at by 14 in financial services, 11 52nd and Cartier from 64th ent ministries like steel, chemicals and pe- factories and markets to more than a lakh a SHORT TENDER NOTICE dated 28-07-2020 in auto and eight in retail. to 56th. – IANS troleum have been told to identify the prod- year from the current 20,000 visits. – PTI Separate sealed tenders for technical and financial bids, in prescribed form affixing Court fee stamp worth Rs. 10.00 (Rupees ten) only are invited from the Class I & II Contractors/ CAPSULE Registered Firms for maintenance of nursery works as detailed below. The tenders will be Tanishq stores Jewellers seek further received by the undersigned till 07.08.2020 in his office up to 3.00 PM (I.S.T). The tenderers Tech Mahindra Q1 net up introduce may drop their tender papers in the tender box placed in the office of the Divisional Forest NEW DELHI, July 28: IT major Tech Mahindra on Officer, Social Forestry Division, Dibrugarh during office hours for the purpose. The tenders Monday reported 1.4 per cent rise in consolidated net ‘phygital’ features extension of deadline delivered by Registered Post will also be considered but the same must reach the undersigned profit at Rs 972.3 crore for the June 2020 quarter. The within the specified date and time. The tender shall be opened on the same day as mentioned MUMBAI, July 28: Tata MUMBAI, July 28: Even as the gems and jewellery indus- company had registered a net profit of Rs 959.3 crore in above at (IST) 3.30 p.m. and they may be present or their authorized representative at the Group jewellery brand Tan- try welcomed the government’s decision to extend the com- the corresponding quarter of the last fiscal, Tech office mentioned above. Separate seal and super subscribed envelope are to be used for both ishq has announced the launch pulsory hallmarking, jewellers feel it’s not enough to liquidate Mahindra said in a statement. The consolidated revenue technical and financial bids and put them together in a single envelope. Intending tenderers stood at Rs 9,106 crore in the quarter under review, of ‘phygital’ features, combi- the current stock and they need a minimum one-year time. may collect tender paper documents on payment of Rs. 500.00 (Rupees five hundred) only in up 5.2 per cent from Rs 8,653 crore in the year-ago nation of both online and of- In view of the coronavirus pandemic, the government on the form of Bankers Cheque/ Demand Draft payable in favour of the Divisional Forest Officer, period. – PTI fline platforms, in more than Monday announced the extension of deadline for mandatory Dibrugarh S. F. Division, Dibrugarh on any working day during office hours till 3.00 (IST) pm of 200 stores to strengthen hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts by over four 23% rise in Marico Q1 net the day of opening the tender. In case this date falls under any declared Govt. holiday/any omni-channel presence. months till June 1, 2021. NEW DELHI, July 28: FMCG firm Marico Ltd has eventuality which prevents to receive the tender paper then the next working day shall be Tanishq has also launched “We welcome this decision to give extension on mandatory reported a 23.17 per cent increase in its consolidated net considered for receiving and opening of tender papers profit to Rs 388 crore for the first quarter ended June 30. a host of technology initia- hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts. However, we have Detailed terms and conditions, estimate may be seen in the office of the undersigned and The company had posted a net profit of Rs 315 crore in tives to promote contactless been requesting for a tender documents may be obtained from the same on or before 07.08.2020. April-June quarter a year ago, Marico said in a BSE filing. selling such as booking an one-year extension. Payment is subject to the availability of fund and no claim for interest etc. will be entertained However, its revenue from operations fell 11.12 per cent appointment, video-calling, Practically, there are Mandatory gold in future thereof. In no case, price escalation will be considered. to Rs 1,925 crore during the quarter under review, as endless aisle, virtual jewel- no sales taking place hallmarking against Rs 2,166 crore in the corresponding quarter lery try-on and live-assisted SI. Name of Work Total work Place of Security Earnest money Time of previous year. – PTI and unless we sell, we chats, it added. cannot replace our No. value inclusive work Deposit completion Yamaha FZ series bike prices “We are leveraging digital stock with hallmarked of all taxes as NEW DELHI, July 28: Two-wheeler-maker India to solve for and enhance gold,” All India Gem applicable Yamaha Motor (IYM) has announced prices of all-new many aspects of the Tanishq and Jewellery Do- 1. Maintenance of Rs. 7,77,364/- Dibrugarh 30% of 2% for GEN, For the period versions of its two 249 cc motorcycles – FZ 25 and FZS buying experience. So now mestic Council Chairman Anantha Padmanabhan told PTI. 1.5 hect. CAMPA Polytechnic the 1% for ST/SC/ ending on 31st 25. The all-new BS-VI-compliant FZ 25 is priced at Rs our customers can browse He said the association, together with other jewellery Nursery Campus project OBC of the March, 2020. 1.52 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) and would be available for and even get expert assist- Lahowal cost estimated cost sale with immediate effect, the company said in a state- bodies, will again make a representation to the government ance to make an informed ment. Similarly, FZS 25 is tagged at Rs 1.57 lakh and raising these concerns. “By September we expect to re- 2. Maintenance of 3 Rs. 16,53,900/- Govindapur, 30% of 2% for GEN, For the period purchase decision.” would go on sale at a later stage, it added. Both the place 70-80 per cent of stocks with hallmark items. With hect. CAMPA Tinsukia the 1% for ST/SC/ ending on 31st models were unveiled by the company on February 4, this The customers now have a sales going slow we need time, especially the small jewel- Nursery. project OBC of the March, 2020. year in the country. – PTI choice to visit our stores lers, of at least one year to replace all our stocks. We will cost estimated cost physically or virtually through approach the government again with a representation to Orient Electric posts net loss Major Terms of References: video-calling from home. The extend the time in this regard to January 2022,” he added. NEW DELHI, July 28: CK Birla Group firm Orient idea behind initiating these 1. The work order will be served as per the decision of the Divisional Level Tender Assessment Electric Ltd has reported a net loss of Rs 27.29 crore in World Gold Council (WGC) Managing Director (India) So- virtual features was to en- masundaram PR opined that the extension of time by six months Committee. the first quarter ended June 30 hit by the coronavirus 2. The bidder should have successfully completed plantation/nursery and maintenance works pandemic-induced lockdown. The company had posted a hance and give our custom- for mandatory hallmarking reflects a pragmatic approach by in last 7 (seven) years or the bidder should have similar experience in the same for the last net profit of Rs 18.87 crore in the same period last fiscal, ers the same experience that the government to support the industry in the current envi- Orient Electric Ltd said in a regulatory filing. Revenue from they would get by visiting any ronment while keeping the path of reform intact. 10 (ten) years subject to furnishing of a certificate to this effect issued by an officer of the operations during the period under review stood at Rs of our stores physically,” Arun “Soon after the announcement early this year making rank of Circle Conservator of Forests/ Chief Conservator of Forests. 178.78 crore as against Rs 568.34 crore in the year-ago Narayan, AVP - Category, hallmarking mandatory..., pandemic struck causing unprec- 3. No tender will be accepted offering more than 5% below rate of the S.R. rate. period, it said. Electrical consumer durables segment Marketing and Retail, Tan- edented business disruption... Demand has slumped and Sd/- Divisional Forest Officer posted revenue of Rs 103.48 crore as against Rs 429.10 ishq, Titan Company, said in a therefore, the transition time has to be stretched to enable Social Forestry Division crore in the corresponding period last fiscal. – PTI statement. – PTI industry to embrace this change,” he said.– PTI Janasanyog/C/2488/20 Dibrugarh 12 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 Broad enters Club 500 as England win series Brathwaite 500th Test scalp of MANCHESTER, July 28: match after taking the wicket both Anderson and Broad Veteran seamer Stuart of Kraigg Brathwaite for 19. Manchester, July 28: West Indies opener Kraigg Broad was the cynosure of Broad became the second Brathwaite’s name will always crop up whenever people talk all eyes as he galloped into Englishman to achieve this about the heroics of veteran England fast bowlers Stuart Broad elite company and helped impressive feat after partner- and James Anderson. Not only is the duo the only Englishmen England thrash West Indies in-crime James Anderson, to scalp 500 wickets in the longest format, but also their re- by 269 runs in the rain-affect- who had also achieved the spective 500th wicket is Brathwaite. ed fifth day of the third Test feat against West Indies in Anderson achieved the feat in front of a packed house at at Old Trafford on Tuesday. 2017 at the Lord’s. Lord’s during the 2017 series while Broad had to be content The win saw the hosts come Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Mura- with just doing the same in front of empty stands at Old Traf- from behind to win the three- litharan is currently the lead- ford on Tuesday. match Test series 2-1. ing wicket-taker in Test Brathwaite was comprehensively castled by an Anderson It was poetic justice as cricket with 800 scalps. He scorcher that helped the latter enter the record books while Broad, who scored a breezy is followed by Shane Warne Broad trapped the right-hander LBW. – IANS 67 in the first innings and (708), Anil Kumble (619), snared 10 wickets including his James Anderson (589*), 500th, forced Jermaine Black- Glenn McGrath (563) and PL could see reduced crowds wood into a flashy pull and Courtney Walsh (519). edge the ball to wicketkeeper SCORECARD next season, says official Jos Buttler for a caught behind England 1st innings: 369 LONDON, July 28: There is a possibility that the entire to bring an end to the game. West Indies 1st innings: 2020-21 English Premier League season could be played in It was Broad’s first 10-wick- England 2nd innings: 226/2 decl West Indies 2nd innings: front of reduced crowds, a senior government adviser has said. et match haul since 2013. West KC Brathwaite lbw b Broad 19, JD “I would be very surprised if we could get full stadia back Indies had won the first but Campbell c Root b Broad 0, KAJ this year,” James Calder, who was part of the cross-sport England showed who’s the Roach c Buttler b Broad 4, SD Hope c Broad b Woakes 31, SSJ Brooks working group with government and health officials that laid boss on home turf by winning c Buttler b Woakes 22, RL Chase England’s Stuart Broad holds the ball up to celebrate taking 500 wickets during the fifth day of the third cricket Test match down protocol on the return of sports in UK amid the COV- the next two in grand fashion. run out (Bess) 7, J Blackwood c against West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on Tuesday. – AP/PTI Buttler b Broad 23, JO Holder lbw ID-19 pandemic, told BBC Sport. The Windies were set a b Woakes 12, SO Dowrich lbw b “Realistically I think it probably will need a vaccine and also target of 399 and folded for first innings with Broad re- Broad finished the visitors’ his illustrious cap by becom- 10/2. There was no play pos- Woakes 8, RRS Cornwall lbw b a high take-up rate of that vaccine before we can really see full 129 after England made 369 turning with figures of 6/31. second innings with figures ing the seventh bowler in the sible on Day 4 due to rain. Woakes 2, ST Gabriel not out 0. Extras: (lb 1) 1. Total (All out in capacity stadia.” in the first essay riding on fif- Burns then scored a 90 as of 4/36 and Chris Woakes history of Test cricket to take Broad, who has represent- 37.1 overs): 129. Fall of wickets: Asked about whether there was the potential for the en- ties from Ollie Pope (91), Dom Sibley (56) and England grabbed a five-for (5/50). 500 wickets. The 34-year- ed England in 140 Tests, was 1-0, 2-6, 3-45, 4-71, 5-79, 6-87, 7- tirety of the next football season to be played in front of re- Buttler (67), Broad and Rory skipper Joe Root (68 not out) The man of the moment old scalped two wickets in stuck at 499 at the end of third 99, 8-117, 9-119, 10-129. Bowl- ing: JM Anderson 8-4-18-0, SCJ duced capacities, Calder said: “I think realistically we will be Burns (57). The tourists dominated the second in- was Broad on the fifth day as the last session of Day 3 to day and reached the 500 mark Broad 8.1-1-36-4, CR Woakes 11- under scrutiny for the next year ... and probably for the rest of were shot out for 197 in their nings to declare on 226/2. he added a fresh feather to leave West Indies reeling at on the last day of the Test 0-50-5, JC Archer 10-1-24-0. – IANS the season,” he added. – IANS ‘I am not Kohli, Rohit maintain against Younis urges Azam to convert SPSN to live telecast Ireland COVID-19 top two spots starts into big hundreds and Pakistan tour of England DUBAI, July 28: India cap- pack in this category, closely MUMBAI, July 28: Sony Pictures Sports Network (SPSN) vaccine’ tain Virat Kohli and his dep- followed by England all- DERBY, July 28: Pakistan challenging conditions of Eng- is all set to enthral fans with live sports as exciting cricketing uty Rohit Sharma continue rounder Ben Stokes. batting coach Younis Khan has land. He pointed towards fast action returns with Ireland tour of England starting July 30 to occupy the top two bat- Meanwhile, England’s Jas- urged talisman Babar Azam to bowler Mohammad Abbas to and Pakistan tour of England starting August 5. Fans can catch ting spots in the ICC ODI on Roy and Jonny Bairstow will convert starts into big hun- make important contributions all the live action from both the series on-air exclusively on rankings while pacer Jasprit be in focus from the rankings dreds in their upcoming Test with the bat in the upcoming SONY SIX channels. Bumrah stayed put in second perspective as the reigning series against England. The series. The cricket fever will be a notch higher among fans as two place among bowlers in the World Cup champions kick off two teams are scheduled to “We are trying to make more exciting series, Ireland tour of England and Pakistan latest list issued on Tuesday. the ICC Men’s Cricket World play three Tests and as many Mohammad Abbas the leader tour of England make their way after a captivating three- With 871 rating points, Cup Super League with their T20Is after England’s series Younis Khan of the tailenders. You need to match Test series between England and West Indies for the Kohli is at the top followed three-match home series against West Indies. fight till the last wicket in a Test Wisden Trophy. Babar Azam. These players by Rohit (855) and Pakistan’s against Ireland on Thursday. For all his talent, Azam match,” Younis said. With the perfect combination of youth and experience in are our future. I have no doubts Babar Azam (829). Opener Roy and wicket- hasn’t gone past the three-fig- The first Test between the the squad, Ireland will prove to be a formidable opponent for about the skills of Babar,” LONDON, July 28: Formu- In the bowlers list, Bum- keeper-batsman Bairstow, ure mark in the longest for- two teams will be played in the English side when they meet in all the three ODIs at the Younis told reporters via vid- la One world champion rah (719) is behind New Zea- who are currently ranked 11th mat as often he has done in Manchester starting August 5 Ageas Bowl, Southampton from July 30. – IANS Lewis Hamilton has been land pacer Trent Boult (722), and 14th, respectively, in the ODIs. He has scored just five eoconference as per Cricket while the final two Tests are forced to clarify that he is while Afghanistan’s Mujeeb ICC ODI player rankings for centuries in 26 Tests in com- Pakistan. scheduled to be played in “not against a vaccine” for Ur Rahman (701) occupies batsman, could work their way parison to 11 tons in 74 ODIs. “I want him to keep per- Southampton from August 13 Ireland name 14-member squad COVID-19, after inadvert- the third spot. back into the top 10, having Moreover, he hasn’t hit a sin- forming better and better. He and August 21 respectively. ently sharing an anti-vaxxer Ravindra Jadeja is the lone both enjoyed personal best gle score in excess of 150 in should strive for a 150 when The three T20Is, mean- post on one of his social me- Indian to feature in the top rankings of ninth position in the Test cricket, with his highest he makes a 100 and then go on while, will be played at a sin- for first England ODI dia handles. 10 all-rounders rankings at past. Roy was in ninth place in being 143. to even 200,” he added. gle venue in Manchester on SOUTHAMPTON, July 28: Cricket Ireland (CI) on Tues- Hamilton recently shared the eight spot. Afghanistan’s July last year and Bairstow in “I have tried to work with Younis feels tailenders are August 28, August 30 and Sep- day named a 14-man squad to face England in the first ODI of a post on Instagram which Mohammad Nabi is leading October 2018. – PTI everyone in the side including going to play a big role in the tember 1 respectively. – IANS the three-match series that is scheduled to be played at Ageas suggested Bill Gates was ly- Bowl in Southampton on Thursday. ing about a coronavirus “The circumstances of this series means that a 14-player vaccine. In the video clip IOA forms CWG squad can be chosen for each match, with the ability to make shared by Hamilton, Gates Warner may re-evaluate a player substitution at any time,” CI said in a statement. is questioned about the pos- “In addition, Ireland has a travelling squad of 22 players in sible side-effects of a vac- Association of India Southampton, and can bring in any of the eight reserve play- cine and he offers reassur- international future NEW DELHI, July 28: Khanna have been appointed ers to subsequent matches, so selectors have today named 14 ance while refuting a con- SYDNEY, July 28: Austral- myself. The Indian Olympic Associ- as the senior vice president. players for the first match of the three-match series.” spiracy theory that the vac- ian batsman David Warner “There are times when ation (IOA) announced the IOA vice presidents VD Ireland Squad: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Paul Stirling (vc), Curtis Campher, cine will be used to implant said that the bio-security you go away and miss your Gareth Delany, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Kevin O’Brien, establishment of the Com- Nanavati, Adille Sumariwal- microchips in people. guidelines that cricketers will family a lot and at the mo- William Porterfield, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, monwealth Games Associa- la, Kuldeep Vats, associate Craig Young. – IANS The clip was captioned “I have to adhere to while on ment with all these biosecu- tion (CGA) of India as a sub- vice president Ajay Singh, remember when I told my international tours might be rity measures that are in committee of the country’s and executive council mem- first lie”, reports The an important factor for him place, we’re going to not be National Olympic Council bers Dushyant Chautala and Barca to take action against Guardian . to consider while evaluating able to have the luxury of our The post, however, at- for 2020-21. IOA president Ajit Banerjee make up the his future in international families coming away with us tracted criticism online fol- Narinder Batra and secre- rest of the CGA. Archery As- cricket. now and it could be for the Arthur for pre-CL testing no-show lowing which the Formula tary-general Rajeev Mehta sociation of India (AAI) pres- “Obviously three daugh- home, which would have foreseeable future.” BARCELONA, July 28: FC Barcelona will take disciplinary One driver deleted it. Ham- will be performing the same ident Arjun Munda and Na- ters and my wife, who I owe been ideal to play that and win Warner is expected to be action against Brazilian midfielder Arthur after he failed to re- ilton has now said he wanted roles in the CGA as well tional Rifles Association of a lot to, has been a big part of that here. Now that gets part of the Australian side if turn to Spain from Brazil to take a PCR test for the coronavirus. to ‘clarify (his) thoughts’ on amid the public dispute be- India (NRAI) chief Raninder my playing career,” Warner pushed back. I will have to their proposed tour of Eng- The rest of the Barcelona squad reported to the club’s train- the matter. tween the pair. Singh have been announced told ESPNCricinfo. have a rethink about that land in September goes ing ground on Monday after a week’s holiday to undertake the “I’ve noticed some com- Batra made the an- as special invitees to the as- “You’ve always got to look when it comes to India. through. The 33-year-old’s tests before returning to training ahead of their Champions ments on my earlier post nouncement in a letter ad- sociation. out for your family first, and “I’ll see where I am and last tour of England was a League tie against Napoli on August 8. around the coronavirus vac- dressed to the members of “I look forward to your with cricket and these unprec- where the girls are at with happy one as it involved Aus- Every other player in the Barca squad, including striker cine, and want to clarify my the association. best guidance and finest efforts edented times, you’ve got to school as well. A lot of that tralia retaining the Ashes. On Martin Braithwaite, who has not been included in the lost of thoughts on it, as I under- Anandeshwar Pandey, who in the working of the CGA of weigh up these decisions. is a big part of my decision. a personal level however, it players registered to play in Europe, was present for the tests. stand why they might have serves as the Treasurer in India. A line of confirmation “Look, at the moment, I’ll It’s not just when the games was a nightmare for him as Arthur’s non-appearance comes after he virtually disappeared been misinterpreted,” Ham- the IOA, will perform the of your acceptance will be keep continuing to aim for are being played and how he was made Stuart Broad’s from the Barca squad in the closing games of the season after ilton wrote in a subsequent same role within the CGA highly appreciated,” said Bat- that. Obviously the T20 much cricket’s being played. bunny and managed just 110 the club agreed to sell him to Juventus in a deal that will see post on Instagram. – IANS while RK Anand and Anil ra in the letter. – IANS (World Cup) is not here at It’s a big family decision for runs in eight innings. – IANS Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic move the other way. However, while Pjanic has continued to perform for Juven- tus despite knowing he will change clubs, Arthur has shown a SU DO KU different attitude and it is thought his agent is trying to nego- Ronaldo is the Michael Jordan tiate an immediate end to his contract with the club, according of football, says Lingard to ESPN. – IANS LONDON, July 28: Man- named as finals’ MVP in eve- was the first time I had seen chester United winger Jesse ry title-winning campaign. him. He was young and skin- Lingard likened Portuguese “I have to say Cristiano ny when he came [to the superstar Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo,” Lingard told Sky club],” Lingard said. to NBA legend Michael Jor- Sports. “Everything he has “I have played against him dan, who won several team achieved in his career. He has a few times. Did he give me and personal honours during been at plenty of clubs and won trouble? No, he wasn’t too his time with Chicago Bulls. many trophies. I believe he is bad, to be fair! There was one Ronaldo, 35, is still going a real icon of football, the game in pre-season where he strong and recently led Juven- Michael Jordan of football.” came on and you could see the tus to their ninth successive Lingard also jogged down skills and the qualities that he Serie A title. His goal-scor- memory lane and spoke about brought,” he added. Solution of last problem ing feat has been off the charts his meeting with Ronaldo at Lingard recently scored in Originating from Japan, in Italy, similar to what he did Old Trafford while he was in Manchester United’s 2-0 win ‘su do ku’ is a mind game with Manchester United in the club’s youth academy and over Leicester City that and a puzzle that can be England and Real Madrid in the latter was strutting his helped them finish third in the solved with proper reasoning and logic. Fill Spain. stuff in Premier League, Premier League. Also, they the grid with digits in such Ahead of the restart of the week in and week out. sealed a spot in next season’s a manner that every row, 2020 NBA season on Thurs- “When [Ronaldo] first Champions League along every column and every 3 x 3 box accommodates day, Lingard compared Ron- came to Manchester United, with champions Liverpool, the digits 1 to 9 without aldo to Jordan, who won six I was 11 or 12. We did a skills second-placed Manchester repeating any. Ronaldo titles with Chicago between DVD and it was him teaching City and Chelsea, who finished 1991 to 1998 and was also us skills which was good. That fourth. – IANS

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