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Page 1 MAY 29_Normal Pages 28/05/2020 11:20 PM Page 1 6 US virus toll crosses 100,000 as D L pandemic rages in Latin America R O China’s parl overwhelmingly approves W controversial Hong Kong security bill 7 India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 1.6 N O lakh; Death toll surpasses 4,600 I T A Entire country heard cries of N migrants but not govt: Sonia www.thehillstimes.in Voice of the hills people Vol .No. XXI Issue No. 132 Regd. NGG-709 RNI-ASSENG/2000/1286T2 DIPHHU, KARE BI ANGLHONG, FRI DIAY, LMAY 2L9, 20S 20 PAGTES 8 I PRIMCE ` 5 ES Chirang SDO arrested on graft charge HT Correspondent KOKRAJHAR, May 28: Sleuths of Vigilance and Anti- NNEWo DE LfHaI, Mraye 28 ( PtTIo): N o bweher ec theyh area strarndged. ed from migrants, states toco npcernredo andv thieyd shaell b e fprro - eSeolici tofr oGenoerald and: inS noC case Corruption Bureau arrested Chi - train or bus fare will be charged The court also issued notices to vided the transport to the destina - any fare should be asked or rang Sadar sub-divisional officer from migrant labourers, the the Centre and others on a separate tion and all facilities including charged from any migrant workers Jayanta Sarkar while he was tak - Supreme Court said on Thursday plea of Narmada Bachao Andolan food and water be provided to by the states and the Railways," the ing bribe of ` 20,000 from a gov - while directing states and union (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on the those found walking on the road." bench said in its 11-page order. ernment fair price shop owner on territories, where these workers are plight of migrant workers and The bench, also comprising jus - It said that migrant workers, Thursday. The SDO had demanded stranded due to the coronavirus tagged that with the suo-motu case. tices S K Kaul and M R Shah, said who are stranded at different places ` 1 lakh as bribe from the FPS lockdown, to provide them "food The top court, which had on that after the migrant workers in the country, shall be provided owner Dhananjay Barman. He was free of cost" till they board trains May 26 on its own taken cogni - reach their native places, the re - food free of cost by the states and supposed (Contd. on pg-2) and buses. While passing a slew of sance of the miseries of migrant ceiving state shall provide trans - union territories concerned at "dif - interim directions "looking into the workers, said that states shall try to port, health screening and other ferent places which shall be publi - difficulties and miseries of migrant endeavour that after registration, facilities free of cost. cised and notified to them during Freedom for workers", the apex court directed the workers should be asked to "No fare either by train or by bus the period they are waiting for their COVID-19 positive that the states shall simplify and board the train or bus at the earliest shall be charged from any migrant turn to board the train or bus". HT Bureau speed up the process of registration and complete information should A bench headed by Justice found walking on the highways or workers. The railway fare shall be "Initially, as stated by the Solic - DIPHU, May 28: A COVID-19 of migrant workers and set up help be publicised to all concerned re - Ashok Bhushan directed that roads shall be immediately taken shared by the states as per their itor General, the originating state positive patient was discharged desks for registration at the places garding the mode of transport. "those migrant workers who are care by the state/union territories arrangement as submitted by the shall provide (Contd. on pg-2) from MMCH on Wednesday. Sonu Verma (25) was discharged after he tested negative in subsequent three tests on May 22, 23 and 26. Flood situation improving in West KA He was admitted in MMCH on May 20 and has a travel history to st West Bengal from where he re - No community transmission turned on May 17. His first sample 2.94 lakh affected in 1 was taken on May 17. In view of the COVID-19 patients being ad - mitted in Diphu Medical College & Hospital (Old Block), the dis - wave of deluge, 2 dead in Assam yet: Government HT Bureau day, West Karbi Anglong deputy trict administration has declared GUWAHATI/ DIPHU, May 28: commissioner Sayed Isfakur Rah - the areas as containment zone pro - State’s COVID-19 tally touches 856 The first wave of floods claimed man told The Hills Times over hibiting entry and exist of all peo - HT Bureau two more lives in the state as the phone from Hamren. ple and vehicles from outside. GUWAHATI, May 28: With re - situation took a grim turn on No relief camp has so far been port of 82 fresh cases, the state’s POSITIVE DISCHARGED ACTIVE DEATHS MIGRATED Thursday. opened for the affected people, Teenager drowns tally of COVID-19 positive cases Nearly 2.94 lakh people of 300 Rahman said. has gone up to 856 on Thursday villages under 15 revenue circles The flood-affected three MAC at Howraghat evening even as the government of nine districts have been affected constituencies are Bithung HT Correspondent claimed that the community trans - in the flood, ac - Rengthama and HOWRAGHAT, May 28: A mission is yet to take place in the cording to a report Rongkhang. 16-year-old boy who was on a state. of Assam State Many villages visit to his uncle’s house, “Alert- 25 new cases of Disaster Manage - under Dongka - drowned in Howraghat Dighal - #COVID19+ 13 Kamrup Metro, 4 ment Authority mukam Revenue pani River on Thursday morning. Cachar, 3 Dhemaji, 3 Barpeta, 2 (ASDMA) here. Circle are still under He visited his uncle in Hatipura Kokrajhar,” health minister Hi - dently say that community trans - for the migrant labourers. In Darrang district, after two Two persons water. The flood village under Howraghat police manta Biswa Sarma said in a tweet miss8ion ha5s not st6 arted in Ass1am,” 0T3 ill 2.50 pm7 of 4Thursd6 ay, the p0ersons4 tested pos0itive, t3he district drowned in flood water submerged station before the nationwide on Thursday evening. the minister said. total number of positive cases administration declared Arimari waters at Lakhipur Deramukh, Khana - lockdown due to COVID-19 “Though the number of COVID- The minister urged everyone to stands at 831. “Alert ~ 33 new and its neighbouring villages as and Balijana in jan, Menmeji, pandemic. The boy Abhinav 19 cases is rising, community strictly observe social distancing at cases of #COVID19+ 10 Nagaon, containment zone. Goalpara district Tumpreng, Muga - Deka Raja along with four of his transmission has not yet taken the quarantine centres. 8 Kamrup-M, 7 Cachar, 1 each A COVID-19 positive patient on Thursday tak - song, Taradubi and friends went for a swim in place in the state,” minister of State He also stated that besides test - Hojai/Dima Hasao, 2 each Karim - who hails from Sipajhar in Darrang ing the death toll in Nam Taradubi. Dighalpani River but drowned. for health Pijush Hazarika said. ing the people in quarantine, tests ganj/Hailakandi, 2 to be ascer - district was arrested on Thursday. the first wave to 3. Thousands of acres Abhinav was from Taradubi in Hazarika asserted that most of are being done through the surveil - tained,” the health minister tweeted The patient identified as Nizamud - Altogether 6,323 people in 19 of crop land was also affected by West Karbi Anglong. He was the the cases have been reported from lance programme across the State. at 2.50 pm. The state’s figure of pos - din Ahmed (20) returned from villages of West Karbi Anglong the flood. only child of his parents. He was the quarantine centres. There has been a steep rise of itive cases was 774 on Wednesday. Mumbai and kept in Sarusajai district have been affected due to Many people were forced to the assistant general secretary of “Maximum cases have been re - positive patients in the state after “Alert ~ 9 new cases of quarantine facility. After six-day of the first wave of floods caused by leave home on the night of May All Tiwa Students Union ported from the hotels, guest the people who have been stranded #COVID19+ reported. 5 Hojai, 1 quarantine, he fled from the centre. release of excess water from Kopili 26. They are sheltered in elevated (ATSU) in Bithung. Search oper - houses and quarantine centres in various parts of the country Nagaon, 1 Morigaon, 1 Kamrup Two persons from Hailakandi Hydro Electric Power Project. places and stretches of PWD road ations continued to recover the where we have kept the incoming started reaching here as the Union Metro, 1 Jorhat,” Sarma tweeted district turned out to be COVID-19 However, the water level of the along with their livestock in tem - body of the boy. people. Therefore, I can confi - government relaxed travel norms on late Wednesday night. positive on (Contd. on pg-2) Kopili River is receding on Thurs - porary tents. (Contd. on pg-2) Patowary interacts with member Cargo service will facilitate capturing Close shave for trio HT Correspondent companies of US-India Business Council of world market by state’s farmers: CM DONKAMUKAM, May 28: Four sured of customised support with a hours after they were about to dedicated team of officers for each Sonowal flags off drown in strong current of the company. cargo flight carrying river, the police rescued three Patowary underlined the proac - teenagers on Wednesday.