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82 years of service to the nation PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH GET IT ON RN-1127/57 TECH/GH – 103/2018-2020, VOL. 82, NO. 122 www.assamtribune.com Google Play ePaper app for The Assam Tribune Pages 12 Price: 6.00 GUWAHATI, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020 p2 US COVID-19 deaths top p5 171 doctors providing online p11 Concern over coal mining 70,000, cases cross 1.2 mn consultation in State in Dehing Patkai Top Hizb CM directs proper ultra killed Active cases in J&K in State now 9 screening of people SRINAGAR, May 6: Ter- GUWAHATI, May 6: Two ror group Hizbul Muja- more COVID-19 patients, hideen’s de facto chief Reyaz including the first case to entering State Naikoo, on the run for eight be detected in the State, years, was killed on Wednes- have been discharged from GUWAHATI, May 6: been deployed for round the day by security forces in his Silchar Medical College and Hospital and the Assam Chief Minister Sar- Vigilance clock surveillance. village in Kashmir’s Pulwa- Mahendra Mohan bananda Sonowal on The district administration ma district, police said. Choudhury Hospital here Wednesday directed the stepped-up at has set up a quarantine cen- Anticipating a law and or- respectively, after three Kokrajhar and Dhubri dis- Srirampur and tre at an area adjacent to der problem, authorities sus- consecutive negative trict administrations to en- Chagolia- Chagolia Gate with all facili- pended mobile telephone tests. Now the number of sure proper screening of ties to quarantine around one services of private operators active cases in Assam is people entering the State Boxirhat gates thousand people. and mobile internet services nine. – Staff Reporter through Srirampur and along the Kokrajhar Deputy Com- across the Valley. Grace period Chagolia-Boxirhat gates border with missioner Partha Pratim Ma- Security forces engaged GUWAHATI, May 6: The along the border with West zumdar apprised Sonowal with militants in two gunbat- Assam government has Bengal to check the West Bengal that the district administration tles in the south Kashmir dis- allowed an additional grace spread of COVID-19. has ensured constant moni- trict, one in Sharshalli village period of 30 days in The Chief Minister visited toring along the Sonkosh riv- where two unidentified mili- addition to the present 30- Passengers at the Afala ferry ghat in Majuli after relaxation of lockdown norms on a screening camp adjacent to The Chief Minister also er to prevent people from tants were killed and the oth- Wednesday. – UB Photos day grace period as per Srirampur gate at Gossaigaon asked the police to keep a sneaking into the State by er in Beighpora in Awantipo- ATPPF & PF and DLI ra where they finally put Fund Scheme Act for Sub-Division in Kokrajhar to strict surveillance on some swimming across the river. deposit of PF contribution Public transport review the measures taken to reported vulnerable points to He also said that adequate down Naikoo who was holed from the date of its State govt to woo screen the movement of peo- thwart any design of unauthor- arrangements have been up with another terrorist. collection from the wages may resume ple from across the inter-state ised movement from the made to screen the health sta- His accomplice attempted for the months of March, boundary. neighbouring state. tus of drivers, handymen and to escape by charging at se- April and May. – Staff soon: Gadkari “The civil and police admin- Dhubri Deputy Commis- others coming to the State curity forces but was also Reporter firms moving out NEW DELHI, May 6: istration should jointly keep a sioner Anantlal Gyani ap- through Srirampur Gate and killed. The gunning down of COVID-19 lab Public transport services tab on every entry point of prised the Chief Minister maintained that strict instruc- the Hizbul Mujahideen GUWAHATI, May 6: The from China may resume operations soon districts to ensure that nobody about the existence of 15 such tion has been given to ensure commander comes three can enter Assam without go- vulnerable points where that nobody can enter the days after eight security Indian Council of Medical STAFF REPORTER many American, Japanese and the government is for- Research has recognised ing through COVID-19 CRPF, police personnel and State without going through personnel were killed in and Korean companies are mulating guidelines for safe the Assam Medical usage adhering to social dis- screening protocols”, he said. village defence parties have mandatory screening. – PTI Handwara. – PTI College and Hospital at GUWAHATI, May 6: With contemplating to shift their tancing norms to check the Dibrugarh as an accredited companies from countries production facilities from laboratory for testing like the US, Japan and South China to India. To woo these spread of coronavirus, Union COVID-19. With this Korea reportedly contem- companies, we have already Minister Nitin Gadkari said Quarantine centre latest accreditation, the plating to shift their produc- taken up the matter with the on Wednesday. total number of such labs in tion base from China, Assam Department for Promotion “Public transport is likely WORLD the State has now gone up Government is trying to cash of Industry and Internal to resume soon... Guidelines at Tezpur varsity Confirmed cases 3,691,683 to seven. – Staff Reporter will be there,” Road Trans- in on the opportunity by of- Trade (DPIIT), Invest India, Cured/Discharged 1,210,440 fering them attractive offers Japan External Trade Or- port, Highways Minister campus opposed JOCOSERIOUS including land. ganization (JETRO), US-In- Gadkari said while Death 258,256 As part of its effort to woo dia Business Council and US addressing members of Bus CORRESPONDENT spread of COVID-19 as per them, the State Government Chamber of Commerce to and Car Operators Confed- State health department’s INDIA has already vouched for set- facilitate and advise those eration of India through vid- TEZPUR, May 6: The directions, the district ad- Confirmed cases 49,391 ting up of a Japanese Indus- companies to set up their eo conference. Tezpur University fraternity ministration has set up a trial Township to attract in- production facilities in As- He said opening of trans- has expressed strong resent- zonal screening venue at Cured/Discharged 14,182 vestment from Japanese in- sam as the State has strate- port and highways will go a ment over Sonitpur district Tezpur Central University, Death 1,694 dustries. gic locational advantage, long way in instilling confi- administration’s move to Napaam to screen all people Industry Minister Chandra vast natural resources, be- dence among the public and requisition the varsity cam- belonging to Udalguri, ASSAM Mohan Patowary while talk- sides robust industrial infra- cautioned towards maintain- pus for facilitating it as an in- Sonitpur, Biswanath, La- Confirmed cases 44 ing to mediapersons also said structure and reliable con- ing social distance and adopt- stitutional quarantine centre khimpur and Dhemaji dis- that the government is ready nectivity etc,” Patowary ing all safety measures like for the people stranded out- tricts who will be returning Cured/Discharged 34 to offer land for setting up of said. hand wash, sanitizing, face side the State who are com- from outside the State. Death 1 Our elephant has been such industries. masks, etc while operating ing back to their native place. vaccinated. “It is going around that SEE PAGE 6 buses and cars. – PTI In order to contain the SEE PAGE 6 Data as on Wednesday State tea industry incurs Rs 600-cr loss STAFF REPORTER was 1,389.70 million kg. Tea production in Assam in 2019 GUWAHATI, May 6: The was 715.49 million kg, i.e., State tea industry has in- 51.51 per cent of the total tea curred a loss of nearly Rs 600 production in India,” the min- crore during the lockdown, ister said. with the decline in produc- He also informed that tea tion estimated at 32 million auction has restarted in Gu- kilograms. wahati and all tea warehous- In view of prevailing situa- es have also been opened. tion, the State government Patowary further stated has already announced the that all the 15 gardens and waiver of the minimum fixed factories of Assam Tea Cor- charge of supply of natural poration Limited (ATCL) gas to the tea gardens which have been allowed to func- were closed during the lock- tion in full capacity and that down period. This was in- the State government has formed by Industry and also ensured the payment of Commerce Minister Chan- full wages to all 16,720 work- dra Mohan Patowary talking ers and employees of ATCL to the media here today. during the lockdown period. “Tea industry is the big- The industries in Assam gest industry in the State and contribute 39 per cent to the being seasonal, the lockdown State GDP and provide di- coincided with start of the rect employment to approx- new season. The tea indus- imately four lakh people and try has been hit hard as their indirect employment to major production period has around 20 lakh people. been affected. The tea pro- duction in India during 2019 SEE PAGE 6 Stay at HOME Stay SAFE 2 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020 Two-month-old baby Required Businessman, VRS, US nCoV deaths top 70,000, cases cross 1.2 mn among 17 new cases Housewife work from home digitally 50k Monthly. Contact- WASHINGTON, May 6: The num- the United States topped 70,000, rep- Anthony Fauci, director of the Na- businesses despite such measures are in Nepal 8638269613. ber of COVID-19 cases in the United resenting over a quarter of all the vi- tional Institute of Allergy and Infec- being taken in a phased manner in more KATHMANDU, May 6: A SV/P/AC000073/8 States reached 1,201,337 as of 6 p.m.