82 years of service to the nation 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.