Month-long quiz motivating workshop held
From a Correspondent
DHEKIAJULI, May 14: Aryabhatta Science Society of Dhekiajuli which is affiliated to Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous body of Department of Science and Technology Government of India, New Delhi organized a month-long quiz motivating workshop as Aryabhatta Quiz in the LOKD memorial Trust in Dhekiajuli recently.
The program was inaugurated by Naren Deka, BDO, Dhekiajuli Development Block. Deka has prasied the initiative taken by the Aryabhatta Science Society. Narayan Chandra, president of the society accorded a warm welcome to chief guest, resource persons and the participants.
More than 50 students participated in the workshop. Md Yakub Ali, headmaster Dhekiajuli High School addressed the session. Child scientist of Dhekiajuli area who earlier participated in the State-level and National-level competitions were felicitated by Aryabhatta Science Society on the occasion.

District-level health society meet on malaria held
DIPHU, May 14: A district level health society meet on Malaria was held under the presidentship of KK Kalita, principal secretary of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council who is also the chairman of the district health society in his chamber today. This was stated in a press release.
Dr DKD Bharali, Joint Director of Health services and BC Goswami, District Malaria Officer who were present on the occasion revealed that about 2900 number of people are affected from malaria and 13 number were found death of malaria. The meeting has decided to take immediate spray of DDT and other measures like health check-up camp involving eight number of health blocks of the district and ASHA workers, malaria, detection training in school institutions and proper supervision and monitoring of malaria situation and control room in the office of district malaria, Diphu and other measures were also discussed.
The meeting was attended by officials including Dr A Bharali, additional CM and HO Dr UC Narzari, superintendent of civil hospital, Diphu Shekar Engti, Deputy Director Information and Public Relations, Assam, Diphu, SK Bhutia, additional director of schools, Dr N Rajkhuwa, Dr Borsing Rongpi, S Teron, senior FAO, KAAC, DV Chaudhury, EE PHE and officials of NRHM — S Hanse and M Singh.

NERAB to open more branches
Our Staff Correspondent
DIBRUGARH: May 14: The 9th conference of North Eastern Region Allahabad Bank (NERAB) Association, held here at India Club Auditorium concluded successfully with call to open more branches as well as to appoint more employees in the bank.
The open meeting held on the occasion was addressed by comrade Rajen Nagar, president, All India Bank Employees Association. Nagar in his address elaborated the threat and problems as posed before the banking sectors. A number of speakers from banking sectors, in their speeches, also explained their views and experience. A 27 members new executive committee of North Eastern Region Allahabad Bank Association was formed with Toseswar Kalita and Pranab Chakraborty as president and secretary respectively.

Gang of thieves arrested
Our Staff Correspondent
DIBRUGARH: May 14: The inhabitants of Sepon Chagalia area under Moran Police station in Dibrugarh District caught a gang of five thieves — Sonu Khan,16 and Rafiqul Hussain, 38 when they were trying to steal Telephone Wires of the area in the wee hours yesterday.
Other members of the gang, however, managed to escape. On receipt of the information the Moran Police rushed to Chagalia and rescued both the thieves from the clutches of the local people.
The police also seized the Maruti car bearing registration no AS-06 B 6259 which belong to one Ms Baharun Begum of Kushal Nagar, Moran the mother of Sonu Khan and huge numbers of stolen goods from their possession.
During interrogation, arrested thieves disclosed the names of other thieves as — Lukman Ali, Rahim Ali and Manoj Singh alias Kancha. As the commission of crime was in Sivasagar District, the Moran police handed over both the thieves to Moranhat police station in Sivsagar district.
Moranhat police registered a case against them. A massive manhunt is out to nab the other members of the gang.

Gangadhar Irrigation Project lies uncared
From our Correspondent
TAMARHAT, May 13: Even after more than a decade of its launching, the multi-crore costing Gangadhar Irrigation Project is lying abandoned causing severe hardship to thousands of poor farmers of the Greater area.
Located at Unjan Petla village of Asom-Bengal was launched under the supervision of the Dhubri district branch of the State Irrigation Department.
Due to the apathy of the authorities concerned the project has been lying idle for the last 14 years causing immense trouble to the farmers of the vast areas of the district. It may be mentioned here that to facilitate the crop area covering 420 hectares, the villagers for Ujan Petla Part - I, Bishkura Ujan Petla Part - II, and Madhya Petla villages under Golakganj LAC of Dhubri district, the scheme was launched in 1977 and it started functioning in 1985. Though the farmers for these areas were benefited from the scheme from 1985 to April 5, 1994, unfortunately, it collapsed due to the breaking down of its transformer on April 6, 1994.
Since then, the project has been lying as nobody’s child. Due to the alleged negligence of the staff here, the high - powered motors, Pipes, Pukka drains in agriculture fields, including the machine house have been destroyed. Some of the machines were also stolen by the miscreants people here have alleged.
It is also reported that the office assistant and the four muster-roll workers appointed by the department for the scheme have been drawing their monthly salaries sitting at home. Even though the State Government had acquired 82 bighas of agricultural land for the project, the respective landowners here has alleged that they are yet to receive their amount from the Government.
Despite repeated appeal to revive the multi-crore project for uplifting the agricultural scenerio here, the authorities concerned has turned a deaf ear towards them. Expressing serious concern over the problem, the people here have severely criticized Asom Minister for Irrigation and Abu Taher Bepari, MLA, Golakganj LAC, for their silence.
The people here have alleged that even after submitting a number of memorandum, the minister is maintaining silence over the problem.
Meanwhile in a fresh attempt for the revival of the project the people here have threatened to launch an agitataion if the Government failed to revive the project soon.

34th conference of Assam High School Teachers’ Association concludes
From our Correspondent
NAGAON, May 13: The 34th annual conference of Asom High School Teachers Association which was held at Morigaon concluded recently.
The open session was presided over by Golap Chandra Nath, president of the association. While inaugurating the meeting Mahendra Nath Hazarika president, Morigaon District Journalists Association appealed to the teachers community to dedicated their time and energy in producing human resource by imparting quality education.
The meeting was also addressed by Basab Kalita, secretary Asom Karmachari Parishad as distinguished guest. He said that due to negligence of education department of the State Government there is a mushroom growth of the private schools particularly English medium schools.
He also said that the Government should provincialize all the private high school’s and for which the association will meet the Asom Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to discuss the matter. He also urged upon all section of people including the teachers and others Government employees and officers to inculcate the habit of work culture.
Mileswar Patar, president, Morigaon Sahitya Sabha released the souvenir published on the occasion and the mouth piece of the association was released by Probodh Sarmah, former president of the association.
The conference adopted total 34 resolutions including — provincialization of all Government High schools, to appoint teachers, to provide free text books, to appoint permanent head masters against the head master incharge etc. The meeting also by a resolution strongly condemned the act of the Government by discharging all the 96 teachers who were appointed in the year 1991 in the Nalbari district.
The conference also cautioned that if the Government failed to concede their demands, the association will come out to the road with agitational programme. The conference elected a new committee with Golap Chandra Nath president, Rajen Sarmah, secretary, Rabindhar Deka, assistant secretary respectively.

42nd biennial conference from May 23
From our Correspondent
NAGAON, May 14: The 42nd biennial conference of Nagaon district Higher Secondary School teachers and employees to be held at Doomdooma Balishtra with a three-day-long programme from May 23 to May 25 here.
An organizing committee has been formed with Pona Ram Bora, president, Idrish Ali, working president, Sivaprasad Goswami, secretary of the newly-formed committee respectively. The meeting also constituted different subcommittees and have decided to publish a souvenir on the occasion.

Art competition held
From our correspondent
NAGAON, May 13: Anupurbik Chitra Bhaskarya Vidyalaya of Nagaon organized an art competition at the Sankardev Junior College, in Nagaon recently.
Rajib Das, a noted young artist of Nagaon who run the vidyalaya also took the initiative.
In the competition a large number of students took part.

Student of Brahmaputra Valley Academy secures 9th position
From our Correspondent
LAKHIMPUR, May 14: Pangkita Borgohai, a student of Brahmaputra Valley Academy secured 9th position in Higher Secondary final examination in Arts stream.
She has secured 423 total marks with — English, MIL, Political Science, Anthropology and Logic and Philosophy with an aggregate percentage of 84.6%. She is the daughter of Binanda Borgohain, retired headmaster of Collegiate HS School and Lily Gogoi Borgohain of village Chinatalia, North Lakhimpur. While talking to The Sentinel she said that ,“ I shall study in Cotton College taking Economics as the major subject.”

Canara Bank customers harassed
From our Correspondent
JAGIROAD, May 14: The customers of the Jagiroad branch of the Canara Bank are being harassed following the breakdown of the pass book printer and the note counting machine since the last couple of months.The customers of the bank allege that they have to make repeated visits for petty issues like updating of their pass books as the bank is unable to process the same.
The customers are therefore demanding immediate redressal of their grievances so that an amicable environment is maintained.