Letters to The Editor

Of late, we have observed that people are driving carelessly giving no importance to road safety and traffic rules. Apart from drinking and driving which is a serious issue and a major cause of road accidents, we have noticed that people are using their phones and talking while driving which is a crime and should be stopped immediately. Drivers talk over the phone and use Bluetooth devices in order to avoid the policeman.

Through your esteemed daily, I would like to request the traffic police authority to be alert and impose huge fines on people using phone and talking while driving. Also, people should realize themselves that this practice is dangerous.

Life is precious. Therefore we should value it and not end it. Following traffic rules and driving safely is our duty so that everyone on the road feels safe.

Kabir Chakraborty,

Guwahati.

AASU exposed again

On 15th March, AASU President Dipanko Kumar Nath and few other office bearers called a press conference where they have declared to start anti-CAA agitations from 20th March once again across the State. The AASU is at liberty to start any agitation it wants but question arises with the timing. When CAA movement started in the State, the AASU hijacked the entire protest and confined the agitation to stage programme in certain fields. Later on it formed a political party and the then general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi assumed the post of president of the new party. Now question mark is why the over-aged 'student leaders' were mum with CAA post lockdown period. It can be gauged that entire anti-CAA movement in the State was done to form a political party and fulfill the desires of some of the leaders to become MLAs or Ministers. The recent declaration by the AASU is clear indication that they are trying to create an emotional wave in favour of the AJP. Who will forget when they signed the Assam Accord under pressure from the Union government. The cutoff date for declaration of foreigners in India is 1951 but it is 1971 in case of Assam. That blunder has given chance to lakhs of foreign migrants to enter Assam and today we are paying the price. Those Muslim migrants multiplied rapidly and in addition to illegal Bangladeshi influx thereafter the indigenous people were outnumbered and today 14 districts are under their possession. The AASU is nothing but a unit which over the years have only produced political leaders without any integrity towards the people. So it is my humble request to the AASU to please stop their business. If the AASU wants to do politics then it should register itself as a political party.

Julie Bhuyan,

Gaurisagar.

The untold story

The communal riots which took place in Gujarat under the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi became a burning issue which almost engulfed the entire country. Many 'secularists' including Leftists and Congress alleged that Muslims' blood flows through Gujarat's pipelines. Incidentally, the same brigade tried hard to veil the real reasons for the unfortunate riots that took place. As per the facts and records obtained, the Gujarat riots were the retaliatory reaction to the burning of Sabarmati Express in Godhra station. The ill fated train was carrying Hindu pilgrimages who were burnt alive by an organized mob inside the train. The organized mob was armed with petrol bombs, sticks and all. The same so called secular Congressmen try to hide anti-Sikh riots of 1984 in New Delhi, where many Congress leaders were involved in the murder of thousands of Sikh people just because two security guards belonging to Sikh community assassinated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

In recent times, alarming incidents are taking place in Kerela, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Assam where the majority community is unsafe. If that be the case where will the majority community go and take shelter? It is up to AASU, AJYCP, Congress and Leftists to respond. I being a senior citizen of the nation would like a reaction from the above mentioned organizations and parties to my letter.

Joel Goyari,

Tangla.

Regulate technology giants

The monopolistic attitude of technology giants has put these companies in a circle of negativity. Complaints have been filed against the Facebook and Google all over the world for their way of capturing the market. One example is the way Facebook acquired WhatsApp and Instagram to snuff out competition. The government had to issue a notice to Twitter for tweets of farmers' 'genocide'. WhatsApp's new privacy policy is also a matter of concern. The time has come for collaboration action against them. They have become so powerful that all nations will have to come forward to restrain them.

Chandan Kumar Nath,

Sorbhog.

Increase in cases of accidents

Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I would like to highlight the fact that Guwahati city has not remained backward and now can, in every way be compared to larger metropolitan cities of India. That has meant a rise in standard of living with very few households of the so called middle class remaining that do not own a motor vehicle.

While that being the case, the roads of Guwahati are not as accommodating to the huge number of vehicles that are on the streets everyday. This leads to traffic jams at every major junctions of the city. Also owing to large scale developmental works throughout the GS Road, volume of vehicles on road is far beyond the capacity of the roads. While jams can be dealt with, what these conditions have led to is a sharp increase in accidents. Such accidents can also result from negligence of drivers. Also the fact that traffic signals are either not present or not working at many junctions of the city and the clear lack of planning behind demarcating of routes is evident. All of these factors lead to increase in accidents and in some cases, loss of lives.

Thus concluding, there must be stricter implementation of rules which will lead to more accountability on part of the drivers. Also there should be a proper planning behind demarcation of routes so that traffic is managed easily. There should also be infrastructural development like installation of traffic lights and cameras to catch hold of rule breakers.

Soumyadeep Das,

Guwahati.

Revive paper mills

Inspite of the fact that the BJP government at the Centre promised to revive the Nagaon and the Cachar paper mills in Assam, however till date, the government has not done the same. The effect of the closure of the Nagaon and the Cachar paper mills is that the employees have remained deprived of getting their due salaries for more than four years. With no salary for years, the employees of the paper mills have been facing a serious economic crisis. The BJP government at the Centre must feel the hardships the employees of the paper mills have been facing for years. Hence, the Centre should decide to revive these two paper mills immediately.

Maheswar Deka,

Rangia.