Letters to the Editor: Passing the buck

Passing the buck

The soaring prices of daily consumable items are crippling the public but our Chief Minister along with his entire cabinet is busy campaigning for the bye-elections of five constituencies. The Chief Minister's speeches in all the election rallies were full of rhetoric and lollipops. It reminds me of the famous saying "Nero was fiddling while Rome was burning". The present situation in the state is no different as we can see the Chief Minister was playing music and dancing in election rallies while the general public was melting under the enormous price rise of essential commodities. I still stand to my point that barring Gossaigaon and Tamulpur, the bye-elections in the other three constituencies were only necessitated due to the selfish agenda of three people. After these bye-elections, another bye-election is awaiting in Majuli in the next three to four months.

The government's tirade against the eviction of illegal settlers in government land, xatra and forest land has also come to a halt due to the government's concentration on winning bye-elections. It appears that the Gorukhuti eviction drive, war against drug lords, brokers were all gimmicks. While the other day, Agriculture Minister Atul Bora was heard blaming the Public Distribution Ministry for the exponential price hike, the PDS Minister Ranjit Dass was blaming the low agricultural production due to a shortage of rains. Now, CM's colleagues are busy passing the buck to each other. Through Your Esteemed Daily, I request CM Himanta Biswa Sharma to look into the prevailing ground situation in the state rather than concentrating on holding more bye-elections through the resignation of opposition MLAs.

Julie Bhuyan,

Gaurisagar.

Hero's welcome

Generally, a hero's welcome is accorded to someone who returns to his/her nation after accomplishing some extraordinary feat. We have seen in many past occasions when our cricket or hockey teams or anyone achieving individual glory in the world meets is accorded hero's welcome by the countrymen by bursting crackers and beating drums. But very interestingly, similar scenes were seen in Mumbai where Aryan Khan, son of a Bollywood megastar allegedly nabbed by the narcotic department for drug abuse and possession returned home on bail from infamous Arthur jail was accorded something like hero's welcome. The name in question is Aryan Khan who returned home after spending 27 days in prison after achieving an extraordinary feat on the drug-related case. The whole of Bollywood and the AGADHI government of Maharashtra was elated at Aryan's release on bail, and they accorded him a hero's welcome by bursting crackers and beating drums on the streets of Mumbai. The media too was busy covering the boy's release drama the whole day.

I am being a senior citizen demanding to know from my countrymen, especially from Maharashtrian people whether this guy was worthy of such a hero's welcome. If so, I feel that Maharashtra is no longer a land of great CHATTRAPATI SIVAJI. Mumbaikars are now seemed to be under the spell of a few tinsel world heroes with doubtful loyalty to the nation under the AGHADI government. What a shame!

Dr Ashim Chowdhury,

Guwahati, Assam.

Lithium refinery

With the advancement of technology, to operate those hi-tech inventions, be it heavy machinery or a large data centre, the requirement for energy increases exponentially. At the current rate of per capita consumption, fossil fuel won't last more than three decades. Also, the exhaust from fossil fuels is a critical threat to the environment.

From the past few years, considerable progress has been made in the research and development of lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries are the favourite choice for hybrid electric vehicles because of their high energy density. India being the world's largest potential car market, Gujrat is all set to host the country's first lithium refinery. According to the source, Manikaran Power Limited, one of the country's largest power trading and renewable energy company will invest around Rs 1,000 crore to set up this refinery. This hefty investment shows the importance of a refinery that can process lithium ore to produce battery-grade materials.

Currently, Tata groups are leading in EV manufacturing and infrastructure in the country. EV giant Tesla also started selling cars in India this year. The lucrative initiative by the government will surely attract Tesla not only to sell its car in India but also to set up its maiden plant in India. As the government is planning for 30% electric mobility by 2030, setting up a plant in India will help to cut down the import duties and it will make Tesla affordable in the Indian auto market.

Sourabh Pran Borah,

Teok

Media debate

Media, both print and electronic, is at present is playing a very decisive role in informing us about many important issues. Whenever and wherever any controversial issues crop up involving some big guns, the media as mentioned above parachute-like vulture to give extra colour to the issue. But very amusingly, so far as a regular viewer of debates arising out of the issue in some national English TV channels is concerned it is simply proved that these so-called watertight investigations lead us nowhere. Some of the panellists taking part in the debate behave like a court jester arguing without any rhyme or reason putting the interests of their political party. It simply irritates the sensible viewers. TRP seems all that matters above national integrity and security. However, there are one or two TV channels that are an exception.

Lanu Dutt Chowdhury,

Guwahati.