The tea industry has sought reduction of land revenue rates and cess on green leaf so that the gardens in Assam get a level playing field to compete with the tea gardens of the other parts of the country.

The tea industry in Barak Valley is passing through hard days. Labour problem, including less number of tea labourers for NREGA scheme, inadequate communication system, power crisis, increased revenue tax for Barak tea garden, cess on green leaf, increased pollution fee, less transport subsidy etc. have put Barak tea industry in a hopeless condition.

Several civil society groups of the State have urged the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment & Forests, Jairam Ramesh, to seriously address the issue of downstream impact of dams in the State.

KARIMGAN: The State Government has stressed the need to increase the agricultural production by adopting latest agricultural know-how. Addressing a gathering, Enamul Haque Laskar, OSD, Irrigation Department stated this.

The National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP) was inaugurated by Vilasrao Deshmukh, Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, at Dholchora, 30 km from the city, recently. The model inspection and maintenance centre being developed at Jaffirbund will be India

Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest, Jairam Ramesh today allayed apprehension over impact of Tipaimukh Dam in Bangladesh, describing them as false propaganda. The Minister who was addressing the Editor

A district-level meeting was organised at the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Cachar to discuss necessary steps to meet emergency situations due to possible earthquakes. The meeting was presided over by Gautam Ganguli, DC, Cachar where other dignitaries were also present.

SILCHAR, Sept 4: Barak Valley along with the entire Northeast has been hit by an earthquake for the fourth time in the last 23 days, causing serious concern among the people of this region. According to many, four tremors in such a short time, the last to happen was at 1.30 am today, cannot but evoke the relevant question : how safe is our zone?

The efforts of the State to overcome the adverse impact of the drought-like situation have perhaps bearing fruits. About 88 per cent of the targeted 18 lakh hectares of sali paddy area of the State has so far been covered with seedling transplantation. It is expected that the State will at the most be able to cover 90 per cent of the targeted sali area by the end of the current month.