DIBRUGARH, MAY 16: Insecurity plagues the personnel who are supposed to protect the forests of Dibrugarh Range. The weakness of forest protection machinery is reflected by the strength of the staff. For thousand of hectares of forest land, there are just twenty-two personnel including the Range Officer.
Call it red-tapeism or lukewarm response, the delay in executing the proposed geo-fabric technology to arrest erosion along the banks of the Brahmaputra is allowing the river swallow vast stretches of the land near Rohmoria yet again.
DIBRUGARH, May 10: Erosion in certain parts of Rohmoria has worsened at certain areas during the last couple of days, a report of the Rohmoria Erosion Resistance Struggle Forum (RERSF) said. The organization said that they would have no alternative than to launch an agitation if measures to counter the process were not taken during the dry season this year.
DIBRUGARH, May 9: Monsoon every year brings reminders of the proximity of the Brahmaputra to Dibrugarh. Large chunks of land disappear under water, rousing fears about the fate of the town. Erosion has become a reality for the people of the area since the 1950s.
Assam Congress has called for declaring erosion as a national problem.
In a letter to Union Minister for Water Resources Paban Kumar Bansal, Congress Lok Sabha Chief whip Paban Singh Ghatowar said erosion is one of the major problems of Assam.
In what can be considered good news in the field of child care in Assam, the State Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has come down to 48 per thousand from the 65 per thousand in the year 2005.
The agricultural educational tour to northern India organised for the Assam farmers by 318 Field Regiment of Dah division of the Indian Army concluded with an evaluation programme at Sarojini under Tingkhong PS.
