july 2018

ASSAM High-tech covered conductors to protect Kaziranga wildlife   For the first time in the State, the power department is in the process of installing ‘covered conductors’ for power transmission which will provide safety against accidental contact.   Covered conductors are longitudinally water blocked and covered with special grade materials that provide insulation and ultra … Read more

ASSAM   Govt fails to stop anaemia, maternal mortality in TEs   Various government interventions meant to combat anaemia are insufficient and unsuccessful in reaching the women they are intended to serve and women in tea gardens of the State face multiple barriers to combating the disease and accessing adequate maternal health care, according to … Read more

ASSAM   Proposals made in 1965 to check influx were ignored   Way back in 1965, a proposal was mooted to compile a register of citizens in Assam and to issue identity cards to Indian citizens on the basis of it. But unfortunately, the proposal was not taken up. Similarly, a proposal to erect barbed … Read more

ASSAM   Pilot project on use of plastic in road construction launched   PWD Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today launched a first-of-its-kind pilot project to use waste plastic in road construction.   The pilot project, being done on an experimental basis, was launched on the Kahilipara-Dakhingaon Don Bosco Road in the presence of the PWD … Read more

ASSAM   State to get inland navigation institute   A Regional Inland Navigation Institute – the second such institute in the country that would impart training in various subjects related to inland water transport – would soon come up in the State   The Central government has committed Rs 50 crore for the institute once … Read more