Assam Projects and News

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Assam (Assamese অসম [Asom] ( listen)),[dubious – discuss] also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province (British India), is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country. Assam though one of the original provinces[2] of British ruled Indian sub-continent and present day India[3] having its legislature that dates back to 1937, the present day Assam; had undergone numerous territory alignment changes with its state map being altered highest number of times when compared to any other provincial level changes that has happened in Independent India. Known for exquisite natural resources, geography and its important role in India's freedom struggle; Assam has its capital as Dispur, an especialized city circuit region located on the outskirts of its largest metropolis, Guwahati. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak river valleys along with the Karbi Anglong and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles (78,440 km2). Assam is surrounded by six of the other Seven Sister States: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya. These states are connected to the rest of India via a narrow strip in West Bengal called the Siliguri Corridor or "Chicken's Neck".[4] Assam also shares international borders with Bhutan and Bangladesh; and cultures, peoples and climate with South-East Asia – important elements in India’s Look East policy.

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Pre-history
A ferocious lion excavated in Madan Kamdev close to Baihata Chariali in Assam representing the powerful Kamarupa-Palas (c. 9th–10th century AD)

Assam and adjoining regions have evidences of human settlements from all the periods of the Stone ages. The hills at the height of 1,500–2,000 feet (460 to 615 m) were popular habitats probably due to availability of exposed doleritic basalt useful for tool-making.[25]

According to the Kalika Purana (c.17th–18th AD), written in Assam, the earliest ruler of Assam was Mahiranga Danav followed by Hatak, Sambar, Ratna and Ghatak; Naraka removed this line of rulers and established his own Naraka dynasty. It mentions that the last of the Naraka-bhauma rulers, Narak, was slain by Krishna. Naraka's son Bhagadatta, mentioned in the Mahabharata, fought for the Kauravas in the battle of Kurukshetra with an army of kiratas, chinas and dwellers of the eastern coast. Later rulers of Kamarupa frequently drew their lineage from the Naraka rulers. However, there are lots of evidences to say that Mahayana Buddhism was prominent in ancient Assam. After Hi-uen Shang's visit Mahayana Buddhism came to Assam. Relics of Tezpur, Malini Than, Kamakhya and Madan Kam Dev Temple are the evidences of Mahayana Buddhism.
[edit] Ancient and medieval
The Ahom Kingdom, c. 1826

Ancient Assam, known as Kamarupa, was ruled by powerful dynasties: the Varmanas (c. 350–650 AD), the Salstambhas (Xalostombho, c. 655–900 AD) and the Kamarupa-Palas (c. 900–1100 AD). In the reign of the Varman king, Bhaskaravarman (c. 600–650 AD), the Chinese traveler Xuan Zang visited the region and recorded his travels. Later, after weakening and disintegration (after the Kamarupa-Palas), the Kamarupa tradition was somewhat extended till c. 1255 AD by the Lunar I (c. 1120–1185 AD) and Lunar II (c. 1155–1255 AD) dynasties.[25]

Two later dynasties, the Ahoms and the Koch left larger impacts. The Ahoms, a Tai group, ruled Assam for nearly 600 years (1228–1826 AD) and the Koch, a Tibeto-Burmese, established sovereignty in c. 1510 AD. The Koch kingdom in western Assam and present North Bengal was at its zenith in the early reign of Naranarayana (c. 1540–1587 AD). It split into two in c. 1581 AD, the western part as a Moghul vassal and the eastern as an Ahom satellite state. Since c. 13th AD, the nerve centre of Ahom polity was upper Assam; the kingdom was gradually extended till Karatoya River in the c. 17th–18th AD. It was at its zenith during the reign of Sukhrungpha or Sworgodeu Rudra Simha (c. 1696–1714 AD). Among other dynasties, the Sutiya Kingdom ruled north-eastern Assam and parts of present Arunachal Pradesh and the Kacharis ruled from Dikhow River to central and southern Assam. With expansion of Ahom kingdom, by c. 1520 AD the Sutiyas areas were annexed and since c. 1536 AD Kacharis remained only in Cachar and North Cachar more as an Ahom ally then a competing force. Despite numerous invasions, mostly by the Muslim rulers, no western power ruled Assam until the arrival of the British. The most successful invader Mir Jumla, a governor of Aurangzeb, briefly occupied Garhgaon (c. 1662–63 AD), the then capital, but found it difficult to control people making guerrilla attacks on his forces, forcing them to leave. The decisive victory of the Assamese led by the great general Lachit Borphukan on the Mughals, then under command of Raja Ram Singha at Saraighat (1671) had almost ended Mughal ambitions in this region. Mughals were finally expelled in c. 1682 AD from lower Assam.
[edit] British Assam
A map of the British Indian Empire in 1909 during the partition of Bengal (1905–1911), showing British India in two shades of pink (coral and pale) and the princely states in yellow. The Assam Province (initially as the Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam) can be seen towards the north-eastern side of India.

Ahom palace intrigue and political turmoil due to the Moamoria rebellion aided the Burmese to invade Assam and install Chandra Kanta Singh as a puppet king in 1817. In 1821, Singh switched his allegiance to the British, leading the Burmese to invade again. The Burmese defeated the Assamese army in 1822, and made Assam a Burmese province under a military governor-general.[26][27] With the Burmese having reached the East India Company’s borders, the First Anglo-Burmese War ensued in 1824. The war ended under the Treaty of Yandabo[28] in 1826, with the Company taking control of Lower Assam and installing Purander Singh as king of Upper Assam in 1833. The arrangement lasted till 1838 and thereafter the British gradually annexed the entire region. Initially Assam was made a part of the Bengal Presidency, then in 1906 it was a part of Eastern Bengal and Assam province, and in 1912 it was reconstituted into a Chief Commissioners' province. In 1913, a Legislative Council and in 1937 the Assam Legislative Assembly were formed in Shillong, the erstwhile capital of the region. The British tea planters imported labour from central India adding to the demographic canvas. After few initial unsuccessful attempts to free Assam during the 1850s, the Assamese since early 20th century joined and actively supported the Indian National Congress against the British.

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BCPL’s Assam gas cracker project by 2013

8 May 2011
DIBRUGARH, 7 MAY: The gas cracker project of the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited at Assam's Lepetkata in Dibrugarh district is expected to be completed by 2013, a senior official said today.
Site development works, including boundary wall, construction of roads, drainage and piling jobs were almost complete, while erection of equipment and vessels of the grassroot petrochemical plant were in progress, BCPL chairman and managing director, Mr BC Tripathi said. The overall physical progress of the project activities at Lepetkata, Duliajan and Lakwa sites as of now was 37.7 per cent, he said.
Though progress was disrupted by prolonged and heavy rains, labour problems and low performance of contractors among other reasons, Mr Tripathi assured that sustained efforts were being made to arrest any delay in the project.
Mr Tripathy, who is also CMD of Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL), said: “Things are beginning to look up and the project is expected to be completed by 2013”. The Central and Assam governments were also extending all required support for the project, he added.
Purchase orders and contracts of over Rs 7,065.68 crore, including for critical items, had already been placed till 15 April last, while the placement of remaining orders and contracts were being expedited, he said.

http://www.thestatesman.net/index.ph...68746&catid=40

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DIBRUGARH: Hundreds of unemployed youths from Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, who underwent training at the Hyderabad-based National Training of Construction (NAC), took out a protest rally here on Monday.

They were protesting against no placements for them at the Gas Cracker Project (BCPL) at Lepetkata in spite of completing a three-month training course at NAC.


Significantly, 667 youth from both districts were sent for a phase-wise training to Hyderabad. The youths were assured of placement at the Gas Cracker Project after completion of their training course. The youths, protesting under the banner of Dibrugarh district Skill Unemployed Youth Association, have alleged that in spite of assurances from the District administration and District Industry and Commerce Centre ( DICC), Dibrugarh, only 150 out of 667 skilled youths were absorbed at BCPL by various firms executing working on the multi-crore project.

The youths had undergone vocational training as welders, electricians, masons, plumbers, painters and decorators.

"The BCPL authorities and the state government had announced that the mega project has been facing shortage of skilled workers by around 50 per cent. In Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts there are still 517 NAC-trained youths. It is hard to understand why the local youths are not being recruited though they have the required training. If this trend continues, we will have no option left other than launching a vigorous agitation," said the association general secretary Binud Saikia.

The agitating youths also staged a demonstration in front of the deputy commissioner's office and later dispatched a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and chief minister Tarun Gogoi with a charter of their demands.

In a recent review meeting of the Gas Cracker Project, BCPL authorities have revealed that as against a requirement of around 10,000 skilled, semi-skilled and non-skilled workers, only 6,000 workers were currently engaged in the project which resulted in severe manpower shortage. The project cost was revised from the initial Rs 5,460 crore to Rs 9,285 crore while the project deadline was rescheduled from April 2012 to July 2013.

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DIBRUGARH, May 7 – If the general manager (construction) of Northeast Frontier Railway, Ms Vijaya Kanth is to be believed, the Bogibeel rail-cum-road bridge should be ready by 2015, if the current pace of construction work continues. She clarified this in an informal chat with this newspaper today at the Bogibeel Project Officers’ Guest House here, and denied that the bridge superstructure is in for a re-tender. She claimed that the existing global tender stands valid, and only the work awardee remains to be finalised.

She informed that there is every likelihood that the bridge superstructure contract would be awarded in the next seven to ten days by the Railway Board, and that she too is pressing for this at both the Railway ministry and the Railway Board.

In the interaction with the railway official here today, former Dibrugarh MP, Sarbananda Sonowal asked the officials to beautify the bridge and its approaches with suitable tree plantation and measures that would attract visitors and tourists.

Sonowal also suggested that the railways construct a guest house at the Bogibeel area for the benefit of tourists, as the place has vast potential for growth of tourism, given the majesticity of the Brahmaputra (the river is about 8 kms wide there) and the awe-inspiring views of the Himalayas from the place.

He briefed the railway general manager of the railway history of Dibrugarh, and how citizens here crave for an appropriate railway museum. The nation’s second railway line was constructed from Mohanaghat to Dinjan more than a hundred years ago.

Bogibeel project deputy chief engineer, Mohinder Singh said that the Bogibeel site was selected way back in 1927 for a bridge across the Brahmaputra by the then British and Indian railway engineers. The plan then went to the backburner, and survey work on the site was resumed by RITES (Rail India Technical & Engineering Services) in 1967, following persistent demand for a bridge there since 1962 by the Dibrugarh Nagarik Sangha.

As for the bridge construction proper, Ms Vijaya Kanth said all the 47 pillars of the bridge would be ready for the superstructure by the middle of 2013. However, as several pillars towards the north and south banks would be ready in the coming months, work on the superstructure would begin this winter, she said. She said the design of the bridge is the latest in bridge building anywhere in the world. The length of the bridge has been modified and will now be almost five kms long.

Earlier, the length of the bridge was designed to be 4.3 km. The bridge itself would be double decked, with the lower deck having two BG railway tracks and the upper road deck would have three carriageways, with footpath on either side.

Meanwhile, work on the Rangiya – Murkong Selek railway gauge conversion has also commenced. Along with this gauge conversion, Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh would have broad gauge rail connectivity from Harmutty station in Assam. The gauge conversion work on the north bank of the Brahmaputra is likely to be completed by 2014.

It is also learnt that the district administration in Dhemaji and Dibrugarh have initiated land acquisition work, to facilitate laying of a four laned highway approach to the bridge, to connect NH 52 on the north bank ad NH 37 on the south bank. The highway link would be executed by the Assam PWD, while the cost of the land is being borne by the railways.

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The Indian Air Force Tuesday inducted a second squadron of its frontline Sukhoi-Su 30 MKI combat jets as part of a strategic deployment of advanced assets in the North East. A single Su-30 has presently been stationed at the Chabua air base, about 450 km east of Assam's main city of Guwahati, with the strength of the squadron gradually being raised to 18 aircraft.

'The idea is to ensure that the skies and the borders in the east are well protected and secured. The Su-30 MKIs can be used for both offensive as well as defensive purposes,' Air Marshal K.K. Nohwar, air officer commanding-in-chief of the Eastern Air Command, told reporters after the formal induction ceremony. As part of the formal induction, the fighter jet staged an impressive flypast.

The IAF had inducted its first Su-30 squadron at Tezpur in northern Assam in June 2009. The decision to deploy the Su-30s, the most potent fighter in the IAF inventory, follows repeated instances of Chinese incursions in Arunachal Pradesh in the last few years. The Tezpur and the Chabua air bases are within striking distance of the India-China border along the mountainous state of Arunachal Pradesh.

According to the defence ministry, there have been about 350 violations by Chinese soldiers in the western, middle and eastern sectors of the border since 2008. Beijing had in 2003 given up its territorial claim over the Indian state of Sikkim but still maintains that vast stretches of Arunachal Pradesh belong to China. Arunachal Pradesh shares a 1,030-km unfenced border with China. This frontier is defined by the McMahon Line, a notional boundary that is now known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC). China has never recognised the McMahon Line, and claims 90,000 sq km or almost all of Arunachal Pradesh. India also accuses China of occupying 8,000 sq km in Kashmir.

India and China fought a bitter border war in 1962, with Chinese troops advancing deep into what was then called the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) and inflicting heavy casualties on Indian troops. Capable of carrying nuclear weapons and tailor-made for Indian specifications, the Russian designed Su-30 is being manufactured under license by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The aircraft was inducted into the IAF in 1997.

'Forty-four Sukhois are being inducted into the IAF, taking the number of the jets to 270,' Nohwar said.

The IAF currently operates six squadrons of the Su-30s, with three stationed at Lohegaon in Pune, two at Bareilly, and one Tezpur. Chabua is the seventh squadron. Each squadron generally comprises 18-20 aircraft.

The Chabua air base was built in 1939 and during World War II was a major supply point for ferrying supplies to allied forces in and around Kunming in China to fight the Japanese. This was known as 'Flying the Hump'.

The Tezpur airfield was constructed in 1942, during the Second World War. It lies between Bhutan, Tibet, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh. Ever since its inception, it has been one of the most active bases in the northeast from where a variety of fixed and rotary wing aircraft have been operating.

http://www.india-defence.com/reports-5050

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Jorhat, Oct. 23: Dispur has directed town planning and civic bodies across the state not to allow construction of buildings within a 500-yard radius of any defence installation without obtaining no-objection certificates.

Sources said defence set-ups in state are on the verge of getting a major upgrade, because of which security in the areas near these installations would be of prime importance, and hence, the Centre had asked the state government to be strict while granting permission for construction of houses and buildings within a radius of 500 yards of any defence establishment.

Recently, the secretary of the state urban development department, M.U. Ahmed, told all town committees, municipal boards, development authorities and deputy commissioners that he had been directed by the government to notify them that they could issue building permissions in areas within 500 yards of any defence establishment only after obtaining an NOC from the latter.

He said defence authorities, after studying the design of the proposed building, had to issue an NOC, which had to be submitted to the civic, municipal or development authority of the area while applying for a building permission.

Ahmed said all authorities responsible for granting permission for construction of houses and buildings should strictly adhere to the relevant provision of the law as laid down in the Works of Defence Act 1903, under which getting an NOC was compulsory.

Sources said the urban development department had issued the letter in view of the fact that the practice of getting NOCs from defence authorities was not being followed in the state.

The directive assumes significance, as there are a number of defence establishments belonging to the army, Indian Air Force and paramilitary forces across the state, with many being set up during World War II.

The latest move comes barely a year after the Indian Air Force urged the district administrations to instruct civic bodies and development authorities not to grant building permission within a 100m radius of air force stations.

A restricted radius in case of weapons and explosive storage depots is 900 metres.

The said areas were declared restricted zones by a notification issued by the defence ministry.

Sources said upgrade of all defence installations in the region had been initiated, as China was becoming a major threat for India in recent times. The air force stations in Tezpur and Chabua have already been armed with Sukhoi aircraft recently.

IAF bases in Jorhat, Tezpur and Chabua have plans for expansion with the air force requesting the state government for acquisition of land early this year. The Shillong-based Eastern Air Command headquarters has written to Assam chief secretary N.K. Das requesting Dispur to expedite the land acquisition process.

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TEZPUR, Oct 29 – Buoyed by the rising growth in fish marketing sector here in Sonitpur and its adjoining areas and to boost the traders in this direction, the Tezpur Municipal Board has taken up a major initiative to build a market shed here at Kekurapool Bus stand with an expenditure of Rs 2.50 crore.

It is to be stated here that the Tezpur Municipality Board has been able to attract the people here by giving a facelift to the historic city repairing most of its deplorable roads.

However, it is worthmentioning that an action plan was made by the TMC in 2009-10 to build a market shed for retailers and wholesalers of fish. Following the same on September 19 last a consensus decision was taken at joint meting held between Tezpur Municipality Board and the Fish Traders Association and it was forwarded to concerned agencies of Fishery department. After that a survey team has visited the proposed area for the big budget scheme.

Meanwhile, the chairperson of Tezpur Municipality Board, Allauddin Ahmed while talking to this reporter said that a section of negative minded people have been trying to break the project for their vested interest. However, as it would be a part of the beautification of the historic town, we would like to address all sections of the people to come forward to join hand in this direction reflecting an overall development of the district, he added.

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India is all set to get more accurate forecasts on fast-changing weather systems with the help of 55 China-made Doppler radars that will cover 126 meteorological zones across the country by 2015.

The installation of Chinese made Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) is part of the Rs10 billion (US$220 million) modernisation plan of the 135-year-old India Meteorological Department (IMD). "In all, 55 Chinese DWRs would be installed across the country by 2015. By next year, 20 such radars would be set up in different parts of India," Ajit Tyagi, director general of IMD, told IANS.

The DWR, put up on specially-constructed four- or five-storey buildings, would be able to scan the atmosphere round-the-clock and provide information about the presence of clouds, their location and intensity within a 500-km radius.

A senior IMD official told IANS on condition of anonymity, "ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) had developed a weather radar that has been working successfully at the Sriharikota satellite launch centre for nearly four years. The Indian government, however, preferred the Chinese made DWR, claiming they would be more purposeful."

According to Tyagi, existing conventional radars ensure 75-80 percent data and predictions are accurate. But DWRs are technologically superior to conventional radars, he said. "Present conventional radars provide information on reflectivity only, whereas a DWR provides data on velocity and spectral width in addition to reflectivity," Tyagi said. "Meteorological, hydrological and aviation-related data and predictions using DWRs would be very useful for forecasters, weathermen, planners, safe navigation of aircraft and ships," he added.

The IMD chief said DWR has the unique capability to continuously track and predict fast-evolving weather systems and provide effective monitoring and warning of thunderstorms, hailstorms, cyclones, cloudbursts, monsoon depressions and localised heavy rainfall. The cost of the each DWR equipment is approximately Rs110 million ($2.4 mn) with an additional expenditure of Rs60 million ($1.3 mn) towards development of infrastructure for setting it up.

"Named after Austrian physicist Christian Doppler, the DWRs are expected to make a great change in the weather and hydrological predictions in all of India's 126 Met zones," he said. Seven DWRs have already been installed in some important locations, including New Delhi, Nagpur, Patna and Lucknow.

Tyagi, accompanied by top IMD officials and scientists, came here Tuesday to install the northeast's first DWR in Agartala. The next DWR in this region is being set up at Dibrugarh in Assam.

He said by the Twelfth Five Year Plan (April 2012 to March 2017), all blocks in the 640 districts across India would be covered by the weather and hydrological data recording mechanism and agricultural-meteorological (agro-met) advisory services. "With the transformation of weather, hydrological and aviation- related forecasting and information gathering technology, India would also be able to share more perfect data on these matters with any other country," he said.

According to him, for the past few years India has been sharing climatic information with member countries of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)-supported SASCOF (South Asian Climate Outlook Forum). Tyagi said IMD had developed the mechanism to monitor seismic activities and oceanic activity regularly.

"Natural disaster and climatic hitches are a cause of worry. But if we predict them accurately, with proper planning we could be able to save lives and property to a great extent," he said.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report...-radar_1601141

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The North-East was never high on the corporate radar because of its insurgency-related issues and lack of infrastructure.

But things are changing now. Assam seems to be the next big-ticket investment destination for corporates if one scans the member list of the state’s newly-formed investment advisory board.

The state is wooing investments worth Rs 100,000 crore over the next five years and around Rs 35,000 crore alone could be channelled into riverways with 20 ports planned from Dhubri to Dibrugarh.

Development is slated to take place in six key areas — infrastructure, agri and agri-value-added services, housing, healthcare, education.

The entire development is proposed to be non/low carbon and all the major infrastructure players could be roped in.

Tatas alone, said sources, could bring in large investments in the state. It is learnt that Tata Housing has recently signed two MoUs with the Assam state government for setting up commercial and residential projects that will include an eco-city in which investments could go up to Rs 5,000 crore. DNA caught up with various government officials and corporate houses for a closer view of things.

Ranjit Barthakur, who pioneered the Assam Investment Advisory Board, said, “The Tatas are likely to invest another Rs 300-400 crore in their education and hospitality projects…The first Tata Institute of Social Sciences campus outside Mumbai is coming up in Guwahati.”

Guwahati’s first five-star hotel, Vivanta by Taj group is also on the anvil. In fact, Tata Group head, during first Assam Investment Advisory Board meet earlier this month, said: “We are here by choice…we have been attracted to the tremendous change seen in Assam…”

A number of frontline hospitality brands are also eyeing this north-eastern state.

Vindi Banga, president, global foods, home and personal care, Unilever, told DNA: “HUL will help out on a project to improve the quality, productivity and sustainability of the tea plantations in Assam, which are a state asset…HUL’s personal products factory today produces about 40,000 tonnes, employs 700 people directly and creates indirect employment for about 3,000 people. Most of our raw material for this factory is procured locally, from around 50 suppliers, most of whom are first generation suppliers for us.”

According to a State Bank of India official, “The financial giant is looking to increase its lending exposure, once big-ticket investors are in place here.” The bank has expanded rapidly over the last two years in the North-East, with around 520 branches, of which 263 are in Assam alone.

Aditya Khaitan, managing director, McLeod Russel, said, “We produce 72 million kg of tea from 50 tea estates in Assam and have started making other investments like jatropha planting. At some point, we could think of oil refining as well.”

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Assam has achieved the third highest rate of progress in Human Development Index (HDI) among all major states in India, according to a Planning Commission report. Assam registered 32 per cent progress in HDI for 1999- 2000 and 2007-08 and if it maintains the current rate of progress for another decade it was likely that its overall human development would be ahead of other states, the India Human Development Report, 2011 said. HDI reflects three main components of development -- education, health and per capita income. The report said Assam has shown the highest rate of progress in income index and third highest rate of progress in health index, but is lagging behind the national average in the education index. With a hunger index of 19.83 (as in 2008) and ranked fourth, Assam is doing better than the so-called developed states with high per capita income namely Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat, the report added.

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From India Today Conclave 2011 "State of the States"

In 2010, Assam was ranked at the bottom of the pile of 20 big states in the categories of agriculture and governance in India Today's State of the States report. In 2011, Assam finds itself ranked number one in both categories. Lest eyebrows be raised, it is important to clearly state upfront that the latest, ninth edition of the State of the States uses a radically different methodology from the one used in the past eight editions, to rank states. For the first time, our study ranks states on the basis of the improvement they have recorded in the past year. This year, the period surveyed for the purpose of ranking the states is between 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. For the sake of continuity, the rankings, like in all previous editions, are still done across the same eight sectoral categories (agriculture, primary health, consumer market, primary education, governance, infrastructure, investment and macroeconomy) and a ninth category that aggregates the improvement across categories.


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http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/i.../1/158653.html

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i also read somewhere that india today gave Assam first amongst all big states for rate of development, forgot where though..

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Thank you so much Sun for creating this separate thread for Assam.



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DIBRUGARH, Nov 15: The construction work of Dhola–Sadiya connecting bridge over the river Buri Dehing will be completed by 2014, the PWD Minister Ajanta Neog said. The minister was on a two-day tour to Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts to assess the progress of work of various ongoing developmental projects in undivided Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.

Expressing her satisfaction over the progress of the bridge, Ajanta Neog told the Sentinel that the construction work of National Highway to Arunachal Pradesh is proceeding as desired. The construction of all total 9 bypasses including Tinsukia and Digboi is progressing satisfactorily, Minister said. The minister also visited the site of

Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge Project and reviewed the progress. “The work of the project is also progressing as expected earlier,” Minister added.

Neog, who is looking after the development of municipalities and various town committees of the State, stressed on more growth of municipal bodies of the small and big towns of the State. She called upon the people to clear municipal taxes on time and help municipal bodies to serve them better. Expressing satisfaction over Dibrugarh Municipality’s initiative to make the town clean and beautiful, the PWD Minister said that there was more work to be done in both Dibrugarh and Tinsukia towns by respective municipality boards. She suggested both municipalities to put more emphasis on tax collection as well to provide basic facilities to the people.

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Guwahati, Oct. 31: Assam tops the list of states in the region where students want to pursue education but do not have schools to go to.

According to the Right to Education Act, Assam should have at least one government primary school every kilometre and one Middle English school in every 3km stretch. Thus Assam should have at least about one lakh primary schools. At present, it has just over 35,000 primary schools.

The state government will spend Rs 2,000 crores for effective implementation of the RTE Act, he added.

Read the complete report here

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SIVASAGAR, Nov 1: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today formally inaugurated the state-of-the-art Kaziranga Golf Resort (KGR), a golf course spreading over 150 acre of land at Sangsowa Tea Estate in west Jorhat.

Inaugurating the golf course, Gogoi expressed his happiness and said that he felt proud to inaugurate such a golf course which has been carved out amidst the tortuous tea gardens, by an Assamese.

Praising the initiative taken by the B & A Group and the prime mover Hemendra Prasad Barooah for his ardent desire to gift Assam a top class championship Golf Course, Gogoi said, “The scenic beauty of tea plantations has always been an attraction for outsiders. This 18- hole, par 71 facility is the first true golf championship course in the North East and finest and unique golfing destination in the country.

Promising to take all necessary steps to develop Assam’s tourism sector, Gogoi in his speech hoped that he KGR would cater to golfers of all levels- beginners, intermediate and experts.

According to the Managing Director of the Kaziranga Golf Resort, AK Babloo Chowdhury, The KGR has carved out amidst the tortuous tea gardens, the 18- hole par 71 facility is the first true championship course in the North East and the finest and unique golfing destination in the country.

Speaking on the occasion, Hemendra Prasad Barooah in his speech, thanked course designer Ranjit Nanda who had developed and designed the 6900 yard KGR.

Barooah said that the golf course is marketed by Tiger Sports Marketing, a leading golf event management firm. “This 18 hole championship course, crafted in the lap of nature is mere testimony to the growing popularity of the game. The RKG can be perfect holiday destination for those who want to spend time in a relaxed atmosphere as it offers five star accommodations with well appointed rooms which are a mix of colonial bungalows and state of the art facilities. A double sided driving range can cater to as many as 72 golfers at the same time hitting off natural grass and a massive chipping and putting green complimented with a resident golf coach gives the ardent golfer an opportunity to sharpen his skills,” said Barooah.

On the other hand, a golf competition was organized on October 30. Asian Games golf gold medalist Lakshman Singh, former Royal Kolkata Golf Club captain Ranvir Singh and 60 other golfers from Spain, Delhi, Kolkata and Assam participated in the competition.