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    Rehabilitation of flood victims first priority, says new Cachar DC
    Assam

    Rehabilitation of flood victims first priority, says new Cachar DC

    Silchar, July 16: Rohan Kumar Jha, IAS (RR 2015) the former Deputy Commissioner of Hailakandi district has taken charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Cachar district on Friday. He took over the charges from Keerthi Jalli IAS (RR2013) who has been transferred and posted as DC Kamrup and CEO...
    Silchar floods: District Cong honours unsung heroes
    Assam

    Silchar floods: District Cong honours unsung heroes

    Silchar, July 16: At a time when the unprecedented flood raged havoc across Silchar and also in most places of Cachar district in June this year, several NGOs, associations and individuals stepped up to work day and night sending relief materials and drinking water in every way possible to the...
    Silchar MLA assures to clear pile of post-flood garbage
    Assam

    Silchar MLA assures to clear pile of post-flood garbage

    Silchar, July 13: The water might have receded from most of the urban areas of Silchar but the woes of the residents of the second biggest urban sprawl in the state have not ended yet. From sofas to wooden cupboards, plastic, beddings, sewage and clothes-washed up in the recent spell of the...
    First angiography done at Silchar Medical College and Hospital Cath Lab
    Assam

    First angiography done at Silchar Medical College and Hospital Cath Lab

    Silchar, July 12: In what could be called a historical moment in the health care sector in southern Assam for over five decades, the first-ever angiography was successfully done at the Department of Cardiology of Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) on Tuesday. The Department now has upgraded...
    Congress to raise Silchar flood issue in Assembly: APCC chief Bhupen Bora
    Assam

    Congress to raise Silchar flood issue in Assembly: APCC chief Bhupen Bora

    Silchar, July 8: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhupen Borah, on Thursday visited the flood affected areas of Silchar along with party leaders and cadres.On the sidelines of the visit to Betukandi to see the allegedly breached dyke, Borah told reporters that the magnitude of the flood...
    No communal undertone behind Betukandi dyke breach: Cachar SP
    Assam

    No communal undertone behind Betukandi dyke breach: Cachar SP

    Silchar, July 7: Cachar SP Ramandeep Kaur, on Wednesday, categorically quashed the connotation of "Flood Jihad" being tagged to the incident of the breached dyke at Betukandi in Cachar district and subsequent flood of a massive magnitude which swept across Silchar since June 19.Talking to reporters...
    Despite flowing above danger mark, Barak river shows receding trend
    Assam

    Despite flowing above danger mark, Barak river shows receding trend

    Silchar, July 5: The Barak river, which crossed the danger level of 19.83m on Sunday at 9pm for the third time since May this year, is showing a falling trend since Monday midnight after remaining steady at 20.08m for nearly 12 hours.At 9 am on Tuesday, the water level was measured at 19.99m and...
    World Sports Journalists Day: BUKSS extends relief to flood-hit sports scribes
    Assam

    World Sports Journalists Day: BUKSS extends relief to flood-hit sports scribes

    SILCHAR, JULY 3: On the occasion of World Sports Journalists Day 2022, Barak Upotyokya Krira Sanbadik Sanstha (BUKSS) organised a humble meeting to hand over relief materials to fellow journalist members stranded and affected by the devastating flood in Silchar.The relief materials were handed over...
    Cachar: Two criminals died while escaping police custody
    Assam

    Cachar: Two criminals died while escaping police custody

    Silchar, July 3: Two dreaded criminals including one wanted in several cases were killed while escaping from police custody, informed Cachar SP Ramandeep Kaur on Sunday. She also informed that another one accompanying them was arrested. While speaking to media Kaur informed that one Abul Hussain...
    Four arrested in Betukandi dyke breach incident in Silchar
    Assam

    Four arrested in Betukandi dyke breach incident in Silchar

    Silchar, July 3: In a major development, based on a case lodged by Department of Irrigation regarding breach at the Betukandi dyke which led to the flooding of the entire Silchar area, Cachar Police arrested three more persons in connection with the breached dyke.On Sunday, Cachar SP Ramandeep Kaur...
    Betukandi breached dyke: CID asked to register case, says CM
    Assam

    Betukandi breached dyke: CID asked to register case, says CM

    Silchar, July 2: In a major development on the issue of alleged incident of breached dyke at Bethukandi in Cachar district, Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Friday, said that the CID has been asked to register a case at Guwahati."As of now we have information about six persons involved in...
    Boat mounted water treatment plant for flood relief in Silchar
    Assam

    Boat mounted water treatment plant for flood relief in Silchar

    Silchar, June 30: Access to potable drinking water has been perhaps the biggest predicaments that people of Silchar faced in the devastating flood which swept across the urban sprawl and sub-urban areas affecting over 2 lakh people.Packaged drinking water bottles and water sachets were sent along...
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