Guwahati : A Concrete Jungle

Guwahati, the capital city of Assam and the nerve centre of the North East region is fast becoming a concrete jungle. Apartments, Shopping Malls, Residential buildings are coming up all over Guwahati without proper planning and drainage system. The rain-caused flash flood thrice in last week making a mockery of all the tall claims of the planners and policy makers concerning the city. The intensity of this deluge was much more compared to the previous ones.

Flood in Guwahati

Rain created havoc in Guwahati city last night. Most part of the city was under knee to waist deep water because of the two hour heavy shower that started at around 8 pm and continued till 10 pm. The main roads of the city – GNB Road, MRD Road, G S Road, A T Road, Dinesh Goswami Road, RG Bauah Road, Zoo-Narengi Road, Panjabari-Narengi Road, Rajgarh Road and AK Azad Road were submerged by the storm water at several stretches. Ulubari, Ganeshguri, Zoo Road, Lalganesh etc are worst affected area. A landslide occured in Gopinath Nagar area and a person died and several others are critically injured.

Borthakur Mill Road, Ulubari

Lalganesh Area, Kalapahar



A Bylane at Ulubari





A Bylane at Ulubari

Kalapahar Area

A Bylane at Kalapahar Area

Lokhra Road

Lokhra Road

Lokhra Road

A Bylane at Ulubari

Gauhati University BA, BSc, BCom results out

The results of the BA/BSc/BCom Part-II examinations-2008 conducted by Gauhati University were declared yesterday on June 9, 2008. In the BA exam, 13,966 candidates out of a total of 27,167 were successful, with the pass percentage being 51.41. In the BSc exam, 1,655 candidates out of a total of 2,494 passed, the percentage being 66.36. In the BCom exam, 2,378 out of a total of 3,186 passed, with the pass percentage being 74.64.

The result can be viewed online at Gauhati University Website http://www.gauhati.ac.in.

AGP calls for Assam bandh

A 12 hour Assam Bandh call has been given by Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) from 5 am of June 9 in protest against the hike in the prices of essential commodities, including the petroleum products, in a statement party spokesman Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjee said here this evening.

Bandh disrupts life in Tripura

The Left-ruled Tripura came to standstill following 12-hour bandh in protest against the abrupt hike in fuel prices.

All the roads in the state including Assam-Agartala National Highway No. 44 was deserted as vehicles, both private and public, went off the roads in response to the dawn to dask bandh called by the Left Front.

Few two-wheelers and private vehicles were seen plying in state capital, whereas buses and auto rickshaws avoided coming on road.

Various airlines suspended their operations till 6 pm. No flight took off or landed at the Agartala airport since this morning, official sources said.

Shops and Business establishments were closed as well as School and other educational institutions. The attendance in all government officials including Civil Secretariat was thin due to the bandh. However, no untoward incident was reported so far.

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar remarked to the UPA government’s move to hike the fuel products saying that it would only lead abrupt hike in the prices of essential commodities. Talking to reporters on Thursday, he said that the Congress led UPA government should have avoided the hike in fuel prices taking some positive steps but it did not pay heed to the request of the Left parties.