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Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said the lockdown in Guwahati and its surrounding areas in Kamrup (Metro) district which started from Monday is a "do-or-die battle" against Covid-19 in the city.
Observing that the refusal to wear ‘shaka’ (conch shell bangle) and ‘sindoor’ (vermillion) as per customs by a Hindu married woman amounted to her refusal to accept the marriage, the Gauhati High Court has granted divorce to a man.
The floods in Assam spread to more areas on Monday, claiming four lives during the day and affecting over a million people overall, even as three deaths were reported in rain-related incidents in other parts of the country.
In a major boost to Covid-19 testing in Assam, 10 more real time RT-PCR machines have reached Guwahati which will help the state test 2,000 to 3,000 more samples per day.
After days of uncertainty, Gauhati University (GU) announced that it was cancelling the common entrance test (CET) for post graduate admissions scheduled to be held in July.
The efforts of people in building rooms for home quarantine in a faraway village in Arunachal Pradesh found mention, and praises, from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his monthly Mann ki Baat.
As police and the administration geared up to impose the lockdown in Guwahati, which has seen a significant rise in Covid-19 cases, many people rushed to the city markets to buy essential items. The bus terminals too were overcrowded as people flocked to return home.
Three more people lost their lives in Assam floods on Sunday, with 23 districts and over 9.26 lakh being affected by the deluge. Three more deaths due to drowning were reported each from Barpeta, Dhemaji and Udalguri districts, taking the death toll due to the deluge to 21 since May 22. Over 27,000 are homeless and have taken shelter in 133 relief camps.
The flood situation in Assam worsened further on Sunday with two more persons losing their lives in the deluge which affected nearly 9.3 lakh people in 23 districts, the State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.
Recommending measures that can be taken to tackle the floods, the research institute said drainage is of the utmost importance as it extremely necessary to prevent a waterlogging situation.
A woman, identified as Usha Bora, 72, died in landslides triggered by incessant rainfall at Kahilipara power house in the city on Thursday.
The city on Friday witnessed panic buying as citizens rushed to get essentials after Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced re-imposition of lockdown from Sunday evening. What followed was that social distancing norms was the last thing on the minds of the shoppers as they crowded outside shops to get their utilities.
The Assam flood scene turned grim on Friday with one more dead and almost half of the districts of Assam having been hit by the deluge following incessant rainfall. Over 2.52 lakh people have been affected. The situation might further worsen as the Met department warning of no let-up in heavy rainfall for the next four days.
Bhutan on Friday rejected media reports claiming that it has stopped supply of irrigation water to farmers in Assam, terming them "totally baseless" and a "deliberate attempt to cause misunderstanding between the friendly people of Bhutan and Assam".
Following a sudden spike in the number of Covid-19 positive cases without travel history in the community in Guwahati in last few days, Assam government today ordered 14 days complete lockdown in Kamrup (metro) district, which encompasses Guwahati city, from Sunday midnight. Night curfew will be in place across the state from 7pm to 7am instead of 9pm to 9am.
The flood situation in Assam further worsened on Thursday with one more person losing his life and over 1.89 lakh persons in nine districts of the state being affected. The situate turned worse following almost continuous rainfall and release of dam water amid spikes in Covid cases.
The tremor was felt all over the state while damages were only reported from Champhai district, especially from within the East Tuipui assembly constituency.
Oil India Limited and international hydrocarbon well blowout control experts will launch their final move to kill the gas well at Baghjan oil field in Assam’s Tinsukia district, which is throwing out towering jets of fire for 15 days now after Army’s 3rd Corps completed a 150-metre long Pontoon bridge in just four days that will be used for transporting men and materials to the blowout site.
With BJP president JP Nadda addressing the saffron party’s first virtual rally in Assam on Tuesday, the party hopes to reach out to more families than the conventional rallies.
The Class XII Assam board examinees will get their original marksheets and certificates within a week from the declaration of the results on June 25.
The Assam health department has recommended complete lockdown in at least seven municipality ward areas of Guwahati, where over 100 people without any travel history have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last two days, from Tuesday evening to break the chain and avoid a community transmission.
Chairman of North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), the mini NDA of northeast, and Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that there will be some changes in the ‘architecture’ of the alliance but the spirit of ‘NEDA and NDA’ will prevail to bring stability to Manipur’s BJP-led coalition government.
The man was under home isolation in the lodge since June 19 after he had completed the mandatory seven-day institutional quarantine at a facility in Chagalia in Dhubri district following his entry to Assam from neighbouring West Bengal, they said.
Oil India Limited on Sunday said it has decided to approach the Gauhati high court to challenge the Assam Pollution Control Board’s order asking the oil major to shut down all its operations at Baghjan oil field in Tinsukia district.
The Guwahati police team that went to Kolkata to arrest Garga Chatterjee, a resident of the city in connection to his alleged derogatory remarks against Swargadeo Chaolung Sukapha, the first Ahom king, said the Kolkata police are not "cooperating" with them.
The flood situation in Assam on Sunday further deteriorated due to the heavy rainfall in most parts of the state, leaving over 16,000 persons affected across five districts.
Being confined to homes has not dampened the charm of yoga as the northeast celebrated the 6th International Yoga Day was observed with enthusiasm.
The Assam government is pushing hard to deliver swab sample reports within 48 hours of collection.This comes after allegations came up that the state government was taking 5-7 days to deliver these reports.
Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) superintendent Abhijit Sarma said a woman (61) from the city's Pandu was brought dead to the hospital on Sunday.Later, she was found coronavirus positive.
An FIR has been registered against a private nursing home in eastern Assam's Golaghat district for violating Covid-19 protocols.
Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the state's Covid-19 graph is flattening with just about 40% of state's 5006 Covid-19 patients remaining active and being treated in hospitals.
The Pollution Control Board, Assam, has issued a closure notice to Oil India Limited (OIL), directing it to 'close down' production, including drilling operations, at the Baghjan oil field in Assam's Tinsukia district and take all necessary measures for 'extinguishing' the fire from the well.
Pollution Control Board, Assam has issued a closure notice to Oil India Limited (OIL) directing it to ‘close down’ all its production, including drilling operations at Baghjan oil field in Assam’s Tinsukia district and to take all necessary measures for ‘extinguishing’ the fire from the well, which has been continuing since the explosion on June 9 following a blowout.
