GORESWAR, March 26: People and the president of the No.8 Railway Puthimari Bridge Construction Committee Golap Chandra Basumatary in a press statement have stated that in spite of the Central Government sanctioning the building of a national highway from Rangiya via Goreswar, Tangla and Mazbat to Murkongshelek, the State PWD and the Government has not initiated any actions in this regard.
After receiving several memorandums, the Central Government directed the State Government to make necessary survey work for the highway in 1998. The office of the Chief Engineer, PWD, Guwahati branch in a letter (No.NHR 1/99/2) dated January 7, 1999 had asked the Executive Engineer, PWD, Rangiya subdivision to furnish a detailed report of the national highway diversion from NH-31 at Rangiya to Murkongshelek.
Basumatary stated that the Centre has also sanctioned money for the construction of the highway but the Asom Government could not utilize the sanctioned money and was subsequently returned to the Centre. The release also appealed to the three newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs Birendra Baishya, Biswajit Daimary and Bhubaneswar Kalita to initiate steps so that the highway work is completed.
Staff blues hits SDO: The newly inaugurated Subdivision Office (SDO) wears a deserted look as it has no office staff and the whole show is run by the subdivisional officer himself. This has resulted in new projects alocated to the office been neglected. The people also have to face a tough task in getting work done through the office.
The Tamulpur subdivision office comprises of two revenue circles namely Goreswar and Tamulpur. The Land Advisory Board which grants land allotment orders is yet to be set up in the office.
Moreover, there is lack of judicial officers in the office.People here have urged the State Government and the BTC authorities to take immediate steps to appoint a full staff in the office.
Goreswar book fair concludes: The three-day long Goreswar Book Fair held in Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Bhavan under the aegis of Kasturi, an NGO and Betna Siksha and Krishi Unnayan Sangha concluded recently.
In the first day of the book fair, president of Kasturi hoisted the flag and this was followed by drawing, quiz and drama competitions. The book fair was inaugurated by the principal of Goreswar College Dr. Khargeswar Deka and the open meeting was chaired by Prof. of Dabaka College Dr. Abdul Malik.
Several books were released during the period including the tri--monthly magazine Kasturi Subhas. An Antaranga Alap programme was also held on the occasion and it was chaired by the president of Kasturi Ajit Talukdar. Radio artist Koustavmani Saikia and mobile theatre artist Dasarath Das also took part in the programme.
On the last day of the book fair, a cultural programme was held where many local artists took part.
Kerosine scarcity hit students: The scarcity of blue kerosine has affected the preparation of students for the examinations. According to reports, only four litres of blue kerosine to a family is being distributed every month by the Patidarrang Gaon Panchayat Samabai Samiti Ltd which is inadequate to light up lamps of a family for a month. Sometimes the delivery of kerosine is not on time as such people have to buy the kerosine at huge rates from the black market.
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