Guwahati, Feb 13 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday asserted that the state government is pursuing a strict “zero tolerance” policy against illegal encroachment, stating that eviction drives are not only aimed at reclaiming government and forest land but also at dismantling networks of crime that had flourished under previous regimes. In a post on X, the Chief Minister said that for a long period, illegal encroachers operated with complete immunity, converting protecte…
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Guwahati, Feb 13 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the state has made a significant transition from having limited forensic infrastructure to emerging as a frontrunner in crime investigation and justice delivery through the effective deployment of modern forensic capabilities.In a post on X, CM Sarma said that for years, inadequate forensic facilities had hampered timely investigations and weakened the justice delivery mechanism in Assam. However, sustained instituti…
Guwahati, Feb 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend an air show at Moran in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district and inaugurate several key infrastructure and education projects across the state, officials said on Friday.According to the schedule, the Prime Minister will depart from New Delhi early Saturday morning and arrive at Chabua airport at around 7.15 a.m.From Chabua, he will proceed to Moran in Upper Assam, where he is scheduled to attend an air show showcasing advanced aerial m…
Guwahati, Feb 13 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the state government is undertaking a focused push to build modern infrastructure in Majuli, the heartland of Assam’s Vaishnavite culture, asserting that decades of neglect under previous Congress regimes are being addressed through what he described as “hardcore” infrastructure creation.In a post on X, CM Sarma said Majuli, the world’s largest inhabited river island and a major centre of neo-Vaishnavite heritage, ha…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) In a major effort to enhance infrastructure in Assam, the Centre on Friday announced the approval of ten road and 16 bridge development projects.Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the approval of Rs 617.98 crore for 10 road development projects in Assam under the Central Road Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) Scheme, along with an additional Rs 129.74 crore sanctioned for 16 bridge projects under the CRIF Setu Bandhan Scheme.In a post on X, Gadka…
Guwahati, Feb 13 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) at Moran in Dibrugarh district has emerged as a symbol of confidence and transformation in Upper Assam, and will be inaugurated during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on February 14. Addressing the media on Thursday, CM Sarma said the ELF reflects how infrastructure development in the region has progressed rapidly in recent years. “There was a time when people her…
Guwahati, Feb 12 (IANS) Escalating the political confrontation in Assam, Congress MP and state party president Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, alleging that he has “lost all sense of dignity” in public life.Speaking to reporters here, Gogoi challenged the Chief Minister to engage in what he described as a direct political contest instead of making “baseless and personal allegations”.“Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has no respect left….
Guwahati, Feb 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the successful landing and take-off exercise by Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft at the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Moran highway reflects the strategic vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in strengthening the country’s defence preparedness.In a post on X, Chief Minister Sarma said defence readiness has been enhanced across the country with the development of critical infrastructure capable of re…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Marking a first in bolstering the combat preparedness in the North-East, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to operationalise new emergency landing facility on a four-lane highway in Moran in Assam’s Dibrugarh on Saturday, officials said on Thursday. The 4.2-km stretch of the National Highway has been developed as the emergency landing facility and is situated close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), giving the IAF strategic leverage and flexibility to augment its opera…
Guwahati, Feb 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that nearly 2,676 square km of forest land — an area almost twice the size of Delhi — is currently under encroachment in the state, attributing the situation to policies followed during previous Congress governments.Taking to social media platform X, the Chief Minister said the figures were being shared to put the scale of the issue in perspective for those unaware of the extent of the problem faced by the pre…