Karimganj News

Golden jubilee of Sonakhira high school, Karimganj
GUWAHATI, Nov 30 – The golden jubilee celebration of Sonakhira Shriprasad Roy High School of Karimganj district, held recently, was marked by rally, sports, cultural programmes and giving away Janadaradi Dr Gopesh Chandra Bhattacharjee memorial award (Rs 3000) to Rukhshana Parveen of Class X and Rajlakshmi Bhattacharjee memorial award (Rs 2000) to Anamika Das of Class IX of the School by Sukesh Ranjan Bhattacharjee, on behalf of the family members who have instituted the annual awards from the golden jubilee year in memory of their ancestors’ noble deeds.

The president of the school and the well known academician Arun Kumar Roy unveiled the portraits of land donor late Shriprasad Roy and founder of the school Janadaradi Dr. Gopesh Chandra Bhattacharjee who was a legendary medical practitioner Licentiate from Dibrugarh Berry White Medical School in 1929 and rendered yeoman service to the vast rural and tea garden populace of Patharkandi – Chandkhira area, irrespective of caste, religion and language for more than 40 years, with innovative mobile dispensary and with sportsmanship spirit.
His wife late Rajlakshmi Bhattacharjee also helped to establish the school by providing free lodging and boarding to qualified teachers appointed from outside for more than a decade.
Roy in his address remembered the contribution of Janadaradi late Dr Gopesh Chandra Bhattacharjee, late Rajlakshmi Bhattacharjee, late Jatindra Acharjee, late Suresh Kanoo and other teachers and well wishers in establishment of the school.

He also blessed internationally famed scientist Dr Iresh Ranjan Bhattacharjee, proponent of biological self-gravitation theory, a son of Janadaradi Dr Bhattacharjee and asked students to follow the example.

Dr IR Bhattacharjee, Prof Manash Sengupta, TL Chakraborty, Sukesh Ranjan Bhattacharjee and headmaster of the school Shri Shital Kumar Bhattacharjee, also spoke on the occasion.
Swami Mrinmoy Moharaj of Karimganj Ramkrishna Mission delivered the keynote address. He called for imbibing in the children the spirit of selfless service for betterment of the family and society at large. The cultural programmes presented by Choturongo Club led by Salil Paul Choudhury, Nayan Kishore Chakraborty and others enthralled the audiences.source: assam tribune

Vaccination week gets under way in Hailakandi
CORRESPONDENT
Hailakandi, Dec 1 – To immunize and vaccinate all the children below one year in Hailakandi district during the special immunization week of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) from December 1to 6 next, the Health Department and the district administration have started a massive campaign and preparation.

The extensive media campaign has already been started one week before the starting of immunization week. The Deputy Commissioner of Hailakandi district, Tapan Chandra Goswami said the district-level task force meeting has already been held on November 24 and it decided to organise block level awareness meeting among the nurses, Anganwadi Workers, president of Gaon Panchayat and the heads of all the educational institutions.

In the awareness meeting at Nazrul Sadan in Hailakandi, large number of nurses, teachers, AWWs and Panchayat members attended and it was addressed by the additional deputy commissioner of Hailakandi, Debashis Chakraborty, joint director of Health services, Dr. Samir Kumar Das, deputy inspector of schools, Ishaque Ali Barbhuiya, district elementary education officer (DEEO), Abdul Matin Choudhury and other officials of Health Department. It was presided over by the deputy commissioner of Hailakandi, Tapan Chandra Goswami. Teachers were requested in the meeting to motivate the people for immunisation in the greater interest of society. The teachers and AWWs also interacted with the resource persons and pledged to help during the immunization week. Similar meetings were also organised in all the blocks of the district. source: assam tribune

Massive protest rally against scribe’s murder at Karimganj
A Correspondent
NILAMBAZAR, Dec 2 – Karimganj Press Club brought out a massive silent protest rally on Friday against the killing of Jagajit Saikia a Correspondent of Amar Asom by unidentified gunmen on November 22.

The procession started from the Sambu Sagar Park, passed through the town and later the processionists submitted a memorandum to the President of India through the Deputy Commissioner. The memorandum demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident and protection to the scribes of the State.

All political leaders of the district, social organisations, several students unions, institutions and intellectuals attended the protest rally.

The Working Journalist Guild, Karimganj also observed a stir programme on November 27 before the DC Office against the killing of Jagajit Saikia.

Prior to it, a protest meeting was held at Karimganj Patrika House. Addressing media persons, senior journalist Nirmal Das and Masuk Ahmed spoke on the serious issue of inhuman killing of scribes including that of Jagajit Saikia which is posing a serious threat to the media fraternity.

AUDF body: AUDF Karimganj district committee was reconstituted on November 26. In this connection a general meeting of the party was held at Kanishail under the chairmanship of Brajalal Rabidas, central executive member of the party. The meeting elected Abdul Malik Choudhury and M Najmuddin as president and general secretary of the district committee, and four others vice-president and secretary.
source: assam tribune

Army provides solar lights to Harinagar residents of Cachar
Correspondent
KARIMGANJ, Dec 5 – Besides being engaged in counter-insurgency operations in trouble-torn areas of Cachar and maintaining law-and-order in close coordination with the civil administration, the Army has also been carrying out humanitarian works for the welfare of the common people in isolated areas deprived of basic facilities.

The 72 Field Regiment with its camp at Labac has on priority basis been interacting with local population of the insurgency-hit areas in order to understand their problems and difficulties and to meet their minimum needs.

The people of Harinagar after several strikes by insurgent groups are heaving a sigh of relief due to surveillance maintained by the jawans of the regiment.

Harinagar, with a population of Bengalis, Nepalese and other minority groups is located in close proximity to North Cachar Hills and Manipur, and therefore vulnerable to militancy due to geophysical factors. The 72 Field Regiment on being approached by the residents came forward to help them with three sets of solar lights under the military - civic action project at a cost of Rs 1.6 lakh.
Major Manish of the regiment on the occasion of handing over ceremony advised the people to make best use of the light sets and maintain them properly in the interest of all.
source: assam tribune