SILCHAR, April 23: What is Black Widow? Manisha Chandra Jauhari asked Gautam Gangly to the utter disbelief of one of the journalist who asked the former, Commissioner for Barak Valley and NC Hills, about the fate of the Lumding-Silchar Broad-gauge and East-West Corridor, two jinxed national projects stalled halfway due to the terror unleashed by Black Widow, a Dimasa militant outfit.
It was no surprise for the journalists when Jauhari, who had been staying at Silchar Circuit House since Mach 29 argued that the violence by Dimasa militants was nothing in comparison to the Maoists in Andhra Pradesh. Jauhari’s argument was simple. Maoists blow up the whole train whereas in NC Hills, militants just pump bullets into the goods trains. He further went to add that the NF Railway authority lacks courage and will-power to run trains in the Lumding- Badarpur route. And finally, the commission ended up with the advice to the common people to launch agitation for broad-gauge.
But agitation against whom? Jauhari, had a readymade answer to this, too. “Against the NF Railways,” he quipped in. He said NF Railway officers were to be blamed for the problems in the Lumding- Badarpur route.
Jauhari, surprised everyone by asking the mediapersons to build up public agitation for the broad-gauge. However, he tried to sell dreams by predicting that one day people of Barak Valley could reach Guwahati by Satapdi Express. But when? Jauhari, again pointed his fingers to the ‘erring’ NF Railways.
Meanwhile, Cachar Deputy Commissioner Gautam Ganguly tried to tackle the situation at the press-meet by informing that Army’s 44 Mountain Brigade had been closely monitoring the situation in the Lumding-Badarpur route.
He further assured that there would not be any scarcity of essential commodities in case disruption in rail service as the district had essential commodities in stock sufficient for at least two months. THE SENTINEL
It was no surprise for the journalists when Jauhari, who had been staying at Silchar Circuit House since Mach 29 argued that the violence by Dimasa militants was nothing in comparison to the Maoists in Andhra Pradesh. Jauhari’s argument was simple. Maoists blow up the whole train whereas in NC Hills, militants just pump bullets into the goods trains. He further went to add that the NF Railway authority lacks courage and will-power to run trains in the Lumding- Badarpur route. And finally, the commission ended up with the advice to the common people to launch agitation for broad-gauge.
But agitation against whom? Jauhari, had a readymade answer to this, too. “Against the NF Railways,” he quipped in. He said NF Railway officers were to be blamed for the problems in the Lumding- Badarpur route.
Jauhari, surprised everyone by asking the mediapersons to build up public agitation for the broad-gauge. However, he tried to sell dreams by predicting that one day people of Barak Valley could reach Guwahati by Satapdi Express. But when? Jauhari, again pointed his fingers to the ‘erring’ NF Railways.
Meanwhile, Cachar Deputy Commissioner Gautam Ganguly tried to tackle the situation at the press-meet by informing that Army’s 44 Mountain Brigade had been closely monitoring the situation in the Lumding-Badarpur route.
He further assured that there would not be any scarcity of essential commodities in case disruption in rail service as the district had essential commodities in stock sufficient for at least two months. THE SENTINEL
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