ASSAM

Assamwill attempt a shot at Guinness World Records for the “largestBihu dancein a single venue” by over 11,000 participants on April 14 here with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in attendance, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The will also invite governors and CMs of all states and all the ambassadors and high commissioners of the G20 countries and Southeast Asian nations in India to witness the spectacular programme, Sarma said.

Besides, the state government has decided to offer grants of Rs 1.5 lakh to each Bihu celebration committee and a detailed SOP will be published within the next few days.

A solution to the hawkers issue in the city seems to be shrouded in uncertainty as urban affairs minister Ashok Singhal said there is no land to create specific vending zones inside the densely populated city.

Creation of vending zones for hawkers and a survey of such traders in the city have been a long-pending demand of the All Assam Street Vendors Association (AASVA).

The associations president, Chandan Goswami, said the Guwahati (GMC) had identified seven locations Ganeshguri, Fancy Bazar, Borbari, Silpukhuri, Chandmari, near Meghdoot Bhawan at Panbazar and Col J Ali Road at Lakhtokia to set up vending zones in 2021.

In a continuous effort to reduce traffic congestion in densely populated Guwahati, chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarmaon Tuesday laid the foundation of a 580-metre new flyover at Zoo Road Tiniali at a cost of around Rs 79 crore.

The CM has directed the public works department to complete the construction of the flyover at the earliest so that it can be inaugurated beforeBohag in April next year. The targeted duration for construction of the flyover is 18 months.

The Australian Research Council (ARC) will fund the exploration of the enigmatic megalithic jars that linked northeast India with South East Asia thousands of years ago.

Researchers at the Gauhati University (GU), North-Eastern Hill University (Nehu) along with their Australian counterparts are conducting a research study that establishes northeast Indias possible connections with Indonesia, Myanmar and Laos as early as the late second millennium BC.

This interdisciplinary project aims to document and explore the cultural connections between the geographically disparate megalithic cultures of Laos and India and create an enduring digital record of these threatened cultural assets.

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday ceremonially launched the construction work of a 8.25-km-long bridge over the Brahmaputra that will connect Jorhat withMajuli.
The CM’s office informed that the ministry of road transport and highways has sanctioned Rs 925.47 crore for the construction of this bridge project, which will be executed by UP State Bridge Construction Corporation Limited, Lucknow. The targeted period for completion of the project is 48 months.

The CM added that the has already constituted a cabinet committee to regularly monitor progress of the project and that the government aims to inaugurate this bridge by November, 2025. Around Rs 200 crore would be spent by the state government from its side for this bridge, he said.
Sarma also announced that the government of Assam would take up construction of a new bridge connecting Majuli-Lakhimpur at Dhunaguri from its own Resources amounting to Rs. 750 crores.

The Assam cabinet enacted the “Industrial Relation Rules, 2021” on November 4, 2021, with the goal of protecting the rights of companies and employees.

Highlights:

The purpose of the Industrial Relation Rules is to combine, simplify, and rationalize the rules of three core labor codes that deal with industrial relations.

The Cabinet also authorized the “Assam Migrant Workers’ Scheme,” which will offer dry rations to migrant workers.

Data about migrant workers accessible on the e-SHRAM portal and other Resources will be used to distribute rations to them under this plan.

deputy commissioners of Kamrup (Metro) and Kamrup (Rural) have also been authorized by the Assam cabinet to provide authorization to transfer land in Protected Areas or blocks without the State Government‘s previous approval.

Mission Basundhara

This platform, dubbed “Mission Bashundhara,” was also created by the state government.

Conversion of allotment certificate to periodic patta was added as a service on this webpage.

Within three years of allotment, the Cabinet approved the conversion of allotment certificates to periodic patta in rural regions.

The state government has determined that special seats in the state’s medical and dental colleges will be proportionately allocated between two areas for students from the tea garden community in the Brahmaputra and Barak valleys.

TheAssam governmenthas decided to create a newschool Education departmentby merging two existing ones, an official notification said. Theelementary and secondary educationdepartments are being merged to form the new one, it said.

Consequent to the merger, all officers and staff of the two departments will come under the administrative control of the school education department.

All existing directorates and organisations of the two departments will be under the administrative control of the school education.