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VOL 01 | ISSUE 40 | JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

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EVICTION DRIVE 

TO CONTINUE 

With an intent to clear the 

water channels of the city, 

the authorities have been 

conducting a number of 

eviction drives to ensure 

that the water logging and 

flash flood problems of the 

city are solved. 

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Lead Story 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

Mrinmoyee Hazarika 

EVICTION DRIVE TO CONTINUE 

With an intent to clear the water channels of the city, the authorities have been 

conducting a number of eviction drives to ensure that the water logging and flash 

flood problems of the city are solved. 

Although it took a long awaited 

spell of rain, which inundated 

most of the areas of the city 

last week, the anti-encroachment 

drive carried out by the authorities 

instantly after the flash flood havoc, 

has brought a sign of relief for the 

citizens. 

This time and probably for the 

first time, the authorities is seen to be 

taking stern action against the illegal 

settlers on the natural water bodies 

and so far, in its anti encroachment 

drive going on along the river Bharalu, 

Silsako Beel since 30th June, 

the administration has been able to 

free a huge amount of government 

land from encroachment. The drive 

will also be launched in the Bahini 

stream, Mora Bharalu stream, Basistha 

river. 

In the meantime, some sections 

of the population have alleged the 

government of being biased while 

conducting the anti encroachment 

drive in the city. Activists like Akhil 

Gogoi have levelled allegations 

against the authority that it has not 

demolished buildings and other establishments 

owned by influential 

people. 

The authorities though, are in 

constant denial of the allegations and 

has imposed a ban on the construction 

activities at ‘Sristi Nagar’ -- a 

massive upcoming housing project 

on 750 acres of land including some 

hill areas along the course of Brahmaputra 

in the city. 

Anti- encroachment 

drive 

In the massive anti-encroachment 

drive going on for the last five 

days in different localities of the city, 

the authorities which include the officials 

of the District Administration, 

GMC, GMDA and Police has demolished 

53 pucca houses, 176 kaccha 

houses and 101 boundary walls hindering 

the natural flow of the Silsako 

beel. On the other hand, 39 bighas of 

land have been freed at the same beel. 

Similarly, 147 no of pucca and 

kaccha houses and 17 bighas and 10 

kathas of land have been cleared from 

encroachment that happened along 

the Bharalu. Altogether, 27 numbers 

of families have been evicted from 

the lands of the river Bharalu. 

“The anti-encroachment drive 

will continue till the natural flow of 

the water channels of the city are restored. 

After cleaning both the sides 

of the rivers and making other water 

bodies free of encroachment, the 

water resource department will take 

up the work of dredging the Bharalu 

river,” an official of the District Administration 

mentioned. 

The district administration has 

also taken serious note of the grave 

problem of water logging and flash 

floods that has occurred during the 

Status of anti encroachment drive in Silsako beel 

No of pucca houses cleared 53 

No of kaccha houses cleared 176 

No of boundary walls evicted 101 

Area of land cleared 39 bighas 

Status of anti encroachment drive in Bharalu 

No of pucca and kaccha houses cleared 147 

No of families evicted 27 

Area of land cleared 17 bighas and 10 kathas 

monsoon. 

“From the last couple of years, it 

has come to the notice that various 

constructions have been going on 

illegally on the natural water channels 

of the city which has obstructed 

the natural flow of water in the rivers 

and beels located in and around 

the city. The administration has been 

conducting routine anti encroachment 

drives and this time too it has 

taken prompt action against those illegal 

settlers on the water bodies, so 

that the city can be saved from the 

problem of flash flood,” a GMC official 

told. 

Flash flood and 

landslide 

The local administration has 

been also seen taking up steps to 

combat the disastrous flash floods, 

which occurred last week in Guwahati 

and took as many as 11 lives in 

the city. 

In order to address the issue of 

flash flood and landslides, the disaster 

management branch of the district 

administration has taken up different 

measures and the flood prone 

areas of the city have been divided 

into ten zones. 

“Officials of different departments 

including District Administration, 

GMC, GMDA, Water Resources, 

PHE, Forest Department, PWD, AP- 

DCL etc have been assigned in each 

zone formed to attend flash flood related 

issues in different flood prone 

areas of the city,” M Angamuthu, DC, 

in-charge, Kamrup (M) stated. 

The zones will include areas 

like Anil nagar, Nabin nagar, Lachit 

nagar, Tarun nagar, Rajgarh road, 

Pub Sarania, Jonali, Lakhimi path, 

Sundarpur, Zoo-Narengi- Bhaskar 

nagar, Hatigaon – MLA hostel, Noonmati, 

Hengerabari, VIP road, Kalakshetra, 

Panjabari, Athgaon, Bishnupur, 

Gopinath nagar, Rupnagar. 

“The officials assigned to look 

after the flood prone zones will coordinate 

with the concerned department 

for discharging logging water, 

clearing of blockage in the drains, 

supply of drinking water, distribution 

of food and relief materials. They 

will also take post-flood measures 

like spraying of bleaching powder, 

phenyl and fogging in different areas. 

The officials will conduct awareness 

activities and any other issues related 

to flood in the city,” the Deputy Commissioner 

(in charge), Kamrup (M) 

said. 

The district administration 

has opened a helpline telephone no 

2733052 for the citizens to lodge any 

grievances regarding flood and landslide. 

“Apart from the team to address 

the issue of flash flood, the disaster 

management department has identified 

366 numbers of landslide prone 

areas in 19 hillocks of the city and 

engaged 10 non government organisations 

to create awareness. The administration 

has also held a meeting 

with the GMC councillors to expedite 

development works in different localities 

of the city,” office of the district 

administration said. 

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G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 3 

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108 USING EXPIRED AMBULANCES 

According to the employees of the service, there are several ambulances, which have crossed the 

expiry dates and most of them do not even have the basic requirements like a BP machine. 

Mrinmoyee Hazarika 

EMPLOYEES THREATEN AGITATION 

This has left only 150 ambulances 

operational or ready to serve the 

patients throughout the state. There 

are around 1800 employees working 

in 108. 

The association has expressed its 

concern over the poor state of working 

force in 108. 

“At the time of launching 

108, the state health minister had 

said that there would be six EMTs 

(emergency medical technician) in 

an ambulance and they will be on 

duty for eight hours a day. However, 

disregarding the health minister’s 

announcement, GVK EMRI has 

employed only four EMTs in an ambulance. 

As a result, the employees 

have to work extra hours without 

getting any dues for their overtime 

and the ambulances are available for 

the patients for 12 hour a day instead 

of the 24 hour a day,” Pranjal Jyoti 

Saikia stated. 

The association has made it clear 

that if the GVK EMRI officials do 

not take any step before the deadline 

of 20 th July, as set by the association, 

they (association) would start taking 

their own decisions and divide six 

employees in each of the ambulances 

as announced by the health minister. 

Protesting the authority’s choice 

of sending employees from Assam 

to Hyderabad, where GVK EMRI’s 

head office is located, for training, 

Saikia added, “The state of Assam 

is full of highly qualified medical 

practitioners and doctors. Yet, GVK 

EMRI is sending employees from 

Assam to Hyderabad for the purpose 

of training instead of doing it in 

here. We have come to know that the 

GVK EMRI has been getting huge 

amounts of money in the name of 

travelling expenses and training. We 

doubt that in order to launder that 

money they send the employees from 

Assam to Hyderabad in the name of 

training and we oppose the practice” 

Besides, the 108 employees association 

has also alleged that their pay 

structure has not been revised by the 

GVK EMRI. 

Mentioning the 108 employee’s 

stand that it has been informing 

their employers about the problems 

prevailing in the organisation many 

times, the president of the association 

said, “We have been informing 

our employer about the problems 

faced by us and have done it many 

times. Nevertheless, they are not 

paying any attention to it. We have 

decided not to run the expired ambulances 

after 20th July, 2014.” 

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The much hyped free ambulance 

service, popularly 

known as ‘108 mrityunjoy’ 

that was started in the state in the 

year 2008, has been reeling under a 

variety of issues and slowly proceeding 

towards its deathbed. 

Alleging misconduct on part of 

the officials of GVK EMRI, the nonprofit 

organisation, which is responsible 

for operating the service in the 

state, the employees of the organisation 

have blamed their employer for 

ignoring the plight of the employees 

as well as the proper functioning of 

the emergency ambulance service in 

the state. They are also threatening 

to take the path of agitation if no action 

is taken to improve the current 

situation going on in 108 before the 

20 th July of 2014. 

“If the officials of GVK EMRI do 

not take action to improve the ambulance 

service as well as listen to 

our demands before 20 th July, 2014, 

we will go on strike. We will take decisions 

on our own, if the authority 

does not pay heed to 

our demand,” Suren Deka, General 

Secretary, All Assam 108 Mrityunjoy 

Employees Association said. 

He also said, “When the 108 service 

was first introduced in Assam 

six years back, it was stated that the 

The ambulances 

do not even have 

a BP machine 

or a suction 

machine. If anyone 

vomits inside the 

ambulance, there is 

no way of cleaning 

up the vehicle and 

the employees on 

duty have to work 

under such infected 

environment. 

The irony is that 

instead of fixing 

these prolonged 

problems, the 

authorities of 108 

have installed 

GPS based AVLT 

facilities in the 

vehicles spending 

huge amounts of 

money. 

lifespan of an ambulance is only 3.5 

years. But, GVK EMRI has still been 

operating those expired ambulances 

for the last two and half years even 

after they have crossed their lifespan 

of 3.5 years. Though, some new ambulances 

have been added recently, 

the old ones are still in operation.” 

Highlighting the poor level of 

service being provided by GVK 

EMRI, Pranjal Jyoti Saikia, President 

of the association said, “Most of ambulances 

do not even have the minimum 

facilities to treat the patients 

inside the vehicle. The ambulances 

do not even have a BP machine or a 

suction machine. If anyone vomits 

inside the ambulance, there is no 

way of cleaning up the vehicle and 

the employees on duty have to work 

under such infected environment. 

The irony is that instead of fixing 

these prolonged problems, the authorities 

of 108 have installed GPS 

based AVLT facilities in the vehicles 

spending huge amounts of money.” 

At present, according to the association 

there are 380 ambulances 

under the 108 Mrityunjoy service 

across the state, out of which 180 

have crossed their expiry dates. 

Out of the remaining 200 ambulances, 

around 50 have been put in 

the garage for repairing purposes.

4 

City 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

shubhojit roy 

Ghy homeless shun 

night shelters 

As per a report, the number of homeless people in Guwahati has decreased, 

but the most of the homeless are destitute. 

With Guwahati fast coming 

up and infrastructural 

development being quite 

evident, the city is taking a new shape 

that is hopefully positive. But are the 

developments beneficial in any way 

to those who are homeless? Is the city 

sympathetic enough to those who 

have no shelter above their heads? 

Will the situation ever improve for 

the most ignored community of our 

society? These are some of the unanswered 

questions that G Plus seeks 

out. 

The Situation 

As the city develops, a large number 

of under privileged population 

from small towns and villages continue 

to head out to Guwahati city. 

Some manage to get better jobs, some 

settle down in a slum and some stays 

homeless. According to a head count 

survey conducted by sSTEP (Society 

for Social Transformation and Environment 

Protection) recently, 137 

homeless people were found to be 

residing in the city. However, Sattar 

Choudhury, Founder Member & Urban 

Coordinator, sSTEP says, “These 

137 people were found out through 

direct interaction and headcount. 

Our assumption is that there are 500 

to 600 homeless people residing in 

the city at the moment. The number 

has though reduced from around 

1000 but still the situation remains a 

major concern.” Sattar further adds, 

“The problem in Guwahati is that the 

homeless in the city are extremely 

destitute, however in other metropolitan 

cities, the large number of 

homeless are also laborers and belong 

to the working section of the society. 

It is extremely difficult to place people 

who are absolute destitutes. Many are 

in handicapped condition as well.” 

In another report obtained from 

State Child protection Society (SCPS), 

it was found out that there were 382 

children in Children’s home registered 

under Juvenile Justice Act till 

31st March 2014. Though all of them 

might not be homeless, but due to 

various other vulnerable condition, 

they are sheltered in Children’s home. 

The concentration of the homeless is 

seen majorly in Sukreshwar, Paltan 

Bazar, Panbazar, Fancy Bazar and 

some other areas. 

Night Shelters 

Kamrup (M) presently has 4 active 

night shelters out of its initial 

8 night shelters that were initiated 

in the year 2012. Golaghat Nirman 

Mahila Got, Eastern People’s Community 

Participation, Indian Council 

for Child Welfare and North East Voluntay 

Association for Rural Development 

are the four active night shelter 

at present. The shelters are open 

from 8 pm to 8 am for the homeless. 

Though these night shelters have very 

minimum facilities, it was found out 

that the homeless people of the city 

prefer living in the open. “Most of the 

people prefer streets over the night 

shelters. The reason is that the night 

shelters are located far away from 

the commercial locations of the city, 

which makes it difficult for the destitute 

ones to travel to and fro the shelter 

homes. A bus named as Ashraya 

will soon be launched in the city that 

will transport the homeless people 

from the shelter homes to business 

centre and vice versa,” informs Sattar. 

Livelihood Support 

There are a few NGOs in the 

city who have been trying to provide 

livelihood support for the homeless 

people in the city. Livelihood through 

pan shops and weighing machines are 

some of the facilities provided to the 

destitute persons. “Many others work 

as labours, house maids and some 

also at cremation grounds to aid the 

dead bodies,” says Sattar Choudhury. 

The syndicate doubt 

“There is a high possibility that 

there might be a syndicate which runs 

the beggar association in the city, especially 

for the disabled and homeless. 

It is evident that those beggars 

who do not have any limbs and cannot 

move from one place to another 

are usually seen outside pandals during 

festivities. I sometimes doubt that 

are there amputating doctors too in 

the city, but I couldn’t get any confirmation 

yet on such activities. If such a 

thing exist, then it is huge and is also 

a major concern,” says a highly placed 

source in one of the city NGO. 

While speaking to one Mr. Rubul, 

who runs a night shelter in Dibrugarh, 

it was found out that Dibrugarh 

town does have such syndicates. “We 

came across some boys in the past 

who informed that ‘the dadas see us 

from distance while we are begging 

and later on, collect the money.’ We 

have had discussions with the police 

on it, we also tried to investigate as an 

NGO, but we are also scared as the areas 

are mostly marked as dangerous. 

There are a no second thoughts that 

Guwahati too might have such beggar 

associations being such a big city,” 

says Rubul. 

It is very hard to say if the condition 

of the homeless community will 

ever improve or not and if it does, 

to what extent. Even though the authorities 

say that the head count has 

decreased in the recent years, but the 

cloud of cynicism persists as the rich 

are only getting richer and the poor 

getting poorer. 

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G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 5 

LIFE PHARMACY COMPLETES 30 YEARS 

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City 

Being one of the most prominent 

landmarks in the city of Guwahati, 

the Life pharmacy is completing 

30 years of existence this year. 

It was started in the year 1984-85 by 

Arun Pathak, when the city used to be 

a hub of various activities and issues. 

The pharmacy was started with an 

area of 250 sq ft and presently, it covers 

an area of 800 sq ft at the same location. 

The New Life is considered to be 

one of the best pharmacies in the city 

as it is known for its stock of branded 

medicines. 

Since the start, the pharmacy 

has been dealing only with branded 

medicines and do not keep any generic 

drugs. According to the pharmacy 

owners, the quality of branded 

medicines is always better than the 

generic ones. If someone has to take a 

medicine for cold, Sumo can be taken 

and three capsules can complete the 

doze. Sumo is branded and if for the 

same reason, Zumo tablets (generic 

medicine) is taken, five tablets will be 

required. 

The pharmacy has more than 

50000 brands in the shop and patients 

from entire northeast throng the shop 

for life saving medicines. The pharmacy 

owner Abhinav Pathak said, “We 

are the only retail outlet in Guwahati 

which has more than 50000 products. 

We are growing as time is passing 

by. We distribute medicines to entire 

northeast and recently we have sent 

medicine to London when there was 

a requirement from a patient based 

there from Guwahati.” From Bharalu 

to 6th mile, patients of almost all the 

hospitals like Pratiksha, International, 

Ayursundra, GMCH, GNRC, Dispur 

etc. have to visit the shop to get the 

medicines as prescribed by the doctors. 

According to the owners, 90% 

prescriptions are not turned away by 

the pharmacy. 

The chemist shop registers more 

than 10000 footfalls every month 

and it sells medicines worth `25 to 30 

lakhs every month. With change as 

the mantra, The Life changes its look 

after every 6 to 7 years. The pharmacy 

has also opened up a new branch at 6th 

mile and expects to open a new branch 

every two years across the city. It is the 

only pharmacy, which provides free 

home delivery service across the city. 

As a fridge is very important for 

pharmacies to maintain the temperature 

for some medicines, the Life 

pharmacy maintains the temperature 

of the entire shop. It is centrally air 

conditioned and the temperature of 

the pharmacy remains between 20 to 

22 degrees. 

The shop also organises various 

free health camps in the city to sensitise 

the city people about various 

health hazards. It mostly conducts 

free diabetic camps and also gives free 

health tips time to time. 

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6 

Politicking 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

SUSHMA-BANGLA TALKS 

IRKS STAKEHOLDERS 

The recent visit to Bangladesh by the Indian External Affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, has ruffled 

feathers all across and the state BJP members visited the capital to quell the storm 

RAhul chanda 

Illegal migration is a major issue, 

which the state has been combating 

since ages and with BJP 

making tall claims about resolving 

the issue after coming to power, the 

party is under the scanner with every 

decision made by them being viewed 

with watchful eyes. Describing illegal 

immigration from Bangladesh as a 

“sensitive issue”, external affairs minister 

Sushma Swaraj has underlined 

the need for consultations with all 

stakeholders to carefully handle the 

problem along India’s nearly 4,000- 

km porous border with its eastern 

neighbour. 

The new Indian government 

wants to take Indo-Bangladesh relations 

to a new high, Swaraj said in an 

interview during her first stand-alone 

visit as foreign minister, “We not only 

want to maintain the relationship 

that both countries enjoyed during 

the previous regime, but also want to 

take it to a new height.” “The illegal 

migrants issue is a sensitive subject in 

any country and needs careful handling,” 

said Swaraj. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 

during his election campaigns, had 

threatened to deport all “illegal migrants 

from Bangladesh”, especially 

when he campaigned in West Bengal 

and the states of the northeast. But, 

during the visit the foreign minister 

had some discussions with the Bangla 

authorities, like the easing of the 

visa norms, land deal etc. which has 

drawn a lot of criticism from various 

political parties. But can the illegal 

migration issue ever be resolved? 

Will the new government be able to 

do what the previous government 

was not able to? 

The census 

Assam is the most populous state 

of the northeast. Of the total population 

of 383 lakhs counted in the seven 

states of the region in 2001, 267 lakh 

was in Assam alone. Of these, 173 

lakhs were Hindus, 82 lakh Muslims 

and 10 lakh Christians. What is 

noteworthy is however that there was 

a change in the population that occurred 

between 1991 and 2001. 

There was an accretion of 42 

lakh persons in the population during 

that decade. This was divided 

almost equally between the Hindus 

and others. The population of Hindus 

increased by 22 lakh persons, that of 

Muslims by 19 lakh persons and of 

Christians by more than 2 lakh persons. 

There was a decline of 1 lakh persons 

in the followers of tribal regions. 

Hindus and tribal religions grew by 

21 lakh persons and Muslims and 

Christians together added about the 

same 21 lakh persons, though their 

population in 1991 was less than half 

of that of Hindus. This was reflected 

in vast differences in the growth rates; 

decadal growth of Hindus was about 

15 percent, that of Muslims and Christians 

around 30 percent or more. 

Assam 

Bangladeshi 

count 

No exact figure of Bangladeshi 

nationals illegally entering into India 

and settling here is available, but the 

population census figures of both the 

countries give a fair idea of large scale 

infiltration of Bangladesh nationals 

into India. Pranati Dutta of the Indian 

Statistical Institute of Kolkata 

who wrote a paper in 2004 (Push-Pull 

factors of Undocumented Migration 

from Bangladesh to West Bengal: A 

Perspective study), on the basis of a 

qualitative research project undertaken 

by her and three other scholars 

funded by the Government of India, 

gave an estimate of a 15 million Bangladeshi 

nationals illegally staying in 

India. The figure tallies with the figure 

quoted by the Group of Ministers 

on National Security in their report 

on ‘Border Management’ submitted 

in 2001. 

2001 1991 Accretion Growth 

Total 267 224 42 18.9 

Hindus 173 150 22 14.9 

Muslims 82 64 19 29.3 

Christians 9.9 7.4 2.4 32.5 

Buddhists 0.5 0.6 -0.1 -20.3 

ORPs 0.2 1.4 -1.2 -83.4 

Others 0.6 0.5 0.11 22.5 

Numbers are in lakhs and growth in percentage 

Now, Bangladesh came into existence 

in December 1972 but infiltration 

into India started much before 

that. The flow of Muslim peasants 

from Eastern Bengal to Assam was 

encouraged by the British officials 

from the first decade of the twentieth 

century as there was abundant waste 

land waiting to be cultivated and the 

Government needed revenue from 

the settlement of waste land. These 

were some historical facts, but subsequent 

events show that even after 

1952, travel restrictions imposed 

through a passport system could 

hardly act as a deterrent against illegal 

movement of Pakistan/Bangladeshi 

nationals into India. Since then 

, till date illegal migration has been 

happening on a regular basis and in 

The problem with 

India is that people 

enter the country 

with visa for a 

certain period but do 

not leave the country 

after the time 

period is over. In 

other countries, the 

foreigners are kept 

track of, but in India, 

the government 

hardly keeps track of 

foreigners entering 

the country 

Shankar Das 

RSS North Assam Chief Spokesperson 

spite of the Assam Accord and other 

acts, all the ruling governments of the 

state and even the country have failed 

to eradicate the problem entirely. 

With BJP coming into power 

in the Centre recently, people of the 

state looked up to Modi with hope, 

acting on the issue as claimed during 

the poll speeches. It is too early 

to judge their moves but Sushma’s 

decision of easing the visa norms has 

drawn much criticism from the regional 

political parties and observers. 

The criticism 

The State President for BJP Assam 

Pradesh, Sarbananda Sonowal 

and the members of legislators met 

the External Affairs Minister Sushma 

Swaraj in Delhi on Wednesday over 

the issues of land transfer to Bangla- 

desh and visa free entry. The president 

said after the meeting that no 

major decision has been taken yet. It 

seems like the state BJP team sensed 

the anger of the people about the decision 

and to save the party’s image, 

they discussed the issue with the foreign 

minister. 

“We totally oppose the visa-free 

entry concept and also the land deal 

with Bangladesh as with the land 

deal, Assam will lose land and will 

not gain anything from Bangladesh,” 

said the former state Chief Minister 

and AGP president Prafulla Kumar 

Mahanta. He added that when the 

Indo-Bangla land deal happened in 

the Rajya Sabha during the last government, 

the BJP did not oppose the 

move openly and later they claimed 

during Lok Sabha poll rallies that 

they are against the land deal and 

want to deport all Bangladeshis. 

“The problem with India is that 

people enter the country with visa 

for a certain period but do not leave 

the country after the time period is 

over. In other countries, the foreigners 

are kept track of, but in India, the 

government hardly keeps track of 

foreigners entering the country,” said 

RSS North Assam Chief Spokesperson 

Shankar Das. He added that there 

should be a concept of work permit, 

which is not in place. People here encourage 

labours from Bangladesh as 

they are cheap labours and after coming 

to the country as labours, they do 

not return. He said that they believe 

in BJP but do not favour the easy visa 

norm. The easy visa norm is just a 

discussion, which happened there 

with Sushma Swaraj, but it is not yet 

passed as a bill in the Parliament. 

“We will not allow people without 

visa as illegal migration is already 

a burning issue”, said state Congress 

Chief Spokesperson Mehdi Alam 

Bora. Enquiring why Congress had 

not acted on the issue as they have 

been ruling the state for a long time, 

he replied, “We have set up around 

100 tribunals but we can act only after 

getting cases or complaints. We 

cannot just throw people out saying 

they are Bangladeshis. People are getting 

deported as and when, they are 

detected as Bangladeshis.” 

The Congress, no matter how 

hard they brag about having worked 

on the issue, has failed to eradicate 

the problem and the BJP have just 

replaced the latter. But whether they 

will be able to solve the issue is a 

question everyone is contemplating. 

But the initial visit of a BJP minister 

did not bring any appreciation for the 

party or the government. Will they 

be able to deport all illegal settlers or 

will they too find it challenging? 

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G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 7 

In The News 

RAHUL CHANDA 

HUMAN TRAFFICKERS 

CHANGE STRATEGY 

According to reports, around 

10 women are abducted in 

Assam on a daily basis, and 

most of them become victims of 

trafficking. Poverty, unemployment 

and improper implementation of 

schemes are some of the main reasons 

behind women falling prey to 

human trafficking rackets. After Assam 

was ranked 2nd in entire country 

in the cases of women trafficking 

last year, there were various campaigns 

against human trafficking in 

the state and traffickers had a tough 

time going about their business. But 

recently it has come to the notice 

that the state based traffickers are 

changing their strategy. 

The case 

A 15-year-old girl child from 

near Mazbat in Udalguri district was 

trafficked to Delhi allegedly by her 

schoolteacher on the pretext of taking 

her along with another 9 girls of 

the same area on an excursion trip to 

New Delhi. She went with the teacher 

along with the other girls but was 

placed as a domestic help in a house 

at Ghaziabad in October 2013. 

After a couple of months the 

girl managed to run away and took 

the help of Uttar Pradesh police. 

UP police informed the Childline 

Ghaziabad about the victim and was 

sent to a shelter home there. The girl 

was brought to Guwahati Childline 

on 1st July 2014 and then produced 

before Child Welfare Commission 

(CWC), Kamrup (M). She was given 

temporary shelter in Snehalaya and 

the CWC has contacted the Udalguri 

administration and a local NGO 

ADWR to look into the matter and 

investigate the case so that the traffickers 

can be nabbed. The girl will 

be escorted to Udalguri very soon 

as she is in a state of shock. According 

to the girl, nine other girls were 

also placed in some job or the other 

in Delhi. 

The strategy 

“Traffickers keep changing their 

strategy to escape from being nabbed. 

Usually students going on excursions 

are hardly suspected to be victims of 

trafficking, so the traffickers are using 

this excuse to do their business. 

This is a unique case we came across 

which might bust many trafficking 

rackets”, said CWC Chairman Father 

Lukose Cheruvalel. He further 

added that the case will be handled 

effectively because of the linkage 

between the CWC Chairperson, 

Kamrup (M) and CWC members of 

Udalguri as Lukose is been training 

the Udalguri CWC members in Juvenile 

Justice delivery since last two 

years. The whereabouts of the girl are 

not known but the Udalgiri administration 

and the police have already 

been alerted and will investigate the 

case with information provided by 

the girl. 

It is shocking that the parents of 

10 trafficked girls last year did not 

worry about their kids and did not 

even complain to the police till date. 

The rescued victim is from a tea tribe 

area and assumed to be of a poor 

financial background. Poverty, illiteracy 

and various other social problems 

lead people to go to different 

places and get harassed and abused, 

so before thinking about eradicating 

trafficking, the social problems like 

poverty should be removed. 


8 

In The News 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

URBANISATION CAUSING 

GROUNDWATER DEPLETION 

The city will keep on 

facing ground water 

crisis until the water 

supply projects are 

completed and ready 

to go, which will 

in return help the 

groundwater to get 

replenished. 

120 

lakh litres 

MRINMOYEE HAZARIKA 

PANBAZAR 

WATER PLANT 

While the entire city of Guwahati 

is getting inundated 

with flood water, as 

a result of just a small and easy spell 

of shower, the residents have to work 

and dig really hard just to get a drop 

of water to drink. 

It might be hard for some people 

to believe that the city dwellers are 

having a tough time managing clean 

water for their household use and 

drinking when the mighty Brahmaputra 

is flowing across the city; it is 

an embarrassing truth that there is 

a huge scarcity of drinking water in 

the city. 

Lack of farsightedness shown on 

part of the authorities as well as a section 

of the population has just made 

the problem from bad to worse. 

16 90 

lakh litres 

lakh litres 

KAMAKHYA 

WATER PLANT 

Reality check 

The news has been making the 

rounds for the last couple of years 

that the ground water level of the city 

has been depleting and the officials of 

the central ground water board has 

confirmed the truth. 

Most of the residents in different 

localities of the city including Christianbasti, 

Bora Service, Gandhi Basti 

etc are facing severe water crisis. 

“Earlier we did not have any water 

crisis. We have a bore well of 190 

metres on our own and it was sufficient 

enough for us. But for the last 

two months or so we have been facing 

severe water problems. We doubt that 

this has happened due to a new deep 

boring done in the big apartment 

near our house,” said Monisha, a resident 

of the Bora service area. 

The depleted water level has led 

the residents to go for deeper bore 

wells which creates water crisis in the 

surrounding areas. The situation is 

worse for both the flat dwellers and 

the individual house owners. 

“It is very concerning that the 

ground water level of the city has 

been getting depleted over the years. 

It is evident from the fact that the water 

levels of the wells in most of the 

old apartments of the city, which had 

been dug up to the level of 50 metres 

in depth has dried up. The normal 

depth of a well is usually 10 to 50 

metres and that is the depth where 

water can be found sufficiently for the 

household or any other use,” a highly 

placed official source at the Central 

Ground Water Board, Guwahati told 

G Plus. 

The source further mentioned 

that the office of the Central Ground 

Water Board, Guwahati does not 

have all the facilities to measure the 

ground water level of the city. However, 

the board is planning to construct 

‘Piezometers’ in various localities 

of the city in order to measure the 

ground water level of Guwahati. 

“We do not have our own well to 

measure the level of ground water of 

Guwahati. Since the households do 

not allow us to use their own wells 

for measuring the water level, we are 

planning to construct piezometers’ 

SAATPUKHURI 

WATER PLANT 

The ground water is being recharged 

by rainwater. Since, the size of the open 

spaces in the city are shrinking, the 

rainwater do not find any room to go 

down to refill the level of ground water” 

in various localities of the city which 

will enable us to measure the ground 

water level of the city,” the source 

said. 

The source also blamed the growing 

population or the overpopulation 

for the depletion of ground water in 

Guwahati. In this regard, the source 

said, “The ground water is being recharged 

by rainwater. Since, the size 

of the open spaces in the city are 

shrinking, the rainwater do not find 

any room to go down to refill the 

level of ground water. At this point, 

improving the water supply scenario 

is the only option to combat the 

problem of water scarcity. This way 

the stress on the ground water will 

be lessened and the level will be recouped 

automatically in another 5 to 

10 years.” 

The source at the Central Ground 

Water Board, Guwahati also highlighted 

that the deep boring of water 

does not affect the shallow level of 

water. 

“Deep boring, which goes down 

150-200 meters depth under the 

earth, will not affect the shallow water 

level of the ground which ranges 

between 10-50 meters of depth. The 

amount of water, which remains 

lodged between the rocks is sucked 

up with the help of deep boring facility, 

which is very limited in size. If 

water can be found within the depth 

of 15-200 meters, then the people will 

get water. If water cannot be found 

within that depth, there is no chance 

of finding water,” Central Ground 

Water Board, Guwahati told G Plus. 

Water supply scenario 

The GMC and the Urban water 

supply department, the two authorities 

which supply water to the 

households of the city, is capable of 

providing supply water to only 32000 

households of Guwahat, which has 

an official population of roughly 10 

lakhs. Leaving aside some government 

colonies and establishments, a 

large chunk of people are being deprived 

of government supplied water. 

Sources at the GMC said that 

it provide water to around 25000 

households from three of its plants 

located at Kamakhya, Panbazar and 

Saatpukhuri. 

“A quantity of 16 lakh litres of 

water is being supplied from the Kamakhya 

plant every day. The plants 

at Panbazar and Saatpukhuri supply 

120 lakh litres and 90 lakh litres of 

water every day to the households located 

in Mackhowa, Latasil, Ulubari, 

Bhangargh, Kharghuli and other 

near about areas.” 

The GMC source further stated 

that the demand for supply water is 

always high, but the authorities are 

not being able to meet the demand. 

The situation is same with the 

Urban Water Supply Department, 

the other body, which supplies water 

in the city households mentioned 

that 5000 applications have been 

pending in the department from the 

people seeking new connections. 

Since, the new connections have not 

been granted, the department has not 

been able to provide water supply to 

the households. 

“Currently, we provide water to 

7000 households in the city. Initially, 

our scheme was to supply water to 

the entire Zoo road area. But, later it 

extended towards the peripheral areas 

of the Zoo road including Down 

Town, Rukminigaon, Hengerabari, 

Christian Basti etc,” a source at the 

urban water supply department said. 

Considering the scenario, the 

people of the city will have to wait till 

the completion of the water supply 

project by GMDA or wells and deep 

borings to be carried out by the individual 

households. 

mrinmoyee.hazarika@g-plus.in

G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 9 

Space 

WANT TO OWN A HOUSE IN GUWAHATI? 

GO EAST 

Property prices have gone down in the last few months according to a number of factors 

Syeda Ambia Zahan 

and the builders and real estate frontliners hope to have a better future ahead. 

Want to have a dream house 

in a metropolis? Guwahati 

is the perfect choice at this 

moment. Yes, it is the right time as 

prices of residential properties are almost 

getting stagnant compared to the 

last fiscal year, says the business gurus. 

Reports obtained from the National 

Housing Bank (NHB), shows 

that residential property prices in 

Guwahati in the January-March 

quarter of this year registered only 

a marginal growth of 0.65 per cent 

compared to the same quarter of the 

previous year. 

In the central zone of Guwahati, 

in localities like Ambari, Baruari, 

Chenikuthi, Fancy Bazar, Kharghuli, 

Latasil, Pan Bazar and Uzan Bazar 

prices dropped by 6.4 per cent, while 

the east zone comprising Bamunimaidan 

and Chandmari saw a decline 

of 16.2 per cent. But why is there 

a sudden dip in the prices? Let’s take a 

look at what is driving the real estate 

market of Guwahati at this moment. 

Premium real estate companies 

like Dona Builders Pvt Limited 

which has been offering Guwahati 

with high-end residential as well as 

business property, says that sudden 

drop in demand for residential property 

in the city is the main reason of 

dropping price. Ranganav Borooah, 

Builder and promoter of Dona believes 

that price of Residential Buidings 

were abnormally hiked by the 

developers some months ago. 

Later on, due to economic slowdown, 

the high-end buyers have become 

protective and thus a gap has 

been created between demands and 

supply. “Dona Builders, which only 

used to be in the business of constructing 

high priced buildings are 

now slowly shifting its focus to affordable 

middle ranged buildings for 

the prospect buyers in the bracket of 

`35-45 lakh. “More houses are ready 

for sale than the demand. The developers 

will have to wait for good days,” 

says Mr. Borooah. 

The West zone of the city comprising 

of localities like Adabari, Bharalumukh, 

Bhootnath, Kamakhya 

and Maligaon saw residential prices 

dip by 9.9 per cent on an annual basis. 

Ranganav Borooah, Builder and promoter 

of Dona also said “Skyrocketing 

price of construction raw materials 

is another reason for such slow 

sale of property in the city. Inflation 

is one of the major reasons.” 

Because of the rise in cost of the 

land, labour and construction material, 

many real estate builders are 

going through a depressing period. 

The cost of raw materials like cement, 

bricks have gone up by 20% to 30%. 

Likewise, the finishing materials like 

door fittings, paints, tiles hike upto 

50% to 60%. 

There will 

never be 

a perfect 

economy. 

But if one is 

going to buy 

a property at 

this time for 

residential 

purpose, he 

should go 

ahead with 

his decision” 

Another builder and developer 

of the real estate company Rana P. 

Bordoloi, of Fortune Tower India 

Pvt. Limited believes slowdown of 

the economy has compelled the government 

to tax both the developers 

and the buyers on different fronts to 

regain a balanced economy and so 

the end buyer is at a loss, which has 

slowed down the sale. Bordoloi, further 

says, “Besides, an effective price 

control mechanism of raw materials 

is the need of the hour and also the, 

property registration price should be 

brought down.” 

One of the major reasons of the 

slow sale of property in the city can 

be the improved connectivity between 

the outskirts and the city. 

Banks are always cautious in granting 

people a loan for a car. So why 

would one prefer to stay in a messy 

flood-prone city when they have the 

option of everyday commuting, says 

another developer. 

However, in the Lokhra zone 

consisting of Basistha, Jalukbari 

and Lalganesh, prices of residential 

properties went up by 5.5 per cent in 

January-March this year as against 

the corresponding period of last year. 

Prices were also up by 14 per cent 

in the Dispur zone, which includes 

localities like Beltola, Dispur, Hatigaon, 

Hengrabari, Jaya Nagar and Six 

Mile, while it was up by 14.6 per cent 

in south zone comprising areas like 

Bhangagarh, Lachit Nagar, Rehabari, 

Silpukhuri and Ulubari. 

Mithun Das of Envision Construction 

says, “We need support 

of the government. Property registration 

process in Guwahati is too 

cumbersome and the worst sufferers 

of this situation are the builders. 

The Government should emphasise 

on low interest in housing loans, relaxation 

in government tax, different 

payment options to pace up the sale 

of property. 

The index covered 26 major cities 

and has taken into account the 

price trends for residential properties 

in different locations and zones in 

each city. Overall, across the country, 

13 cities showed a rising trend 

in residential property prices on an 

annual basis in Q4 of 2013-14, while 

in another 13 cities the trend was of 

decline. 

So is it really a good time to buy 

a property in Guwahati right now? 

Business expert says it is. “There will 

never be a perfect economy. But if one 

is going to buy a property at this time 

for residential purpose, he should go 

ahead with his decision.” says Business 

expert and Developer Mr. Kumar. 

Many mid income projects in 

good locations in the city are already 

launched at lower rates which indicate 

a good time for the buyers.

10 

The Week That Was 

City News 

Nature conservation photo exhibition in Ghy 

With a wide range of photographs 

from different 

facets of the NGO’s contribution 

to biodiversity conservation in 

the region and elsewhere, Aaranyak’s 

photo exhibition underway at State 

Art Gallery in Guwahati drew a huge 

response from people across the state. 

The exhibition kicked off on Tuesday 

and will last till July 5, 2014. Reflecting 

Aaranyak in its 25 th glorious 

year of biodiversity conservation, 

the exhibition has showcased the 

flourishing journey of this NGO from 

a small beginning as a neighbourhood 

nature club to a recognised Scientific 

and Industrial Research Organization 

Akhil demands 

study on 

Brahmaputra 

drainage project 

In order to combat the artificial 

flood in the Guwahati 

city, a demand for proper 

study on the behaviour of the 

Brahmaputra and a proper drainage 

and sewerage project has 

come from the Krishak Mukti 

Sangram Samittee (KMSS) president 

Akhil Gogoi on June 29. The 

KMSS leader directly blamed 

the GMDA and the GMC for the 

rampant issuance of permission 

for high–rise buildings in the 

city. Pointing the facts behind the 

yearly problem, Akhil Gogoi said, 

the reason behind the devastating 

deluge in Guwahati is that there 

has been no drainage and sewerage 

system worth the name in 

Guwahati since the shifting of the 

state capital from Shillong to Guwahati. 

“In the absence of a proper 

drainage and sewerage system, 

such artificial floods are inevitable,” 

Akhil Gogoi added. Another 

reason behind recurring artificial 

floods in the city is the erection 

of high–rise buildings in the wetlands 

in and around the city by 

big companies. Citing some examples, 

he said: “Tata Company 

has erected its Ginger Hotel on 

the Bahini river in the city. The 

canal which connects the Bahini 

river with the Shilsaku beel has 

been blocked by the building of 

Maria Public School. There was 

a beel between Gandhibasti and 

Silpukhuri near the rail line. 

of the country, which has now spread 

its roots not only in Northeast India, 

but also internationally. “A quarter 

century of work has brought major 

changes in the nature conservation 

sector and Aaranyak is still putting 

its hard work and dedication to secure 

the rich biodiversity resources. With 

four unique sub-themes, the photographs 

will be exhibited depicting the 

activities from the inception of Aaranyak 

since 1989 highlighting its diverse 

programmes and initiatives including 

the rich floral and faunal biodiversity 

of Northeast,” said Udayan 

Borthakur, Convenor, Photo Exhibition, 

Aaranyak. 

Landslides, floods in Guwahati leave 11 dead 

A 

total of eleven people were killed during the nonstop rain on June 27, which flashed off the city. Four of the victims, 

including three of a family, died in landslides at two different places and four others were electrocuted. A 

youth named Vikas Saha drowned in the Bharalu river, which cuts through the city. According to the report of 

Weather Department, the city recorded 57mm rainfall on that very day. The situation became worst as the drains were 

over flowing due to artificial clogs. Observing the condition, June 28 was declared as a holiday for all educational institutes 

in the city by the Kamrup (Metro) district administration. The areas which got submerged includes Anil Nagar, 

MLA Hostel, Chandmari, Zoo Road Tinali, Hatigaon, Khanapara. The revenue and disaster management departments 

provided country boats to evacuate people from flood-hit areas. 

Prime Bakes launches Fifa inspired 

confectionery 

To mark the Fifa world cup 2014, 

leading Bakery Retail brand 

of Guwahati, Prime Bakes announced 

the launch of a limited edition 

Fifa inspired confectionery for football 

lovers in the city. Encouraged by the 

football frenzy; the bakery chain has 

launched cupcakes, cakes, premium 

chocolates and other confectionery 

items starting from `50 only. Available 

in novel designs and shapes of team 

jerseys, national flags, Fifa mascot, Brazuca 

etc., the special confectionery shall 

surely catch the fancy of food lovers in 

the city. The same can also be customized, 

if pre-ordered making it a novel 

gifting option. “This is the first time 

that we are innovating on the World 

Cup theme. It is fun to join in the football 

frenzy and offer something unique 

to Guwahati’s football fans,” said Nirupam 

Muklania, CEO, Prime Bakes. 

The limited edition cakes are available 

in flavors like Classic Vanilla, Butter 

Scotch and Rich Chocolate in addition 

to the regular flavors. 

Photo: UB Photos 

Brahmaputra Infra 

wins `18.63 

Cr. construction 

contract 

Brahmaputra Infrastructure 

Ltd. has bagged a project 

worth `18.63 Crore from 

the Chief Engineer (IP), PB, PWD 

B&R Branch, Chandigarh for 

construction of flyover at Siswan 

T-Junction on Morinda-Kurali- 

Siswan Road up to State Boundary. 

Recently, the company has 

been awarded a project worth 

`34.67 Crore by Guwahati Metropolitan 

Development Authority 

(GMDA) for turnkey design and 

construction of central library 

and archive-cum-auditorium at 

Amingaon, Guwahati, including 

all allied works complete on 

turnkey basis, with a completion 

period of 30 months from the 

date of issue of detailed work order. 

At the BSE, Brahmaputra Infrastructure 

shares are currently 

trading at `32.75, up 4.97 percent 

from the previous close. 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

Gauhati University 

removes age limit 

for law aspirants 

The students of law get relieved 

as the Gauhati University 

(GU) has removed the age bar 

for three-year and five-year courses 

in law. Till last year, the maximum 

age for applying for the five-year 

and three-year courses in law was 

20 and 30 years respectively. Now 

the applicants of any age, having the 

minimum marks required for admission 

into the two courses in law, can 

apply for a seat under GU. J Dutta, 

Academic Registrar of GU informed 

that students with a bachelor degree 

were eligible for the three-year 

course in law, while for the five-year 

course, Class XII graduates could apply 

for admission. For both courses, 

the minimum marks required in the 

qualifying examinations for general 

category students is 45 per cent, but 

in case of scheduled caste (SC) and 

scheduled tribe (ST) aspirants, there 

will be a relaxation of up to five per 

cent. Officials in GU said the order 

will come into force from the 2014-15 

academic sessions. The new university 

norms would be implemented 

by all law colleges affiliated to GU. 

Two kids drown, 

one missing 

Two among three boys, who were 

feared to have drowned in the Brahmaputra 

in the Sunsali area on the 

outskirts of the city on July 1, were 

recovered on July 2 by the National 

Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 

and State Disaster Response Force 

(SDRF). They were identified as Jay 

Deka and Sahil Rahman. The third 

boy, Mangol Deka, is still missing. A 

search operation is on. The three were 

residents of Jupuribasti in the Noonmati 

area. Police said the trio went to 

the river for a swim along with other 

friends. “When the three boys were 

washed away by the heavy current, 

the others fled from the spot. Later, 

when we came to know about the 

incident, we launched rescue operations 

immediately. The search is still 

on. However, the water level of the 

river has gone up dangerously and it’s 

affecting our work,” said a river police 

official. Last year, there were about 

428 drowning cases in Assam, of 

which at least 443 people were killed. 

About 40 such cases were reported in 

and around the city alone. About 347 

men and 96 women drowned in the 

state last year. As per the latest NCRB 

records, the state recorded 9.6% of its 

deaths due to drowning last year.

G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 11 

8th Statistics Day celebrated 

Don Bosco 

organises camp for 

scouts & guides 

Don Bosco School, Panbazar 

has organised the 

mini Boscoree Scouts 

and Guides camp – 2014 at its 

school premises at Panbazar 

from July 2–5. The four–day 

camp was formally inaugurated 

on the evening of July 2 by Dr. 

Harendra Das, State Chief Commissioner, 

Bharat Scouts and 

Guides, Assam in the presence 

of school Principal Fr. Sebastian 

Kuricheal and a host of camp officials 

like camp chief Fr. Lukas 

Marak, Associate camp chiefs 

Fr. Joseph Solomon and Fr. Saju 

Kariyil, coordinators Fr. Marcus 

Lakra and Fr. Xavier Beck as well 

as senior Scout Master RA Lazar. 

A total of around 280 scouts and 

guides from eleven schools of 

various districts of Assam would 

participate in the camp and 

would be trained in aspects like 

compass, direction, mapping, 

knots, exercises, estimation, fire 

lays, fire place, wood craft, etc. 

This mini Boscoree would also 

prepare the scouts and guides for 

the National Boscoree to be held 

at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu from 

December 30, 2014 – January 3, 

2015. The participating schools 

are Don Bosco School Guwahati, 

Don Bosco School, Boko, 

Don Bosco School, Sojong, Don 

Bosco School, Satgaon, Don Bosco 

School, Amkachi, Don Bosco 

School, Umswai, Don Bosco 

School, Halflong, St. Joseph’s 

School, Barpeta Road, St. Mary’s 

High School, Barpeta Road, St. 

Mary’s Guwahati and Holy Child 

School, Guwahati. 

The Ministry of Statistics and 

Programme Implementation, 

Government of India celebrated 

29 th June 2014 as 8 th Statistics 

Day. The function was organized 

with an aim of creating public awareness 

especially among the younger 

generation for drawing inspiration 

from Late Professor PC Mahalanobis 

about the role of Statistics in socioeconomic 

development planning 

and policy formulation. Since 2007, 

29 th June is been observed as ‘Statistics 

Day’ in India to mark the birth 

anniversary of Professor (Late) PC 

Mahalanobis. In Assam the Directorate 

of Economics and Statistics 

(DES), Assam in collaboration with 

the National Sample Survey Office 

(Field Operation Division), Guwahati 

celebrated the occasion by organizing 

various programme in the Training 

Hall of the Headquarters of Directorate 

of Economics and Statistics, Assam, 

Beltola. The Theme of this year’s 

Statistics Day was ‘Service Sector Statistics’. 

The programme was inaugurated 

by lightening of lamp and garlanding 

the photograph of Prof (Late) 

PC Mahalanobis by Sri HN Das, IAS 

(Retd.) former Chief Secretary to the 

Govt of Assam. 

Journalist bodies plea 

to release ad bill 

An appeal to release the advertisement 

bill payments for the 

newspapers regularly with 

the enhanced rates has come through 

the All Assam Media Employees 

Federation (AAMEF) and Journalists’ 

Forum Assam (JFA) to the Assam 

government. But at the same 

time, the media bodies also urged the 

newspaper managements to implement 

the recommendations of Majithia 

Wage Board, which was recently 

endorsed by the Supreme Court of 

India. Non-implementation of the 

recommendations of the Majithia 

Wage Board in the newspaper houses 

might invite serious consequences 

for the state government because it is 

responsible for the implementation of 

the statutory Wage Board as well as 

the owners of newspapers, as it would 

finally go against the spirit of a verdict 

pronounced by the apex court of 

the country. 

Scribe passes away 

Senior journalist Rup Kumar 

Das, who was associated 

with the vernacular press, 

breathed his last on June 27th. 

He was involved in the print media 

for more than two decades. 

Das was not in good health for 

the last few days and was undergoing 

treatment in a city hospital. 

His mortal remains were 

brought to the Guwahati Press 

Club where all members of the 

Guwahati Press Club paid their 

respect to the departed soul. His 

last rites were performed at Panikhaiti. 

Das leaves behind his 

wife, two daughters, a son and a 

host of relatives. 

KMSS says Sristi 

Nagar construction 

illegal 

An order to stop the construction 

works of Sristi Nagar in 

the Noonmati area was issued 

by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation 

(GMC) on July 1. Kamrup (Metro) 

in–charge deputy commissioner 

M Angumutthu said that he would 

ensure an inquiry to ascertain how 

various clearances for the construction 

of Sristi Nagar were obtained. He 

cleared the main aim of the eviction 

drive being undertaken by the district 

administration is to ensure free 

flow of the canals in the city. Angumutthu 

said that the administration 

would also ensure probe into issues 

like how construction permissions 

and land pattas were given in the Bharalu 

and other water bodies in the 

city. 

The Week That Was 

City News 

Manjary to organise international dance festival 

Summer Hobby Camp organises 

various activities for kids 

Clay modelling and art and 

craft workshop was conducted 

at Regional Science Centre, 

Khanapara, from July 1 to July 

5, 2014 during the ongoing Summer 

Hobby Camp organised by Regional 

Science Centre. The other workshops 

The process for the annual Rath 

Yatra of Lord Jagannath began 

in Guwahati and other places 

across the state and even the country 

on Sunday morning. The significance 

of the yatra is the Lord coming 

to his people. The chariots in which 

the deities are carried, are pulled by 

thousands of devotees and taken to 

a different temple. The deities stay 

to be held during the camp are Photoshop 

–July 1to 5, Physics, Chemistry 

and Biology – July 7 to 12, Robotic 

and Aeromodelling – July 7 to 

11, Graphics and Animation –July 7 

to 11 and Carnivalist – The Carnival 

Rides – July 15 to 19. 

Manjary Dance Academy 

is going to organise 

“Rhythm” India 

International Classical Dance 

Festival on 6 th July at District 

Library Auditorium. ‘Rhythm’ 

is a dance festival exploring the 

heritage sites of Assam inviting 

renowned classical dance 

exponents all over the country 

and abroad. They represent the 

various classical dance forms 

like Sattriya, Bharatanatyam, 

Odissi, Kathak, Manipuri, Mohiniyattam 

and Kuchipudi. The 

purpose to conduct such a festival 

is to promote, preserve and 

popularise the rich Indian classical 

dance form. The festival will 

start from 1 pm, where the students 

from Manjary Dance Academy 

will perform and from 5pm 

onwards invited classical dancers 

will showcase their talent. 

City celebrates annual Rath Yatra 

Photo: UB Photos 

in this temple for a week and then 

return. Because of urban floods, the 

traffic was a bit chaotic but the district 

administration did take care of 

the security arrangements.

12 

Society 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

SACRED 

HEARTS OF 

SERVICE 

shubhojit roy 

The Sacred 

Heart Palliative 

Care Centre has 

been rendering 

invaluable service 

to the society 

with its care and 

treatment to the less 

favourable ones 

The world is in a constant state 

of conflict and is surrounded 

by a lot of hatred, but still the 

faith in humanity is not completely 

lost. Once in a while you come across 

people, who drive and motivate you to 

your bones and your faith in humanity 

gets restored. Sister Lisset along 

with a handful of other Sisters of the 

Sacred Heart Congregation is one 

such example in today’s society. The 

Sisters along with other staff members 

take care of the patients at Sacred 

Heart Palliative Care Centre at Hastinapur, 

9th mile on the outskirts of 

the city. 

The speciality about this centre 

is that the patients present in the care 

centre are not just regular patients but 

are terminally ill ones – those whose 

diseases are not responsive to curative 

treatment. G Plus reports on the centre 

set in the backdrop of hilly terrain 

and greenery. 

The beginning 

The foundation stone of the SH 

Palliative Centre was laid in the year 

2005 and was initiated by Sister Rose 

Marina and Sister Vineeth Tresa in 

consultation with then Archbishop 

Thomas Menamparampil who helped 

with the donation for the construction 

of the care centre. The Care Centre 

has multi-level treatment emulated 

by many recovery centres and is 

the only palliative care centre of the 

region. 

The Facilities 

The Care Centre is a 30 bedded 

centre with separate male and female 

general ward and also includes private 

wards. It has a hygienic canteen 

cum kitchen for the patients and the 

staff members and it also houses a 

chapel which gives spiritual strength 

to all inmates. The Fathers also visit 

the Centre from time to time to pray 

for patients and the departed souls. 

It is a three-storied building with 

its top floor being used by the Sacred 

Heart Sisters as the living quarters, 

while the ground floor and the 1st 

floor are for the occupation of the patients. 

Sister Lisset, Administrator at 

SH Care Centre says, “Previously, we 

used to house only the terminally ill 

patients, but from last year we have 

started treating all patients. At present, 

there are 7 patients in the Care 

Centre, out of which 3 are suffering 

from dementia, 3 patients from Cancer 

and there is one child who is suffering 

from Meningitis.” The Centre 

Some people 

have told me that 

funding is not 

available for such 

patients. I couldn’t 

do a thorough 

research on the 

subject as we have 

less manpower 

here and we need 

to be with the 

patients at all 

times” 

presently has 1 doctor; Dr. Dinesh 

Goswami who has been serving since 

the beginning. Dr. Goswami also 

treats the patient at Palliative Care in 

Uzan Bazaar. 

Sister Lisset also stresses that the 

Dementia patient are child-like, unaware 

of anything and requires round 

the clock care. “If patients are more, 

we will need more care-takers which 

is limited at present and therefore is 

a concern.” 

Fee or Free 

“Most of the patients who come 

here belong from a very poor family 

who can’t afford their treatment. So, 

some of the patients pay for their stay 

and some don’t, but the care given is 

equal for everyone,” informs Sister 

Lisset. We were also informed that 

the Care receives no financial support 

“and we would be so grateful if 

someone supports the patients. We 

also have plans to send the child Lalit 

Sharma suffering from meningitis to 

school as he is recovering fast, but we 

need sponsors for that,” pleads Sister 

Lisset. 

Citing an obstacle, Sister Lisset 

says, “Some people have told me 

that funding is not available for such 

patients. I couldn’t do a thorough research 

on the subject as we have less 

manpower here and we need to be 

with the patients at all times. Another 

problem is that sometimes fund may 

come, but by the time the fund reaches, 

the patient might expire.” 

Status 

It was found out that since its 

inauguration date of 3rd September 

2009, an all total of 99 patients have 

been admitted to the Care Centre. 

Out of these 99 patients, 25 patients 

passed away whereas the rest of the 

patients went back to their homes after 

getting treatment. Some of the patients 

were also healed as informed by 

the administrator. 

The holistic four dimensional 

treatment of Physical, Psychological, 

Social and Spiritual nature by the Sacred 

Heart Palliative Centre has been 

a story of great feat. The Centre also 

sets example for many other care centres 

in the city in terms of neatness 

and maintenance. The selfless service 

provided by the Sisters of sacred 

Heart for the diseased and terminally 

ill patients is absolutely worthwhile 

and undoubtedly deserves a great 

amount of appreciation. 


G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 13 

BJP’s DECISION TO REMOVE ‘MUSLIM’ 

TAG FROM TRIBES DRAWS CRITICISM 

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BJP minority morcha state president Mominul Aawal 

The BJP’s decision to remove 

the ‘Muslim’ tag from the followers 

of Islam in Assam has 

revoked strong reactions from different 

walks of life. Earlier in a tricky 

development, the Minority Morcha 

of the state BJP had decided that they 

would strive to get it done by writing 

to state government and central 

government. People termed the BJP’s 

move as impractical and being politically 

motivated. 

The decision was taken during 

an executive meeting of the morcha 

recently. Now they will appeal to the 

state government in written to address 

the issue besides the central 

government. 

“Though tribes like Goriya, 

Moriya, Desi, Jolha and Maimal in 

the state follow Islam, they have their 

own distinctive characteristics. To 

promote harmony and trust amongst 

the different communities in Assam, 

these tribes that follow Islam, they 

should not be identified as Muslims. 

The followers of Hinduism are not 

identified as Hindus. They are identified 

on the basis of the different tribes 

they belong to. We want the followers 

of Islam to be recognised on the basis 

of the tribes they belong to,” said 

Minority Morcha president Mominul 

Aawal. 

Aawal hinted that some political 

parties have always been taking 

advantage of this and creating a situation 

of distrust and conflict. “It is a 

matter to be regretted that the indigenous 

tribes like Goriya and Moriya 

were deprived of all the benefits that 

are meant for the welfare of the minorities. 

Only a particular section 

was enjoying the benefits of the welfare 

packages aimed at development 

of minorities. It is very unfortunate 

that the indigenous minority tribes 

have been intentionally deprived of 

all the facilities because of a political 

conspiracy,” Aawal added. 

This decision however has backfired 

as individuals and organisations 

have reacted in a strong way. 

“The idea is not practical and there 

is a hidden political agenda behind 

it. The BJP wants to create a division 

among the Muslims of the state. We 

don’t think they will be successful in 

this. We do not see any logic in this 

decision taken by the BJP,” said Hafiz 

Ahmed, President of Char Chapori 

Sahitya Parishad, a literary body of 

the state. 

All Assam Minority Students’ 

Union (AAMSU) too has reacted in 

this regard and said that this is not 

possible at any cost. “It is known to 

everybody that BJP wants to play 

politics with such issues. Islam is a 

religion. All the followers of Islam are 

minorities and they are needed to be 

developed. But by making all these 

meaningless demands, they are wasting 

time. People can be identified by 

their caste even after being religious. 

We condemn such kind of act,” said 

AAMU General Secretary Rejaul 

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their foray in the B2C 

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of ‘TE-A-ME’, a premium range 

of tea bags, comprising of 17 variants 

of black, green and spiced 

teas and fruit and flower infusions 

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The company is amongst the 

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14 

Ward Watch 

Shubhojit Roy 

WARD 

NO 

12 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

Krishnanagar 

to be rid of voltage problems 

The Krishnanagar area of Chandmari 

is one of the few location 

in the city where development 

is quite evident and the people 

do not have much complaints against 

the authorities. The place has seen 

positive changes over time and is a 

good example for other localities of 

Guwahati. The roads have been well 

paved, the drains flow freely without 

any blockages and new pipelines 

for drinking water are being set up. 

However, there are some small issues 

which G Plus came to know about after 

direct interaction with the locals 

in the area. 

With and without water 

Guwahati has long been suffering 

from drinking water problem; 

Krishnanagar however doesn’t have 

much of a problem with drinking 

water facility. “Water problem was 

there some time back but now it’s alright. 

Fresh pipelines are also being 

set up to make water supply available 

in every household. Moreover, many 

houses at present do have boring 

wells as well,” says Layanta Lekharu 

of the locality residing in the housing 

quarters. On being asked about the 

drainage system, Lekharu informs, 

“Our locality is at a little higher altitude, 

so basically we don’t face water 

logging problems and the drains are 

clearer. However, sometimes there is 

little bit of water logging on the foot 

of the hill.” 

Load Shedding 

It is well known that a lot of areas 

in the city suffer from regular 

load shedding and constant voltage 

fluctuation. The Krishnanagar area 

can however expect some better 

days as a new transformer is being 

placed and also posts for street lights 

have already been installed. “A New 

transformer was placed in our area a 

month back along with lamp posts. 

Though there is regular load shedding 

in the area, we are expecting 

that this too will be resolved pretty 

soon,” says Gopal Chhetri who has 

been living in the area since his birth. 

Theft and Garbage 

“There have been few cases of 

chain snatching in the area by some 

biker gangs in the past. People have 

complained about it too and I am not 

sure though if it was resolved,” says 

Jyotishman Deka. On asking about 

how they dispose their garbage, Deka 

replies, “GMC vans come from time 

to time to collect the garbage but for 

past few days, the garbage collecting 

van has not come to the area. I think 

it will take time for the new NGO’s to 

settle down in the field, but we might 

have to suffer quite longer this time.” 

The overflowing garbage bins in the 

city is quite a regular scene now as 

Sub-Division 12A/ 12B/ 12C 

No. of Voters 18,000 (approx.) 

Concentrated Region Krishnanagar 

Major Issues Minimal 

A New transformer was 

placed in our area a month 

back along with lamp posts. 

Though there is regular load 

shedding in the area, we are 

expecting that this too will be 

resolved pretty soon” 

the secondary garbage collection of 

Ramky Infrastructure has expired 

and the NGO’s have taken up the job 

from 1 st of July. 

Councilor’s Version 

While asking the councilor of 

Ward No- 12 about the NGO Bahnisikha’s 

status which has replaced 

Ramky for Ward No-12, it was found 

out that the GMC still couldn’t provide 

the required vehicles to the 

NGOs. “The GMC has not yet been 

able to get the vehicles transferred 

from Ramky to the NGOs,” says Bolendra 

Bharali, the Councilor. 

The councilor further appealed 

to the people to be aware and enquire 

with the GMC themselves for 

answers. “There is a GMC outpost at 

the Chandmari Colony and people 

should at least take up the initiative to 

come down to the office and enquire 

about the issues directly,” states the 

Councilor. 

It can’t be ignored that GMC 

has often failed in tackling major issues 

of the city, be it garbage disposal 

problem or street light or flash flood. 

But the authorities definitely have answers 

for every situation, sometimes 

they wouldn’t receive the proper 

funding and sometimes they will 

have various other problems. But in 

all this blame game, it is the people 

who suffer. 


G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 15 

Role of Tele-Medicine 

in Rural Health Care 

Pallabi Buragohain, 

Research Scholar 

GALL STONES 

Health 

Incidence 

Gall bladder stone disease has become very common and those 

persons afflicted, increases with age and the estimated prevalence 

in developed countries comes around 10-15% of adult population. 

At the age of 60 yrs, approximately 25% of women and 17% of men 

suffer from gall bladder stones. 

Natural history 

It occurs when bile juice of the liver fails to keep its chemical 

components such as cholesterol and calcium in the soluble state 

hence it is deposited in the gall bladder as sediments which are later 

transformed to stones. Patients can be divided into three clinical 

conditions: asymptomatic, symptomatic and those which are related 

to complication of gall bladder stones. Annually, only 1% to 2% 

of those without symptoms can develop symptoms and it is unusual 

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16 

Bazaar 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

COOLING THE 

CITY AIR 

Shubhojit Roy 

The Air Conditioner market in the city has 

seen lesser sales this year even though the 

temperature hit the forties recently 

With summer at its peak in 

the city, more and more 

are opting to live indoors. 

But currently, the weather is such 

that even staying indoors is not helping. 

Well, in the past five years, the 

air conditioner market has grabbed 

the attention of the mass in the subcontinent, 

not only for the corporates 

but also for personal use at homes. G 

Plus tries to find out the nature of the 

market in Guwahati. 

The Types 

There has not been much advancement 

in the air conditioning 

technology recently, except for allweather 

conditioning, which can also 

act as a heater during the winters. 

However, the AC’s can be categorised 

into three types - window or through 

wall, split system and centralised AC. 

• Window or through wall AC 

works as per the concept where 

the system sits on the window or 

wall opening with interior controls. 

Interior air gets cooled as the 

exterior hot air blows through the 

condenser. 

• Split-system air conditioners come 

in two forms: central and minisplit. 

In both types, the inside-environment 

i.e. the fan is separated 

by some distance from the outsideenvironment 

i.e. heat exchanger 

and fan. 

• Central air conditioning offers 

whole-house or large-commercialspace 

cooling, and often offers 

moderate multi-zone temperature 

control capability by the addition 

of air-louver-control boxes. 

Energy star 

Devices carrying the Energy Star 

service mark, such as the air conditioner 

and peripherals, kitchen appliances, 

buildings and other products, 

generally use 20–30% less energy 

than any other normal electronic 

home appliance. “The air conditioner 

uses approximately 50 Watt of less 

power with upgradation of 1 star in 

the appliance,” says Abhijeet Bhakat of Classic, 

Home appliance store at Chandmari. 

The Future 

Interestingly, it was found out that 98% of 

ACs in Japan are Inverter ACs whereas China 

and Europe uses 60% and 45% respectively. In 

India, only 2-3% of the users use Inverter AC. 

“Inverter ACs are the future of air conditioning. 

They save 30% more energy than a 5 star 

energy saving AC. It is very much energy efficient 

and initiates more cooling in less time. 

Most of the green buildings use Inverter ACs,” 

said our source at Bluestar. It was found out 

that Bluestar had a great market in Guwahati 

last year and it has increased this year further 

as the temperature hit to 40 degrees in April 

this year. 

Brand and Price 

Samsung 

Model No. Price (in `) Energy star 

AR18HC5TXNCNNA 42,100 5 star 

AR18HC5ESLZN 43,600 5 star 

AR18HC3USNB 36,300 3 star 

AR18HC2USNBNNA 32,900 2 star 

Blue Star 


5HW18ZCR 43,500 5 star 

5HW18ZBW 42,800 5 star 

3HW18FA 35,700 3 star 

Voltas 


1.50T VOLTAS 39,990 3 star 

Godrej 


GSC18FR3WNT 40,490 3 star 

LG 


LSA5TM3M 41,990 3 star 

The AC 

market was 

more profitable 

last year than 

compared to 

this year. Even 

though the 

summer is at 

its peak, but 

last year’s heat 

was far more 

intense as we 

all know, 

so the sales 

were more” 

The market and 

the warranty 

According to Abhijeet Bhakat of Classic, which is one of the oldest home 

appliance stores, “The AC market was more profitable last year than compared 

to this year. Even though the summer is at its peak, but last year’s heat was far 

more intense as we all know, so the sales were more,” informs Bhakat. 

It was found out that most of the AC brand provide a warranty of 1 year 

whereas there are some companies which extend its warranty up to 3 years 

depending upon the condenser. 

AC vs Air Cooler 

Parameters Air Cooler Air Conditioner 

Capital Cost Low High 

Recurring Cost 90% lower than AC Very High 

Indoor Air Quality 100% Fresh Filtered Cool Stale Dry Air Re-circulated 

Air 

Refrigerants Water Polluting Refrigerants 

Maintenance Simple & Cost Effective Complex & Expensive 

Portability Yes No 

Usage Outdoor& Indoor Indoor Only 

Emission Eco-friendly Environmentally Harmful 

CFC 

Carbon Emissions Nil Very High 

Even though the air 

coolers have more advantage 

over air conditioners, 

the AC market has 

comparatively been rising 

higher than before the last 

5 years, but the usage of the 

electronic appliances has 

been limited due to certain 

aspects like constant power 

cuts in different areas, unavailability 

of three-phase 

connections and others. 

However, with rapid urbanisation 

and temperature 

increase every year, 

the sale of air conditioners 

is expected to reach its 

peak. 


G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 17 

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Reviews 

Lekar Hum Deewana Dil 

Director: Arif Ali 

Cast: Armaan Jain, Rahul Dev Shetty, Nikita Dutta 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

Director: Samar Shaikh 

Cast: Vidya Balan, Ali Fazal, 

Kiran Kumar and Rajendra Gupta 

Bobby is the oldest of three 

sisters, way past her ‘marriageable 

age’, her sister 

Noor, the textbook good daughter 

is in the prime of it, and the 

youngest one Zeenat is 11 nowhere 

near it. 

Her father Haroon Ahmed, a 

repairman in the Deccan railways, 

is responsible for five women. His 

wife, Zebonisa who protects Bobby 

fiercely and will do anything to 

have peace and harmony at home, 

she has a warm effervescent personality 

and can see the lighter 

side of almost any situation. 

Ammi’s widowed sister Kausar 

also lives with them, she is 

Moghulpura’s known matchmaker, 

Bobby discovered her jasoosi 

abilities first when she was sent 

for background checks by Kausar 

Khala for matches she was making 

in the area. The desperate need 

to break free from background 

checks on cheating grooms, tracing 

family history keeps pushing 

Bobby to look out for lucrative 

and adventurous jasoosi opportunities. 

In a community where a 

woman’s identity is lost in a burkha 

and marriage is a duty, Bobby 

keeps breaking the rules. At thirty 

she dares to dream of a successful 

Private Detective Business and 

especially hates the whole preoccupation 

with marriage. 

Pista house se lekar urdu galli 

tak, Mehendi gali se hotel naaz 

tak Bobby knows all the nooks 

and crannies of Charminar and 

its nearby Moghulpura area. She 

has skill, she has ambition, she 

has courage, all she needs is a big 

break. 

This oportunity comes with 

Aneez Khan in all his steely, 

mysterious and yet regal glory, 

only someone as local as Bobby 

can help end this man’s search. 

Bobby’s Pvt. Ltd. Business finally 

kickstarts with unbridled enthusiam, 

but in the process fails to 

understand the motive behind 

Khan’s quest. Will Bobby succeed 

in solving Khan’s case? Will she 

truly understand the reason why 

Khan has come to her? Will it all 

be too late when she does? 

Bobby Jasoos is set in the core 

of the still unadulterated milieu 

of Hyderabad. The part of the 

city that is considered the oldest 

but is slowly yet steadily accepting 

change. Bobby is the voice 

of Indian youth and celebrates 

the aspiration that defines them. 

Bobby Jasoos is about the triumph 

of the human spirit as it survives 

the chases and thrills through 

the bylanes of Charminar. Bobby 

perseveres, fights the odds, learns 

from her losses and strives to solve 

a case that seems way too much 

for her. 

“Bobby Jasoos” works so well 

because it creates a unique yet relatable 

world for its female hero 

without making her seem supervulnerable 

(like Kangana Ranaut 

in ‘Queen’) or super-confident 

(like Shabana Azmi in her best 

roles). 

Bilkis/Bobby in her salwarkameez, 

sneakers and various 

super disguises, is a fearless, unabashed 

bundle of bumbling energy. 

Her infectious gusto and 

irresistible joie de vivre envelope 

this biryani-flavoured Hyderbadi 

delight of a film. 

Like Vidya’s multiple disguises, 

the film’s ability to surprise 

never flags. If Bobby/Bilkis 

revels in a sense of adventure the 

narration doesn’t lag behind. You 

can find flaws here. But you won’t 

hold them against the film. That’s 

a guarantee. 

Lekar Hum Deewana Dill is 

the story of Dinoo (Armaan) 

and Karishma (Deeksha), two 

youngsters who elope fearing that 

Karishma’s family will get her married 

to a guy of their choice. Following 

this, they get married in Goa. As 

they move forward, life gets tougher 

and they realise that it wasn’t something 

that they wanted. Acting wise, 

Armaan is a little loud but justifies 

in parts. Deeksha is good. She will 

instantly remind you of Anushka 

Sharma and Deepika Padukone during 

their initial days. The story of the 

film is descent since the makers of 

the film haven’t shown a typical love 

story.” 

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But when they run short on budgets, 

land in Naxalite territory (a 

strange detour with a raunchy item 

song - Mawaali Qawaali - thrown in), 

the screenplay takes an interesting 

twist. 

AR Rahman lifts spirits with the 

club number Khalifa Khalifa and 

draws sighs with the poignant Alaahada. 

Armaan is endearing and energetic, 

getting you to warm up to him. 

Deeksha is confident and likeable. 

Bangalore boy Mahesh (Akhil) excels. 

And if you’re looking to cuddle 

up this monsoon just like the slightly 

mismatched young couple in the 

movie, attempt doing it the LHDD 

way. 

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The OnePlus One’s performance 

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It packs as much RAM and the same 

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There were some issues early 

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G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 19 

Facebook introduces ‘missed call’ ads in India 

Facebook aims to target customers 

in emerging markets like India 

with its new ‘missed call’ ads. 

The service allows mobile phone users 

to click a button that calls a brand advertiser, 

immediately hang up and then 

receive a return call. 

The advertisement would cater to 

the 100 million Facebook users in India 

who will be able to request cricket 

scores and more by placing a “missed 

call” and receiving a recorded call or 

text message back. Facebook said that 

it has been researching cell phone usage 

in India and has found that people 

used missed calls to avoid the high cost 

of voice calls. The practice has become 

so common that some businesses have 

started sending recordings or SMS 

messages to people who place a missed 

call to them. 

Facebook is currently testing the 

service in parts of India and is expected 

to roll out more widely over the next 

few months. This is Facebook’s first 

foray into new ad formats tailored to a 

particular country. The social networking 

giant is planning to expand this approach 

to other emerging countries, 

like South Africa, Indonesia and Brazil. 

“There’s an opportunity for us to 

get much more localized with what 

we’re building and developing,” Kelly 

MacLean, Facebook’s business lead for 

emerging markets, said in an interview. 

“That’s an area we’re really going to invest 

in.” 

“We’ve seen positive results in 

early tests with advertisers like Garnier 

Men and plan to scale this product in 

the coming months,” Facebook said.’ 

The model will help Facebook’s increase 

its advertising revenue in 

emerging markets. The company has a 

39 percent increase in its mobile user 

base over the year-ago quarter with 

nearly 945 million monthly active 

mobile users. Facebook’s advertising 

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to $2.34 billion with mobile ad revenue 

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playing clips at 48 and 60 framesper-second. 

This announcement 

has created a lot of excitement 

among gamers who upload their 

video game footage onto the site. 

In order to have your videos 

playback at 60fps, you will need to 

make sure that the 1080p resolution 

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Other than the upgrade in 

frame-rate support, YouTube will 

also receive a host of new features: 

Fan Funding: YouTube is soon 

going to integrate services like 

KickStarter, IndieGogo, Patreon 

etc. which will help users contribute 

money to support a channel of 

a YouTube user at any time. This 

feature is still being tested and 

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Subtitles from fans: YouTube 

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YouTube Creator Studio: The 

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VidCon 2014. 

Brazil-Chile World Cup match spawned record 390K tweets 

per minute 

It’s official, every living person on 

Earth gives a damn about the ongoing 

FIFA World Cup. This was 

underscored when Twitter revealed 

that 16.4 million tweets were generated 

by Saturday night’s football 

match between Brazil and Chile, that 

made it the most tweeted about a 

match of the World Cup. 

The record for the most overall 

tweets about a sporting event is still 

held by Super Bowl 48 with 24.9 

million tweets but the Brazil-Chile 

match did beat that event when it 

PM Narendra 

Modi gives Twitter 

direct access to 

government 

Prime Minister 

Narendra 

Modi has 

permitted Twitter unprecedented 

access to his administration in a 

drive to put social media at the heart 

of government, the US internet company 

said. 

Modi deployed an army of supporters 

over Twitter and Facebook 

during his successful election campaign. 

He has put both the microblogging 

site and Facebook at the centre 

of his government’s media and 

research strategies since taking office 

a month ago and has asked ministers 

and lawmakers to follow suit. 

The 63-year-old’s focus on social 

media presents opportunities for the 

companies, which see India as one 

of their top growth markets and are 

sending senior executives to forge 

relationships with the government. 

Twitter has been given direct access 

to ministers and their staff, advising 

them on social media usage, 

as well as organizing workshops to 

train ambassadors and other diplomats, 

said Raheel Khursheed, head 

of news, politics and government at 

Twitter India. 

came to the most real-time tweets 

when almost 390,000 TPM (tweets 

per minute) were sent out when 

Chilean player Gonzalo Jara missed 

his penalty kick, beating the previous 

record by a handy 8,000 TPMs. 

Indian Air Force Launches 3D 

Mobile Game to Attract Youth 

Embarking on its first sortie in 

virtual world, the Indian Air 

Force today launched nation’s 

first 3D mobile game in a bid to attract 

generation-next youth to pursue 

a career in the air force. 

Launching the 3D mobile game 

‘Guardians of the Skies’ (GOTS), Air 

Marshal S Sukumar hailed the event as 

a significant milestone in encouraging 

youth to join IAF and also expressed 

concerns over tapping the best of the 

human resources from the upcoming 

generations. 

“We are getting the numbers, but 

we want to attract the best of the boys 

and the girls to join the Air Force,” 

said Sukumar, who is also the Air Officer-in-charge 

Personnel. 

GOTS, which is freely available on 

android, windows and iOS platforms 

for mobile, has been conceptualised to 

showcase the might of the air force in 

a virtual format with users being offered 

gripping air combat scenarios 

and realistic graphics, he said. 

“Indian Air Force is on a trajectory 

of modernisation and is transforming 

itself so as to meet the security challenges 

which are multi-dimensional 

in nature that the country faces in the 

future years,” Sukumar told reporters. 

“As we induct modern equipment 

and enhance our capabilities we are 

very conscious of the fact that any 

success in any future conflict will be 

determined most by the quality of the 

human resource that we have,” he said. 

GOTS features a storyline where 

the IAF is engaged in defence missions 

against a fictitious nation named 

‘Zaruzia’, which coincidentally like India’s 

neighbour Pakistan, is politically 

and economically unstable and has 

also witnessed a military coup. 

“The storyline is fictitious, the enemy 

is fictitious but the gaming experience 

will be real,” he said. 

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G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

Will GMC’s new garbage 

management plan work? 

POINT 

Debajyoti Kalita 

Chief Project Coordinator, Pragati Sangha, 

Prasanta Protim Dutta 

Journalist 

COUNTERPOINT 

At last, GMC has taken a good 

step by introducing the new 

Garbage Management Plan 

which should have been done much 

earlier. In the year 2008, the Hyderabad 

based company Ramky Enviro 

Engineers Pvt. Ltd. had entered into 

an agreement with GMC for Municipal 

Solid Waste Management. 

They agreed to collect garbage from 

about one lakh Households within 

the GMC ward area. But Guwahati 

has approximately two Lakh households 

within it. Another reason for 

failure of Ramky’s work was that 

they didn’t have a proper monitoring 

system on secondary Collection 

as well as primary Collection of Municipal 

Solid Waste by their workers 

and appointed agencies respectively. 

Because of that, GMC was in a 

mess and they could not get rid of 

the problem that Ramky had created. 

Gradually, Ramky had stopped 

working as per the terms and conditions 

of the agreement and they 

had started threatening GMC by 

submitting termination letters from 

time to time. When the situations 

deteriorated, the GMC officers had 

started to find out solutions to get 

rid of it. They have decided to send 

GMC officials for study tours to different 

Municipal Corporations of 

India. 

As a part of it, a team of seven 

people, including the Additional 

Commissioner, Chief Engineer, 

Divisional Engineer (Div – IV) of 

GMC, OSD of JNNURM Cell of 

GMC, one Executive of JNNURM 

Cell, Myself, our NGO’s (Pragati 

Sangha) President Mrs. Bobita Borah 

Deka and the President of another 

NGO (Suraj NGO) Mr. Tagar 

Ch. Sarma went to the Pune Municipal 

Corporation. Based on the process 

of Solid Waste Management in 

Pune, GMC had also made an action 

plan for Guwahati city and decided 

to appoint different NGOs to carry 

out the Door-to-Door garbage collection 

process with certain strict 

terms & conditions. 

Now, what GMC is going to do 

is keep a strict vigil on its appointed 

NGO’s work as well as making provisions 

for proper coordination between 

Public & GMC (through setting 

up of Toll Free No. for grievance 

redressal & creating awareness by 

publishing advertisements through 

news papers and other media). GMC 

has set up a vigilance system by 

which they are going to monitor the 

work of NGOs which are appointed 

for garbage collection. 

The appointed NGOs will have 

to record the actual number of 

households within their ward area 

and they have to report it to GMC. 

This will help to clean the whole area 

within Guwahati city. All NGOs 

have to submit Monthly Progress 

Reports as well as Audit Reports as 

per the GMC’s guidelines to make 

the process more transparent. Apart 

from it, the Ward Committees consisting 

of the Ward Councilor (who 

will be the Chairman)along with all 

the Ward Area Members, few other 

nominated members form the locality 

and the Zonal Engineers & Divisional 

Engineers (as Member Secretary) 

will also keep vigil on those 

NGOs. This time no NGO will be 

spared for their misdeeds. If GMC 

continue this system, then definitely 

the new Garbage Management Plan 

will work. 

As a resident of Guwahati, we 

have already witnessed the 

kind of work carried out by 

Ramky which was responsible for 

operating the garbage management 

system of the city. Though, Ramky 

will no longer be a part of the city 

garbage management, it is a fact that 

the organisation failed to keep the 

city clean. 

After the failure of Ramky, the 

GMC has now initiated a new mode 

of operation for cleaning the dumps 

of the city. But, there is doubt that the 

new system will be able to solve the 

garbage management of the city. 

Even, earlier, when Ramky was 

operating in Guwahati, it had been 

stated that the officials of the organisation 

would come to every household 

and collect the garbage every 

day. But, in reality, they do not visit 

the household as long as a week for 

garbage collection. 

The Ramky had blamed the 

households for not making any payment 

to them in return of the service 

Even after suffering 

from problems 

of flash floods, 

years after year, 

the city people 

are still throwing 

away the garbage 

of their houses into 

the flowing waters 

of the drain or the 

river and rivulets. 

they provide. But, who would pay for 

an unsatisfactory irregular service 

provided by some organisation? 

In the meantime, it is high time 

for the citizens to become responsible 

and keep their eyes and ears wide 

open regarding what is going on in 

their own localities. It is definitely 

a good move on part of the GMC to 

engage local people in keeping their 

own localities clean. But, it is a sad 

truth that most of the public of Guwahati 

do not have any regular civic 

sense. 

Even after suffering from problems 

of flash floods, years after year, 

the city people are still throwing 

away the garbage of their houses into 

the flowing waters of the drain or the 

river and rivulets. They neither throw 

the garbage at the dustbins being kept 

on the roadside nor dispose it inside 

their own respective campuses. The 

garbage thrown in the drains and 

other water channels of the city have 

clogged the water flowing through 

the drains and other water channels 

and contributing towards increasing 

problem of flash flood. 

There is doubt that the people 

who give least importance towards 

resolving the problem of flash flood 

will be able to help manage the garbage 

system of the city. Therefore, if 

we want to make the city clean, we, 

the citizens will have to understand 

the importance of maintaining 

cleanliness and cooperate the authority 

in whatever steps they are taking 

to keep the city clean. 

At the same time, they will have 

the capability to criticise the authority 

and even themselves if anything 

goes wrong. Otherwise, no initiatives 

will be able to keep the city clean. 

Road traffic rules 

LETTER TO THE EDITOR 

Sir, 

I follow G Plus pretty often and keep coming across stories on city traffic arrangements. The recent urban floods were already a burden to the commuters but the city chaotic 

traffic is not a new issue Guwahatians are facing. I just want to bring to your notice that no matter how much we try but some rule breakers are somehow entirely responsible for the 

chaotic traffic. People overtake in places where they not expected to. For just saving some petrol people do not mind risking their and even others’ lives by entering into one-way 

roots just to avoid a long U-turn. I even see some two-wheelers crossing dividers to go to the other side of the road. At night the people do not like waiting at the traffic signals to 

wait for the green signal. 

I just want to say that the authorities do keep an eye on the rule breakers but aren’t the rules made pretty easy for people to break. And with the police-graft record, it is easy 

to get away with anything in the city. There are also some roads which seriously require dividers like the road from Sharabbhati to Lokhara. New drivers can never be able to drive 

confidently in such roads. Even the driving licence giving departments should scan the applications and take proper tests before providing licenses as I know someone who got a 

licence without sitting for any test. The person just paid a bit more to an agent and got the license sitting at home. Such negligence increases the risk of accidents and a lot of people 

suffer in roads. There are also some points where there are hardly any traffic police and people cross the crossings roughly which scares the commuters. It is not that everyone breaks 

rules, there are some who seriously require stricter guidelines. 

Pranjit Deka 

Beltola

G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 21 

TIME MANAGEMENT • Learn to say a NO. Many a times 

we are not able to say no and as a 

result we are over burdened with 

ritu gupta 

gritu21@yahoo.com 

Time management is all about 

how you have used your time 

in a more productive way. 

These days, half of the people are more 

stressed regarding time management. 

By prioritising and organising your 

work, you save a lot of time. Managing 

time is getting a grip on how you 

should spend your time precisely. 

Monitoring yourself each day as to 

where you have wasted your time and 

accordingly plan out, helps us to manage 

time in a better way. Many a times 

we hear people saying that they have 

no time to breathe. This only proves 

that they have not been able to manage 

time correctly. Everyone in the timemanagement 

consulting business will 

tell you the same thing - “learn to say 

no.” It is very difficult to say no until 

you have established your own sense 

of agency and purpose. 

How to manage time? 

• The best way to start with is to 

make a daily, weekly or monthly 

time table. 

Spirit against E=mc 2 

spirit world has no industry and 

no money changing hands, so there 

“The 

are no thoughts of greed or competition. 

The spirit body doesn’t require food, 

so thoughts about eating aren’t created. 

The spirit body remains in perfect health, so 

there’s no need to think about diet or exercise. 

The materialist may think this sounds 

rather dull, as he can’t conceive of life without 

the pursuit of physical pleasure. Yet the spirit 

world is alive with thoughts of love directed towards 

the quest for knowledge. We are served 

by keeping our thoughts ones of beauty. We 

can be harmed by holding thoughts aimed at 

fulfilling physical pleasure.” 

An excerpt from the book, “Life after 

Death” by Mary T. Browne has compelled 

me to contemplate on a subject which I have 

heard being discussed time and again but 

have refused to accept it as the truth. The 

Books say that a spiritual life will be bestowed 

on us after death and that is the ultimate 

truth. Everyone seemed to have hammered 

this thought into the deep recesses of my 

brain. It had stayed there undisturbed; till I 

read this book and memories were re-stirred. 

Mary T. Browne explicitly chronicles her 

brush with departed spirits of the other world. 

Most of the time, they tell her that they are 

either happy in the astral life or worried 

about the family back on Earth. It’s hard to 

believe that after we die and crumble to dust, 

it is possible for the soul, which is said to stay 

alive even after the physical form is no longer 

there, can even think and connect with its 

life in the world? Can it think? Does it have a 

mind? Can it remember anything from its life 

on Earth? How is it possible for a spirit to exist 

after a human body changes into a different 

form of energy? Questions which are so very 

difficult to understand and answer. 

• Keeping in mind to do the most 

strenuous work early in the morning 

as our energy level is highest 

during the early hours. 

• Take frequent intervals in between 

your working hours and try to add 

a lot of humour and laughter. 45 

minutes of work followed by 10 

minutes of break rejuvenates your 

mind. 

But if I were to take explanations from 

science, then it says that E=mc 2 ; meaning 

that all mass is equal to energy. So, if mass in 

its disintegration is converted to energy, then 

where and how does the soul exist? And that 

too, a miracle ‘visitation’ from the ‘other side’ 

to its family and friends through Mary, who 

claims that she can feel the presence of these 

spirits when their family meets her for a counselling 

session? Too far-fetched a story, don’t 

you think? Physics says that mass converts to 

different forms of energy depending on how 

it disintegrates. The fundamental energy 

particles discovered so far are quartz, gluon, 

neutrino and their counter particles. 

So who are we to believe now? Metaphysics 

or physics? Mary T. Browne, who speaks 

almost like the Holy books or Albert Einstein 

who had meticulously put together the greatest 

scientific formula of E=mc 2 ? 

On a softer plane, another excerpt from 

Mary’s book says, “We are not free if we are 

obsessed by anything, be it a substance or a 

person or a desire for material gain. All these 

imbalances are created by our thinking. Imagine 

that! We can change our lives by changing 

the way we think.” I do agree with her on this! 

“.....we would be well served if we started our 

positive thinking patterns right now. There’s 

nothing gained by delaying.” This I feel is one 

of the best parts of the book. What more can 

we people want than happiness? However, if 

you were to ask anyone what is it that they 

desire most, which will make them happy, 

90% would say money. “So why do you want 

money?” “To buy new clothes.” “Why do you 

need new clothes?” “I don’t look good in the 

old ones.” “Why don’t you look in the old 

clothes.” “I don’t fit into them.” So if we look 

keenly enough, the ultimate answer is Me. So, 

the best thing to do would be to work on ME, 

our work producing a lot of stress 

in our lives. 

• Starting your day a little early helps 

you stay calm. 

• Keeping a balance in your effort 

and not over exerting yourself will 

help you remain balanced. 

• Getting proper sleep at night for 

about 7-9 hours will keep you energetic. 

• It’s very important to have a little 

fun time as well. After a strenuous 

day it’s always a good idea to pamper 

yourself. Going out with your 

friends and loved ones or enjoy 

watching a movie. 

• Rewrite and prioritise your work 

each day. 

Optimise your time and don’t just 

manage it. Time waits for no one but 

doing the right thing at the right time 

is very important. To speak precisely, 

much of our time is wasted when we 

look at it from the point of urgency 

and not importance. But the day we 

realise the importance of time we will 

also learn to manage it. To end it with, 

here’s a beautiful quote which says, 

“The key is not to prioritise what’s on 

your schedule but to schedule your 

priorities.” 

instead of any other factor and the rest will 

follow. Money shouldn’t be the means of happiness 

but can be used as a tool. 

The best part of the book “Life after 

Death” was the chapter, “Prescription for 

Grief”. One of Mary’s clients, Diana was diagnosed 

with inoperable cancer and the doctors 

gave her only 6 months to live. She took the 

news with great dignity and decided to spend 

what time she had left, enjoying herself. Diana 

was a workaholic who’d always found it 

difficult to take a vacation. She worked and 

her life went by in a whirl. Only on hearing 

the news of her impending death did she start 

to enjoy her life, travelling to Europe with 

her sister and doing other things she’d never 

given herself the time to do: In retrospect she 

would’ve lived her life differently. “I never 

took time to have fun or to contemplate my 

spiritual beliefs. Now I deeply regret it. Please 

tell people that money and success are fine, 

but there’s more to life. Don’t wait until you’re 

dying to start living.” 

I think the last line itself is self-explanatory. 

We all want to live and live it to the 

fullest. So why not start now, this very second 

instead of postponing it for a future date. 

I am sure Einstein too had his hiatus from 

formulating E=mc 2 and came back feeling 

fresh and ready to start where he stopped! We 

neither need Physics or Metaphysics to teach 

us this really easy formula of happiness and 

fulfilment! 

And when you know your life is well 

spent, then try and keep aside precious moments 

for the people who need you most; the 

deprived and the impoverished. 

tinat ATIFA MASOOD 

Question - Answer 

Life 

A Say Over Your Mind 

Q: How to control emotions in 

times of crisis? 

Breathing, breathing, and breathing. 

Breath is the biggest secret that nature 

has put in you. It is linked to 

your emotions. Through breathing 

exercise technique, you can control 

your emotions. I think many of 

you have experienced this, isn’t it? 

(Many raise their hands) 

Those who have not experienced 

this, you must do a little bit of 

breathing exercises regularly, then 

you will have more say over your 

mind. 

Q: When was the last time you got 

angry at someone? 

I don’t even remember! Suppose 

you are angry at somebody, don’t 

start regretting it. Regret makes 

you become angry once again. 

For me, I can count on my fingers 

the number of times I have gotten 

angry. It is not in my nature. 

I have not done anything special 

not to get angry. Somehow I have 

been made this way. I can’t take 

any credit for it. I have never said 

a single bad word to anybody all 

these years. It never has happened. 

I have never blamed, cursed or said 

any bad word to anybody. 

Q: How can we stop thinking the 

same recurring thought? 

There is no way, because you recognize 

the thoughts only after they 

have already come. Isn’t it? They 

come and then you recognize it. 

So when you recognize it, get busy. 

If you simply sit, you will keep 

thinking a lot. If you keep acting, 

you will feel that you are more with 

the flow. 

Q: Aggression is considered as a 

sign of power these days, how to 

change this? 

If aggression is the power that 

brings positive change, the world 

would have changed a lot through 

all the aggression that has happened 

and is now happening in 

many parts of the world. But that is 

not what we see. 

Where there is aggression, there 

is distress. There are more issues, 

more problems, and more poverty. 

With aggression, we move backward. 

Wherever there is aggression, 

you see that the people have gone 

backward; at least fifteen to twenty 

years backward, if not more. Cooperation 

is key. 

The world has seen many aggressions 

which have not given great 

result. 

Sometimes, people think war is 

very good because war can change 

laws. They think that war can 

destroy what was there and bring 

a change of law. But you know, for 

that to happen, several generations 

suffers. 

In this age of information and 

technology, I think people are 

intelligent. We don’t need to go 

through that suffering. I think we 

are much more intelligent, and 

much more informed, so we don’t 

need war. All that we need is 

awareness. 

Q: How should one balance life 

between social service, business 

and responsibilities at home? 

Do you all drive cars ? Yes! When 

you drive a car what do you do? 

You look at the side mirrors, rear 

view mirror and you look in the 

windshield as well. How do you 

balance all three? 

You can’t say, ‘I will only look at the 

rear mirror’, or, ‘I only look in the 

front’, or, ‘I only look at the sides’. 

You have to simultaneously do all 

the three and you do that? 

Exactly same way! 

Rear view mirror is like knowing 

the past. You should have little 

memory of the past. If you have 

done some mistake, it should not 

be repeated. Front mirror is like 

the vision of life ahead. That is why, 

the front windshield is very big and 

the rear view mirror is very small. 

Then there are side mirrors, these 

are for you to be aware of what is 

happening around you all the time. 

So how you use all three? Exactly 

same way! 

Q: How do I always be happy 

and not get entangled by the 

boundaries set by body mind and 

thought? 

If you drop this always, you will 

be happy. Never mind if you are 

unhappy for a little while, so what? 

If you think I should never be unhappy, 

then that 

becomes a cause 

of unhappiness. 

His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji

22 

Fun 

Your weekly dose of TIMEPASS 

HOROSCOPE 

ARIES 

At the beginning of the week 

you’re like a plant just barely breaking 

the surface of the ground. The world 

is heavy. The sun is distant. What with 

everything on your mind, expect to 

be unusually introverted. By Wednesday, 

you’ll be sprouting huge leaves 

and growing in unforeseen directions. 

A new friend comes into your life on 

Thursday — a cute flower, perhaps? 

On Friday, when a ray of light lands directly 

on you, make sure you’re looking 

your best. It’s an exciting weekend for 

you, but try to stay grounded on Saturday. 

Then, on Sunday, go wild. 

TAURUS 

Your emotions — and those 

of others — will be all over the 

map right now. Anything that happens 

Monday or Tuesday can be 

safely written off — moodiness 

and sensitivity levels are off the 

charts. Wednesday and Thursday 

are more even-keeled days, but 

money issues figure prominently. 

(If someone presents you with a 

grand moneymaking scheme, don’t 

opt in.) You won’t really feel like 

yourself until Friday or Saturday. 

The weekend holds good things for 

you, although Sunday feels a little 

off kilter. 

GEMINI 

You are thinking like a 

scientist at the start of the week, 

and your interest in your own emotions 

is almost clinical. You’re in a 

logical, observational mode; but, 

as you know, some things simply 

can’t be calculated. This is loud 

and clear on Wednesday and 

Thursday especially, when you find 

yourself getting along remarkably 

well with people you hardly 

know. Chalk it up to chemistry. On 

Friday, your relations with others 

are less smooth — for reasons not 

entirely clear — but a great conversation 

on Sunday sets you on a 

good course for next week. 

CANCER 

If someone asks you what your 

favorite kind of pie is on Monday or 

Tuesday, you won’t be able to answer. 

You like the texture of apple but the 

flavor of pumpkin. Or whatever. Every 

decision — even a minor one — this 

week expands into a complex set of 

irreconcilable variables. Midweek has 

you feeling torn about bigger issues 

than pie preference. Come Friday, you 

may feel more like hanging out around 

the house with a remote control (or a 

book) in your hand than anything else. 

You are in a thoughtful mood this weekend. 

Stay home: You’re happy with a 

minimum of fanfare. 

LEO 

The easy answer isn’t interesting 

to you right now. You’d like to know 

what’s really going on. On Monday 

and Tuesday you’re in detective mode 

— asking penetrating questions, considering 

every angle. And on Wednesday, 

buoyed by all your research, you 

charge into the world with fresh insights 

and confidence; no mincing words for 

you. Thursday is a big day romancewise, 

and on Friday your ego is front 

and center. Try as you might to deflect 

attention on Saturday, all eyes are on 

you. Don’t let a personality clash with 

someone else ruin a rejuvenating Sunday. 

Be optimistic and forgiving. 

VIRGO 

Curiosity may have killed the cat, 

but it’s also the heart of discovery. You 

are nothing if not curious at the start of 

the week, and your analytical powers 

have never been stronger. Your restlessness 

right now is incredibly useful. 

Communicate what you’re thinking. 

On Wednesday and Thursday you’d 

like to be climbing mountains or testing 

theorems, but your family has other 

things in mind. Don’t distress, because 

you’ll have plenty of personal time on 

Friday and Saturday. (Although your 

love life might pull you in other directions.) 

Sunday is a day of resolutions 

and new beginnings. 

LIBRA 

All you can think about is money 

this week. Obviously you’re thinking 

about more than money, per se — 

when you get right down to it, you’re 

thinking about the future — but the 

value of material possessions and striking 

a balance between generosity and 

stinginess are very much on your mind. 

The middle of the week relieves you 

from this line of thinking by way of a 

purely fun excursion with a couple of 

your friends. In the days leading up to 

Sunday, chances are good that your 

mind will go to thoughts of the past. But 

Sunday, once again, your mind’s on the 

future. 

SCORPIO 

Your energy is bright and powerful 

these days and on Monday you’re 

feeling like a new you. You go into the 

week stronger (and more respected) 

than you’ve felt in a while. The confidence 

suits you. Your mind is open to 

anything, but it might be too open on 

Wednesday and Thursday when you 

may find yourself caught up in a crowd 

mentality, being persuaded to do things 

you wouldn’t normally do. Friday returns 

you to a high sense of order and selfcontrol. 

That’s all well and good, but 

don’t forget to party Saturday night. 

SAGITTARIUS 

Your life is a movie at the outset 

of the week, but you can’t quite follow 

the dialogue and the car chases make 

no sense. And who’s the hero in this flick 

anyway? If you feel like canceling dinner 

plans and kicking back in front of 

the TV, hey, by all means. By Wednesday 

and Thursday your social calendar’s 

too packed for TV time, and on 

Friday and Saturday music and art figure 

strongly. If someone asks you about 

your goals, don’t roll your eyes; planning 

for the future never hurt anyone. In 

fact, on Sunday, someone might share 

a goal of their own that is so brilliant 

you’ll consider adding it to your list. 

CAPRICORN 

Monday and Tuesday are great 

days for decision-making, but don’t go 

on your gut alone. You have a wealth of 

information to work with. Look at the details. 

Organize yourself. Wednesday and 

Thursday, when your plans go into effect, 

you may feel hesitant or awkward or pessimistic 

or crazy — you’ll be bouncing all 

over the place emotionally, but stay the 

course. By Friday you’ll already be reaping 

the rewards of a path well chosen. 

People will be complimenting you right 

and left this weekend. The more modest 

you are, the more impressive you will be. 

AQUARIUS 

Monday and Tuesday are great 

days for decision-making, but don’t go 

on your gut alone. You have a wealth of 

information to work with. Look at the details. 

Organize yourself. Wednesday and 

Thursday, when your plans go into effect, 

you may feel hesitant or awkward or pessimistic 

or crazy — you’ll be bouncing all 

over the place emotionally, but stay the 

course. By Friday you’ll already be reaping 

the rewards of a path well chosen. 

People will be complimenting you right 

and left this weekend. The more modest 

you are, the more impressive you will be. 

PISCES 

There are things you’re willing 

to live with and things you just aren’t. On 

Monday, you may have to draw a line in 

the sand. Others may react in funny ways, 

but your good friends will stand by your 

side. Tuesday will be an emotionally rocky 

day — after putting your foot down, you 

may feel pangs of regret (they’ll pass) — 

but Wednesday is a lucky day for you, as 

is Thursday. Friday and Saturday you’re 

happiest sharing your good luck with others. 

This leads to a realization this weekend: 

You want to do something with your 

life that helps lots of people. You have big 

dreams. 

SUDOKU 

Solutions (Last Issue) 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

A big, burly man visited the pastor’s home and asked to see 

the minister’s wife, a woman well known for her charitable 

impulses. 

“Madam,” he said in a broken voice, “I wish to draw your attention 

to the terrible plight of a poor family in this district. The father 

is dead, the mother is too ill to work, and the nine children 

JUST FOR LAUGHs 

are starving. They are about to be turned into the cold, empty 

streets unless someone pays their rent, which amounts to $400.” 

“How terrible!” exclaimed the preacher’s wife. “May I ask who 

you are?” 

The sympathetic visitor applied his handkerchief to his eyes. 

“I’m the landlord,” he sobbed.

G PLUS JUL 05 - JUL 11, 2014 23 

BIKE REPAIRING CENTRE 

G Plus will keep on publishing such relevant and useful 

information in this page in the coming issues. 

A To Z Bike Repairing 

jatia, Kahilipara Road, Bharalumukh, 

Ghy – 9, Ph-9954468042 

A To Z Bike Repairing Centre 

Beltola, Baisista Road, Ghy – 28 

Ph-9085549680 

All Bike Repairing Centre 

Ambari, Fatashil, A K Deb Raod, Ghy – 25 

Ph- 9864977944 

Bike Junction 

Chinmoyee Complex, Commercial Block, 

Tokobari Kalimandir, A T.Road, Ghy– 1 

Ph- 9864112132, 9435118087 

Bike Repaiing Point 

Notboma, Miyazan Nagar, Hatigaon Road, 

Ghy – 38 Ph-8752943472 

Bike Point 

Ambari Fatashil, A K Deb Raod, 

Ghy -25 Ph-9508983243 

Brindaban Bike & Scooter 

Jayanagar, Khanapara, Ghy – 22 

Ph- 9854257373 

Boro Bike Repairing Centre 

Nitiali, Jyoti Nagar Road, Bamunimaidan, 

Ghy – 21 Ph- 9854378707 

Barman Bike Works 

Beltola, Baisista Road, Ghy- 28 

Ph- 9707051915 

Chowhan Bike Workshop 

Hengrabari Road, Ghy - 36 

Ph- 9859039093 

Dream Bikes 

12 MS Road, Hotel Opposte, Rly Gate, 

Fancy Bazar, Ghy-1 Ph- 9864014333 

Dulu Bike Garage 

Narangi Road, Noonmati, Ghy – 20 

Ph- 9954186510 

G D Scoo Bike Centre 

16, Chinmoyee Complex, Near Kalimandir, 

Tokobari, Ghy– 1 Ph- 03612603642 

Hi Speed Bikes 

Near L C B College, A T Road, Maligaon Chariali, 

Ghy -11 Ph-8811003658, 8811003665 

Compiled by Mautapa Dhar 

Karnee Bike Point 

Kumudini Commercial Complex, Ground Floor, 

Shankar Nagar, A T Road, Ghy - 1 

Ph- 9864059312 

MAA Arati Bike Works 

Ambari Fatashil, M B Raod, Ghy– 25 

Ph- 8811839917 

MS. Hussain Bike Point 

Hatigaon Chariali, Sijubari Road, Ghy -38 

Ph- 9864607856 

Mina Bike Service 

Sijubari, Hatigaon Road, Ghy- 38 

Ph- 8876776325 

M A Bike Works 

Dakhingaon Bus Stop, Kahilipara, Ghy –19 

Ph- 9085302118 

Motumoni Bike Point 

Paltan Bazar, Idgah Road, Ghy –8 


New Bike Point 

Gangeshguri, G S Road, Japorigog, Ghy – 5 


Rabiul Bike Repairing 

Satgaon, Railway Line, Ghy – 27 

Ph- 9613011690 

R K Bike Repairing World 

Satgaon Road, Ghy- 27 Ph- 9577879144 

Sanjay Bike Repairing 

Satgaon, Bhaskar Path, Udayan Vihar, 

Ghy- 781171 Ph-9707632084 

Sarawgi Bike Point 

Block A, Chinmoyee Complex, Tokobari Kalimandir, 

A T Road, Ghy -1 Ph- 9435178087 , 

9864014633 

Shiba Bike Point 

Near Rly Gate No 6, F A Road, Machkhuwa, 

Ghy - 9 Ph- 9706092495 

Saha Bike Works 

Bharalumukh, K R B Road, Ghy- 9 

Ph- 9435079800 

Used Bikes and Cars 

G S Road, Sixmail, Khanapara, 

GUWAHATI – 781022 tel:+919954090958 

EMERGENCY NUMBERS 

AMBULANCE 

Ambulance 102 

Arya Hospital, Ulubari 2606888, 2606665 

Downtown Hospital 9864101111, 9435012669 

GLP Social Circle 2737373 

GGUMTA (Mirza) 03623-227109 

Marowari Yuva Manch 2542074, 2547251 

HOSPITALS 

Arya Hospital, Ulubari 

(2606888, 2606665) 

B Baruah Cancer Institute 

(2472364/66) 

Brahmaputra Hospital Ltd 

(2451634/678) 

Chatribari Christian 

Hospital 

0361-2600051, 92070- 

44374 

Downtown Hospital 

2331003, 9864079366, 

9435012669 

Guwahati Medical College 

(2529457, 2529561) 

Guwahati Medical College 

Emergency (2263444) 

BLOOD BANK 

Arya Hospital, Ulubari 2606888, 2606665 

Ganga Blood Bank 2454742, 2455029 

Lion’s Club of Ghy Central 2546611 

Marwari Yuva Manch 2546470, 2547251 

Saharia’s Path Lab (24 hours) 2458594 

24-HOUR PHARMACIES 

Arya Hospital, Ulubari (2606888, 2606665) 

DEAD BODY CARRYING VAN 

GLP Social Circle 2737373, 9435047046 

Marowari Yuva Manch 2542074, 2547251 

GGUMTA 98640-16740 

ELECTRICITY 

SUPPLY 

Call Centre – 

9678005171 

International Hospital 

0361-7135005 

Mahendra Mohan Choudhury 

Hospital 

(2541477, 2543998) 

Marwari Hospital & Research 

Centre 

0361-2602738/39 

Marwari Maternity Hospital 

0361-2541202/01 

Nemcare Hospital 

0361-2528587, 2455906, 

2457344 

OTHERS 

Fire Emergency 101 

State Zoo 2201363 

GMC Carcass Pickup 9435190720, 


LPG Emergency/Leakage 2385209, 

2541118 

Cinema Hall 

Anuradha Cineplex – 0361-2656968, 99545-44738 

Fun Cinema (HUB)- 98648-00100, 98648-00200 

Gold Cinema (Paltan Bazaar) – 98540-66166 

Gold Cinema (Salasar) – 0361-2735367, 98540-77177 

Gold Cinema (Narengi) – 88110-01898 

Citypedia 

Pratiksha Hospital 

0361-2337260, 

2337183/84 

Basistha Military Hospital 

(2304617/0351) 

Railway Central Hospital 

Casuality (2671025) 

Redcross Hospital 

(2665114) 

Sri Sankardeva Netralaya 

0361-2233444, 2228879, 

2228921 

TB Hospital 

(2540193) 

Wintrobe Hospital 

0361-2519860, 

98647-77986 

GNRC Hospital 0361 

2227702 

GNRC Life First Ambulance 

9401194011 

RADIO TAXI SERVICES 

Prime Cabs 

0361- 2222233 

Green Cabs 

0361-7151515 

My Taxi 

0361-2228888 

Cherry Cabs 

8876222288 

Janapriya Bike Point 

Sijubari, Chariali, Hatigaon Road, Ghy – 38 

Ph- 9678366075 

SP, Kamrup District: Ph- 2540278 

DGP Control Room: Ph- 2540242 

SB Control Room: Ph-2261511 

Police Control Room: Ph-2540138, 


Azara PS: Ph2840287 

Basista PS: Ph-2302158 

Bharalumukh PS: Ph- 2540137, 

2731199 

Borjhar PS: Ph-2840351 

Chandmari PS: Ph- 2660204 

Chandrapur PS: Ph-2788237, 

2785237 

Dispur PS: Ph-2261510 

Fancybazar PS: Ph- 2540285 

police station 

Fatasil Ambari PS: Ph-2471412 

Geetanagar PS: Ph-2417323 

Hatigaon: Ph-2562383 

Jalukbari PS: Ph-2570587 

Jalukbari Out Post: Ph-2570522 

Jorabat: Ph-2896853 

Khanapara: Ph- 2281501 

Khetri PS: Ph-2787699, 2787220 

Latasil PS: Ph-2540136 

Noonmati PS: Ph- 2550281 

North Guwahati PS: Ph-2690255 

Paltanbazar PS: Ph-2540126 

Panbazar PS: Ph-2540106 

Pragjyotishpur Ps: Ph-2785237 

Women PS Panbazar: Ph-2524627

24 

Catching Up 

Headlining acts! 

G PLUS JUN 05 - JUL 11, 2014 

Targeting overweight workers with 

wellness programs can backfire 

Iggy Azalea 

WHO’S SHE 

Amethyst Amelia Kelly better 

known by her stage name 

Iggy Azalea, is an Australian 

recording artist and model 

from Mullumbimby, New South 

Wales. She left for the United 

States at the age of 16, to pursue a 

career in hip hop music. 

SO WHAT 

‘Fancy’, the single no. from her 

1st debut studio album ‘The New 

Classic’ reached number one on 

the US Billboard Hot 100 after its 

release on 21st April 2014, with 

Azalea becoming only the fourth 

solo female rapper ever to top 

the Hot 100. 

Now what 

Iggy Azalea is Billboard’s longestleading 

No.1 female rapper since 

her single Fancy has spent six 

weeks at the top of the US charts. 

She surpassed Lil’ Kim’s previous 

record of five weeks for 2001’s 

Lady Marmalade collaboration. 

She also broke a record held 

by the Beatles since 1964 by 

scoring the top two spots with 

her first two chart entries and is 

expecting her feat to run longer. 

Controversial American scientist slammed for irresponsible flu research 

Senior scientists have criticised an American university for allowing controversial research 

on enhancing a pandemic strain of flu virus to be undertaken in a laboratory with a relatively 

low level of biosecurity. The University of Wisconsin-Madison was labelled irresponsible 

and negligent for allowing one of its scientists, Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka, to genetically 

manipulate pandemic H1N1 flu virus in a laboratory categorised as biosafety level-2 (BSL-2). 

Employers say obesity is a top health concern for 

their workers. For several years, Ryan Tax Services 

in Dallas has offered a wellness program to its 

2,000-person staff. The program includes health 

fairs, free screenings, cooking demos and health 

club memberships. Nearly 70 percent of employees 

participate, and that’s helped curb health care 

costs, according to the company. Obesity can lead 

to medical complications like diabetes and heart 

disease, and can increase absenteeism and the risk 

of injury on the job. Helping overweight employees 

nudge the scale in the other direction might be good 

for their health and for the company’s bottom line. 

Shia Labeouf 

WHO’S HE 

Shia Saide LaBeouf is an American 

actor and director who became 

known among younger audiences 

as Louis Stevens in the Disney 

Channel series Even Stevens. 

LaBeouf received a Young Artist 

Award nomination in 2001 and 

won a Daytime Emmy Award in 

2003 for his role. 

SO WHAT 

In 2007, LaBeouf starred in the 

lead role of the commercially 

successful films Disturbia and 

Surf ’s Up. The same year he was 

cast in Michael Bay’s science 

fiction film Transformers as Sam 

Witwicky, the main protagonist of 

the series. Despite mixed reviews, 

Transformers was a box office 

success and one of the highest 

grossing films of 2007. 

Now what 

LaBeouf, 28, was arrested last 

week for causing a disturbance 

at the Broadway show “Cabaret,” 

when he stood up in the middle 

of the show and started yelling at 

the actors onstage. Contrary to 

previous erroneous reports, Shia 

LaBeouf has not checked into a 

rehabilitation facility but he is 

voluntarily receiving treatment for 

alcohol addiction. 

pick of the week 

India’s Mars Orbiter spacecraft has completed 75% 

of its journey for its rendezvous with the red planet 

scheduled for 24 September. The spacecraft has 

covered a distance of approximately 510 million 

kilometres on its heliocentric arc towards Mars 

capture, Bangalore headquartered Indian Space 

Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Friday. With 

this, three-fourth of the 300-day voyage in deep 

space to Mars has been completed. 

What did I just hear? 

Mamata Banerjee, reportedly “anguished” at the 

shocking comments on rape made by her party’s 

MP Tapas Pal, and said he would have to “apologize 

in public”, but also said, “What do you want me to 

do about him, kill him? We have taken whatever 

steps that are needed to be taken. It is an individual 

utterance. What do you want? Should I kill him? 

What can I do? Whatever I can do we can do it 

through our policy”. 

Kamur of the week 

Achhe Din Aane Waale Hai: Be it price rise, urban floods 

or any other problem, which affects the general public, the 

authorities always draw criticism. But this time almost 

everyone is being sarcastic by using Modi’s line 

acche din aane waale hai after NaMo became 

the Prime Minister. But is it not too 

early to criticise someone who has 

may be just started work in office? 

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