Assam requires 42,000 Vehicles for Assembly Polls
There is a requirement of more vehicles this time as additional auxiliary polling stations will have to set up due to COVID-19 protocols.
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GUWAHATI: For the movement of security forces and polling personnel as well as poll-related equipment while conducting the forthcoming Assembly elections, the State will require around 42,000 vehicles.
Following direction from the Election Department, Assam, State Transport department has already contacted a few States like West Bengal, Bihar, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland among others; and they too have conveyed their readiness to help Assam in this regard. Compared to the 2016 Assembly polls, there is a requirement of more vehicles this time as additional auxiliary polling stations will have to set up due to COVID-19 protocols.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has hailed the re-entry of the US into the Paris Agreement on climate change and called for global action to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
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HAFLONG: The two-day non-cooperation by district administration employees paralyzed the functioning of the Dima Hasao Deputy Commissioner s office at Haflong on Friday and Saturday.
The district committee of All Assam District Administration Employees Union (AADAEU) staged the non-cooperation programme on both days as per the guide lines of AADAEU. The employees have demanded providing graduate scale/grade pay as per entry level qualification to the assistants; scrapping of NPS and restoration of OPS; enhancement of entry-level educational qualification of Jarikarak (Process Server) and peon (Grade- IV) from Class VIII to HS and HSLC respectively; creation of posts of Superintendent, Head Assistant and Accountant posts in the amalgamated establishment of Deputy Commissioner; change of nomenclature of the post of Junior Assistance to District Administrative Assistant and senior Assistant to Senior District Administrative Assistant; notification of service rule f
Morigaon District Primary Teachers Association Gheraoed DEEO
Morigaon District Primary Teachers’ Association (MDPTA) gheraoed the District Elementary Education Office (DEEO) demanding creation of posts of primary teacher.
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MORIGAON: The Morigaon District Primary Teachers Association (MDPTA) on Saturday gheraoed the District Elementary Education Office (DEEO) demanding creation of posts of primary teacher and rolling back the decision to withdraw graduate teachers grade pay.
The Primary Teachers Association (PTA) also demanded the Chief Minister to release the dearness allowance of the contractual teachers. The organization, led by president Bijoy Shing Deka and general secretary Rubul Medhi, submitted a memorandum to the State Education Minister through the DEEO, Morigaon.