Instead of such big plans for which we neither have funds available nor the political will or visison (maybe) - why can't we start small and start creating some difference one step at a time , sonner or later big investors / funds will come in. The biggest problem today is all states of north-east are not even self reliant even in many basic things - everything has to come from outside this region - thus most of the money goes outside this region be it in the manufacturing sector or in the services sector. There is abundant scope for developing lots of development in many sectors which does not require much investment, all is requires is developing entrepreunership, work ethics & a vision. No one is going to help us unless we start helping ourselves. These are my views only and are in no way meant to offend anyone. Best Regards Dr.Aroop J Kalita
When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of assam digest..." Today's Topics: 1. JEC Alumni Association formed (The Sentinel,22.04.2008) (Buljit Buragohain) 2. Baby arrival !! (Alpana B. Sarangapani) 3. Re: Baby arrival !! (umesh sharma) 4. Arunanchal - Train flying thru the air (umesh sharma) 5. Building a prosperous Assam (bg) 6. Re: Building a prosperous Assam (umesh sharma) 7. Re: AIM Convocation (umesh sharma) 8. Re: Building a prosperous Assam (Manoj Das) From: Buljit Buragohain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:24:07 +0100 (BST) Subject: [Assam] JEC Alumni Association formed (The Sentinel,22.04.2008) JEC Alumni Association formed JORHAT, April 21: The Jorhat Engineering College (JEC) Alumni Association was formed in a General Body Meeting (GBM) held in the college auditorium recently. This was stated in a press release. The first session of the meeting was chaired by Dr Hem Kanta Barua, president of the Adoc Executive Committee of the Association. The meeting commenced with the lighting of the Alumni lamp by Dr B Borbhuyan, one of the senior most alumni present in the meeting. The GBM passed a number of major resolutions including the approval and adoption of the proposed constitution and logo of the Association. A Central Executive Committee in place of the adhoc executive committee for next two years was formally constituted with Dr HK Barua, Managing Director RGT Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd, as president, Prof BN Choudhury, principal JEC, as working president, Dr PB Barua, Assistant Prof Mech Engineering Department, JEC, as general secretary, Dr SK Dutta, Prof and HOD Mechanical Engineering department JEC, as treasurer. The Executive committee includes four vice presidents, two joint secretaries, and 15 executive members. The open session of the GBM was devoted for a discussion on the areas of activities open for the JEC Alumni Association. Dr HK Barua, Prof BN Choudhury and the general secretary of the JEC students union as nominated speakers focused on various issues like welfare and all-round development of the Alma Mater, expectations of the student community from the Association and societal commitment of the Association. Many distinguished members took part in the discussion an deliberated in a positive and spirited way. The following broad based areas have been identified after long and fruitful deliberations (1) welfare and development of the Alma Mater, (2) welfare of the Alumni and JEC student community, (3) welfare of the society. The first meeting of the Central Executive Committee which was held recently discussed about the priority list of activities to be undertaken by the Association. The priority list has been prepared including constitution of certain sub committees to initiate the activities, they are (a) A detailed discussion on the DPR approved by the Asom Government for the development of JEC, (b) Award of JEC Alumni Gold Medal to the topper-graduate with Honours from each engineering branch of the College each year, (c) Organizing a seminar on Utilization of Natural Gas for Power Generation in Asom as the first step towards the welfare of the society, (d) Immediate launching of the official website of JEC Alumni Association keeping in view the world wide JEC family. The executive committee is committed to the vision, mission and objectives of the Association. Meanwhile the Guwahati chapter of the Association was formally constituted as per provisions of the constitution in a general meeting held recently. JC Mazumdar, retired SE of Flood Control Department and Robindra Nath Kalita, EE PWD were elected as president and secretary of the chapter respectively, release stated. (The Sentinel,22. 04.2008) --------------------------------- Bring your gang together. Do your thing. Find your favourite Yahoo! Group. From: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "assam@assamnet.org" <assam@assamnet.org> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:46:50 -0500 Subject: [Assam] Baby arrival !! Hi All: Please join me in congratulating Ram and Sunita Dhar of New Jersey. They have been blessed with a baby girl, Aanika. She was born on April 11. Aanika is 8 pounds, 23 inches...both mom, baby, and also the dad, are fine. Here is an album where you can see Aankia with her family and friends: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WeeWcMtprytCTE95QV0nDw. She is adorable, isn't she? Her three main hobbies are eating (well, drinking!), sleeping and crying. She is in the process of including smiling into it too. Congratulations again, Ram. Don't be in a hurry to teach her to play Cricket. Best wishes to you all. - A. Sarangapani Spring, Texas. In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass _________________________________________________________________ Spell a grand slam in this game where word skill meets World Series. Get in the game. http://club.live.com/word_slugger.aspx?icid=word_slugger_wlhm_admod_april08 From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <assam@assamnet.org> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:32:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [Assam] Baby arrival !! congratulations to the proud parents!! Umesh "Alpana B. Sarangapani" wrote: Hi All: Please join me in congratulating Ram and Sunita Dhar of New Jersey. They have been blessed with a baby girl, Aanika. She was born on April 11. Aanika is 8 pounds, 23 inches...both mom, baby, and also the dad, are fine. Here is an album where you can see Aankia with her family and friends: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WeeWcMtprytCTE95QV0nDw. She is adorable, isn't she? Her three main hobbies are eating (well, drinking!), sleeping and crying. She is in the process of including smiling into it too. Congratulations again, Ram. Don't be in a hurry to teach her to play Cricket. Best wishes to you all. - A. Sarangapani Spring, Texas. In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass _________________________________________________________________ Spell a grand slam in this game where word skill meets World Series. Get in the game. http://club.live.com/word_slugger.aspx?icid=word_slugger_wlhm_admod_april08 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:57:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Assam] Arunanchal - Train flying thru the air http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=aefa312b-abee-4f3b-b14d-291b5c20b064&&Headline=Now%2c+train+to+be+flown+to+Arunachal+Pradesh wonder why on earth would they do that. Why not train on a train till the end of the line. Umesh Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. From: bg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assamnet <assam@assamnet.org> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:29:16 +0530 Subject: [Assam] Building a prosperous Assam *EDITORIAL* ------------------------------ *Building a prosperous Assam â Manoj Kumar Das* * A* blame game been going on for quite sometime now. People at the State blame the Centre for the underdevelopment in Assam, while Delhi's view is that the State doesn't have the capacity to absorb the funds and capability for translation into development. The time has come to think big and prepare a basket of Detailed project Reports keeping an overall vision plan in the perspective to fulfil Assam's destiny as the most prosperous land bridge between two great economic blocks. The following projects can be taken up for implementation in the next couple of decades: An important project will be dredging of the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries. A look at the satellite maps of the Brahmaputra Valley will reveal how land is being held by the river and its tributaries. We need not grudge though, for this soil had been reclaimed by the river system from the Himalayas during the past 200 million years through erosion. It can now be freed for developmental purpose. On a rough estimate, some 1.5 million hectares can be unlocked if we dig, dredge and train the rivers. The reclaimed soil can be dumped in a North-South direction in mounds to get the maximum surface area. These 1.5 million hectares of reclaimed land can be used to rehabilitate the misplaced people from flood prone areas. The project will necessitate displacement and relocation of the riverine people. They can be offered job and entrepreneurial opportunities. Canals will ne available for cheap water transport, irrigation, and running of the river plants. Water is already a scare resource and Brahmaputra drains out the largest amount of fresh in India into the Bay Bengal every year. We have one of the four largest metropolises in the world in the country and this offers a huge market for fresh water. We can build a huge water pipeline, similar to the oil pipeline, the intake of this pipeline can be on the river bed. There is no need to have high dam for this. Technology is available to pump out water like oil with a series of pumping stations. Power will come from the running of the river plants or some other source,. In a few year the North East will be a power surplus region. The Brahmnaputra expressways will come in the post river-training stage. The is to build two paralled expressways from Dhubri to Sadiya along the dredged river, and also, series of roads along other major rivers and provide a faster alternative route for transit, trade and commerce linking the Far East and Bangladesh. The expressways will have dozens of greenfield planned cities, motels, recreation facilities, fisheries, water sports facilities, parks and gardens, bio diversity parks, exhibition centers, marts, malls, haats, craft centres, organic farms cruise ports, jetties, floating hospitals, maritime training colleges, floating hotels, golf course etc and will provide empolyment to thousands. Construction up of an 'aerotropolis' in upper Assam, not far from Dibrugarh, is another measure. This will be a refueling, resting and recreation stop for long distance fliers from the Pacific Rim to South Africa and West Asia. As of now, there is no such place. Stopovers at Bangkok, Singapore, KL are too near, Mumbai-Delhi is dull and Dubai is too dry and far. The aerotropolis will have world class recreation hubs, educational hub, shopping malls, sports facilities and a satellite IT hub to tap the IT potential of the NE Region. It's time of talk of a mega city, where about 15 million people could live. This city have an area of influence of over 1,500 km. In South East Asia, Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Kunming have their spheres of prosperity. To the West are Dhaka, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Teheran etc. Guwahati is ideally located to yield such a sphere of influence, and release the pressure on land by urbanising the region. It will be an epicentre of consumption, manufacturing, trade and commerce. The great river is ideally located to support such a mega city. At least three eight-lane bridges across the river, roads, drainage, water, sewage, sanitation, power, education, recreation, entertainment and health facilities need to be created. The city will have to outrow its current topographical limitations and metamorphose itself into a great city. It an expand to North Guwahati in the North and Sonapur area in the South and engulf areas up to Nagarbera in the West and to Chandrapur in the East. The State must open up age old links by building an all-weather, four-lane express way through the Stillwell Road from Ledo to Mytkyina in Myanmar to link up with Route No. 9 of the Trans Highway, which links the ASEAN and Chinese road network. During our visit to China in 1999 we traveled on the expressway built by the Chinese on the alignment of the old Burma Road up to Lashio, inside Myanmar. In my estimate a missing link of only 225 km of road needs to be built through the Hukong Valley in Myanmar. It will make Assam the hub of the two great economic powerhouses of the 21st century and remove the region's economic isolation from the world. It will also unleash the great economic potential of Myanmar. The problems of insurgency will be solved only through the engagement of the youth in gainful activities. This highway will bring in prosperity and tourism from the prosperous ASEAN and the Pacific Rim. Assam government has sufficient cash reserves. It can kick start the process by forming an Assam Infrastructure Development Authority, where it will put the initial capital of US $1 billion. It is hoped that the Centre will not back out from providing additional equity if such a grandiose plan is formulated. This initial equity can be leveraged for bigger funds. The projects will require billions of dollars and the mantra for implementation will be PPP. Money is in huge supply if we know the tenets of mesmerizing the private individual investors. Anil Ambani's recent IPO was over subscribed at about $ 280 bn. We need to know how to tap it with a great business plan, Concepts sell more than products these days. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=apr2308\edit2 From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <assam@assamnet.org> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [Assam] Building a prosperous Assam Pardon me if it seems rustic but I have never heard of dredging rivers in India -having lived in Delhi and having worked for national newsmedia. And Delhi based govt will not take up anything which seems out-of-the-world. so before someone puts forward this proposal show where else in India (preferably -compared to somewhere in Amazon river) dredging etc has been done -as proposed. Umesh bg wrote: *EDITORIAL* ------------------------------ *Building a prosperous Assam â Manoj Kumar Das* * A* blame game been going on for quite sometime now. People at the State blame the Centre for the underdevelopment in Assam, while Delhi's view is that the State doesn't have the capacity to absorb the funds and capability for translation into development. The time has come to think big and prepare a basket of Detailed project Reports keeping an overall vision plan in the perspective to fulfil Assam's destiny as the most prosperous land bridge between two great economic blocks. The following projects can be taken up for implementation in the next couple of decades: An important project will be dredging of the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries. A look at the satellite maps of the Brahmaputra Valley will reveal how land is being held by the river and its tributaries. We need not grudge though, for this soil had been reclaimed by the river system from the Himalayas during the past 200 million years through erosion. It can now be freed for developmental purpose. On a rough estimate, some 1.5 million hectares can be unlocked if we dig, dredge and train the rivers. The reclaimed soil can be dumped in a North-South direction in mounds to get the maximum surface area. These 1.5 million hectares of reclaimed land can be used to rehabilitate the misplaced people from flood prone areas. The project will necessitate displacement and relocation of the riverine people. They can be offered job and entrepreneurial opportunities. Canals will ne available for cheap water transport, irrigation, and running of the river plants. Water is already a scare resource and Brahmaputra drains out the largest amount of fresh in India into the Bay Bengal every year. We have one of the four largest metropolises in the world in the country and this offers a huge market for fresh water. We can build a huge water pipeline, similar to the oil pipeline, the intake of this pipeline can be on the river bed. There is no need to have high dam for this. Technology is available to pump out water like oil with a series of pumping stations. Power will come from the running of the river plants or some other source,. In a few year the North East will be a power surplus region. The Brahmnaputra expressways will come in the post river-training stage. The is to build two paralled expressways from Dhubri to Sadiya along the dredged river, and also, series of roads along other major rivers and provide a faster alternative route for transit, trade and commerce linking the Far East and Bangladesh. The expressways will have dozens of greenfield planned cities, motels, recreation facilities, fisheries, water sports facilities, parks and gardens, bio diversity parks, exhibition centers, marts, malls, haats, craft centres, organic farms cruise ports, jetties, floating hospitals, maritime training colleges, floating hotels, golf course etc and will provide empolyment to thousands. Construction up of an 'aerotropolis' in upper Assam, not far from Dibrugarh, is another measure. This will be a refueling, resting and recreation stop for long distance fliers from the Pacific Rim to South Africa and West Asia. As of now, there is no such place. Stopovers at Bangkok, Singapore, KL are too near, Mumbai-Delhi is dull and Dubai is too dry and far. The aerotropolis will have world class recreation hubs, educational hub, shopping malls, sports facilities and a satellite IT hub to tap the IT potential of the NE Region. It's time of talk of a mega city, where about 15 million people could live. This city have an area of influence of over 1,500 km. In South East Asia, Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Kunming have their spheres of prosperity. To the West are Dhaka, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Teheran etc. Guwahati is ideally located to yield such a sphere of influence, and release the pressure on land by urbanising the region. It will be an epicentre of consumption, manufacturing, trade and commerce. The great river is ideally located to support such a mega city. At least three eight-lane bridges across the river, roads, drainage, water, sewage, sanitation, power, education, recreation, entertainment and health facilities need to be created. The city will have to outrow its current topographical limitations and metamorphose itself into a great city. It an expand to North Guwahati in the North and Sonapur area in the South and engulf areas up to Nagarbera in the West and to Chandrapur in the East. The State must open up age old links by building an all-weather, four-lane express way through the Stillwell Road from Ledo to Mytkyina in Myanmar to link up with Route No. 9 of the Trans Highway, which links the ASEAN and Chinese road network. During our visit to China in 1999 we traveled on the expressway built by the Chinese on the alignment of the old Burma Road up to Lashio, inside Myanmar. In my estimate a missing link of only 225 km of road needs to be built through the Hukong Valley in Myanmar. It will make Assam the hub of the two great economic powerhouses of the 21st century and remove the region's economic isolation from the world. It will also unleash the great economic potential of Myanmar. The problems of insurgency will be solved only through the engagement of the youth in gainful activities. This highway will bring in prosperity and tourism from the prosperous ASEAN and the Pacific Rim. Assam government has sufficient cash reserves. It can kick start the process by forming an Assam Infrastructure Development Authority, where it will put the initial capital of US $1 billion. It is hoped that the Centre will not back out from providing additional equity if such a grandiose plan is formulated. This initial equity can be leveraged for bigger funds. The projects will require billions of dollars and the mantra for implementation will be PPP. Money is in huge supply if we know the tenets of mesmerizing the private individual investors. Anil Ambani's recent IPO was over subscribed at about $ 280 bn. We need to know how to tap it with a great business plan, Concepts sell more than products these days. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=apr2308\edit2 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --------------------------------- Yahoo! For Good. Give and get cool things for free, reduce waste and help our planet. Plus find hidden Yahoo! treasure From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <assam@assamnet.org> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [Assam] AIM Convocation Shantikam-da, Best wishes for the convocation. It seems girls are better that guys in studies in increasing numbers. Even in the US of A there are more woman than men in univs. Regards. Umesh Shantikam Hazarika wrote: The Assam Institute of Management is happy to inform that the 13th Annual Convocation of the Institute is scheduled on 23rd April 2008 at 5.30 PM at the Tirthanath Sharma Sabhaghar at Guwahati. Dr. Amarjyoti Choudhury of the Gauhati University will deliver the Convocation Address. We shall be very happy if all those who are in Guwahati grace the occasion. A copy of the invitation is enclosed. Fifty six students will be awarded the PG Diploma in the convocation. Mallika Sharma will get the medal for best academic performance. She was the only student to score Honours Marks. 47 of the students have already been placed through campus recruitment and we expect the balance to be placed soon. We solicit your kind blessings and good wishes on the occasion. Your goodwill is a big plus point for all of us. Assam Institute of Management A Government of Assam society East Point Tower Bamunimaidam Guwahati 781021 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. From: "Manoj Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world" <assam@assamnet.org> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:46:08 +0530 Subject: Re: [Assam] Building a prosperous Assam Hi Umesh I think the question is directed to me... This is a grandiose idea- I know and will involve billions of greenbacks..Stereo typed Indian planners will never think that big and for Assam, they will never. I am seeding these ideas for the future generations, who will be bold and more resourceful. *And whats the problem if we have a first in India.*.:) And can you think any other landmass in the world which is an untapped bridge between two great economic blocks. cheers!! -manojda On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:34 AM, umesh sharma wrote: > Pardon me if it seems rustic but I have never heard of dredging rivers in > India -having lived in Delhi and having worked for national newsmedia. > And Delhi based govt will not take up anything which seems > out-of-the-world. so before someone puts forward this proposal show where > else in India (preferably -compared to somewhere in Amazon river) dredging > etc has been done -as proposed. > > Umesh > > bg wrote: *EDITORIAL* > ------------------------------ > *Building a prosperous Assam > Manoj Kumar Das* * > A* blame game been going on for quite sometime now. People at the State > blame the Centre for the underdevelopment in Assam, while Delhi's view is > that the State doesn't have the capacity to absorb the funds and > capability > for translation into development. The time has come to think big and > prepare > a basket of Detailed project Reports keeping an overall vision plan in the > perspective to fulfil Assam's destiny as the most prosperous land bridge > between two great economic blocks. The following projects can be taken up > for implementation in the next couple of decades: > > An important project will be dredging of the river Brahmaputra and its > tributaries. A look at the satellite maps of the Brahmaputra Valley will > reveal how land is being held by the river and its tributaries. We need > not > grudge though, for this soil had been reclaimed by the river system from > the > Himalayas during the past 200 million years through erosion. It can now be > freed for developmental purpose. On a rough estimate, some 1.5 million > hectares can be unlocked if we dig, dredge and train the rivers. The > reclaimed soil can be dumped in a North-South direction in mounds to get > the > maximum surface area. These 1.5 million hectares of reclaimed land can be > used to rehabilitate the misplaced people from flood prone areas. > > The project will necessitate displacement and relocation of the riverine > people. They can be offered job and entrepreneurial opportunities. Canals > will ne available for cheap water transport, irrigation, and running of > the > river plants. Water is already a scare resource and Brahmaputra drains out > the largest amount of fresh in India into the Bay Bengal every year. We > have > one of the four largest metropolises in the world in the country and this > offers a huge market for fresh water. > > We can build a huge water pipeline, similar to the oil pipeline, the > intake > of this pipeline can be on the river bed. There is no need to have high > dam > for this. Technology is available to pump out water like oil with a series > of pumping stations. Power will come from the running of the river plants > or > some other source,. In a few year the North East will be a power surplus > region. > > The Brahmnaputra expressways will come in the post river-training stage. > The > is to build two paralled expressways from Dhubri to Sadiya along the > dredged > river, and also, series of roads along other major rivers and provide a > faster alternative route for transit, trade and commerce linking the Far > East and Bangladesh. The expressways will have dozens of greenfield > planned > cities, motels, recreation facilities, fisheries, water sports facilities, > parks and gardens, bio diversity parks, exhibition centers, marts, malls, > haats, craft centres, organic farms cruise ports, jetties, floating > hospitals, maritime training colleges, floating hotels, golf course etc > and > will provide empolyment to thousands. > > Construction up of an 'aerotropolis' in upper Assam, not far from > Dibrugarh, > is another measure. This will be a refueling, resting and recreation stop > for long distance fliers from the Pacific Rim to South Africa and West > Asia. > As of now, there is no such place. Stopovers at Bangkok, Singapore, KL are > too near, Mumbai-Delhi is dull and Dubai is too dry and far. The > aerotropolis will have world class recreation hubs, educational hub, > shopping malls, sports facilities and a satellite IT hub to tap the IT > potential of the NE Region. > > It's time of talk of a mega city, where about 15 million people could > live. > This city have an area of influence of over 1,500 km. In South East Asia, > Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Kunming have their spheres > of > prosperity. To the West are Dhaka, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, > Hyderabad, Teheran etc. Guwahati is ideally located to yield such a sphere > of influence, and release the pressure on land by urbanising the region. > It > will be an epicentre of consumption, manufacturing, trade and commerce. > The > great river is ideally located to support such a mega city. At least three > eight-lane bridges across the river, roads, drainage, water, sewage, > sanitation, power, education, recreation, entertainment and health > facilities need to be created. The city will have to outrow its current > topographical limitations and metamorphose itself into a great city. It an > expand to North Guwahati in the North and Sonapur area in the South and > engulf areas up to Nagarbera in the West and to Chandrapur in the East. > The > State must open up age old links by building an all-weather, four-lane > express way through the Stillwell Road from Ledo to Mytkyina in Myanmar to > link up with Route No. 9 of the Trans Highway, which links the ASEAN and > Chinese road network. During our visit to China in 1999 we traveled on the > expressway built by the Chinese on the alignment of the old Burma Road up > to > Lashio, inside Myanmar. In my estimate a missing link of only 225 km of > road > needs to be built through the Hukong Valley in Myanmar. It will make Assam > the hub of the two great economic powerhouses of the 21st century and > remove > the region's economic isolation from the world. It will also unleash the > great economic potential of Myanmar. The problems of insurgency will be > solved only through the engagement of the youth in gainful activities. > This > highway will bring in prosperity and tourism from the prosperous ASEAN and > the Pacific Rim. > > Assam government has sufficient cash reserves. It can kick start the > process > by forming an Assam Infrastructure Development Authority, where it will > put > the initial capital of US $1 billion. It is hoped that the Centre will not > back out from providing additional equity if such a grandiose plan is > formulated. This initial equity can be leveraged for bigger funds. > > The projects will require billions of dollars and the mantra for > implementation will be PPP. Money is in huge supply if we know the tenets > of > mesmerizing the private individual investors. Anil Ambani's recent IPO was > over subscribed at about $ 280 bn. We need to know how to tap it with a > great business plan, Concepts sell more than products these days. > > http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=apr2308\edit2 > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > Umesh Sharma > > Washington D.C. > > 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] > > Ed.M. - International Education Policy > Harvard Graduate School of Education, > Harvard University, > Class of 2005 > > http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) > > http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) > > > > > www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) > http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ > > > > http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! For Good. Give and get cool things for free, reduce waste and help > our planet. 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