>An ONGC release said the corporation was ready to participate in
>proposed ventures such as the construction of hostels for girls in
>Dibrugarh and Guwahati universities. It also expressed its willingness
>to fund the conservation of some ancient monuments of Sivasagar and
>release grants to the medical colleges in Guwahati, Dibrugarh and
>Silchar.
 
Is that all out of the Bundh?
I am astounded as to why AASU is running after peanuts and that too wrong peanuts and that too after wasting 'full-course-meals' for Assam.
Girls hostel by ONGC?
Preservation of ancient monuments by ONGC?
Grants to Medical College by ONGC?
And that too after wasiting cores of rupees for Assam by declaring Bundh?
It looks like, AASU is fast downgrading itself to the category of 'pests' in Assam like mosquito, 'kakoti-phoring' and others..
I know Assam is suffering from a crisis of a vacuum of intelligensia, but did not know that it is running so deep.
Hobo Diok.
 
Rajen Barua

 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Assam" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:26 PM
Subject: [Assam] Assam oilfields reopen -Telegraph

> "A conservative estimate pegged the loss incurred by the ONGC during
> the shutdown at Rs 7 crore. The Assam government lost Rs 1.3 crore in
> royalty each day."
>
> With 7 crores, and another couple of billion Rs. lost in scams,
> extortions, Govt. inefficiencies etc, it looks like Assam has a lot of
> money to spare. Growth & development be dammed.
>
> --Ram
>
> **********
> Assam oilfields reopen
> OUR CORRESPONDENT
> Jorhat, May 20: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) today
> resumed operations in Sivasagar district after a 100-hour shutdown,
> but the fear of another agitation by the All Assam Students Union
> remained.
>
> A conservative estimate pegged the loss incurred by the ONGC during
> the shutdown at Rs 7 crore. The Assam government lost Rs 1.3 crore in
> royalty each day.
>
> ONGC executive director (Assam) S.C. Upadhyay described the
> AASU-imposed blockade as a "very unfortunate" occurrence. He accused
> the student organisation of being a hurdle in the way of development.
>
> Apprehending more trouble, the ONGC agreed to fulfil some of the
> demands raised by the students if the state and central governments
> extended their support to the oil major.
>
> An ONGC release said the corporation was ready to participate in
> proposed ventures such as the construction of hostels for girls in
> Dibrugarh and Guwahati universities. It also expressed its willingness
> to fund the conservation of some ancient monuments of Sivasagar and
> release grants to the medical colleges in Guwahati, Dibrugarh and
> Silchar.
>
> On the AASU's demand to employ 500 local candidates, the ONGC said it
> recruited 200 youths in response to the student organisation's 1998
> demand for 150 jobs.
>
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