[Assam] Journalists to study garbage management
Journalists to study garbage management GUWAHATI, May 11: Guwahati Press Club has decided to study the problem of garbage management in Northeast with special reference to biomedical wastes. This was stated in a press release. This is a known fact that Guwahati is the crowded city with a population of nearly 20,00,000 and produces heaps of garbages everyday. More over, the city has emerged as a health care hub for the state as well as for the seven neighbouring states serving more than three crore people. One can easily imagine the quantity of hazardous biomedical wastes that the hospitals and pathological labs produce in a single day. But unfortunately enough, the city does not have an adequate modern system to deal with the situation. Though the Ministry of Environment and Forests (GoI) issued Municipal Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules in 2000, the present state of garbage management system in Guwahati is not able to cope-up with the need of the time. The study will cover all aspects of garbage management in the city. A group of journalists will take the initiative and finally compile a comprehensive report in English on the issue. Interested journalists (must be Guwahati based), are requested to contact the secretary, Guwahati Press Club (e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) latest by May 31. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality
Thank the sagacity of Grampa and the versatility of Bhimkol. You are here to write! M'da> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 10:28:56 +0530> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Subject: Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality> > M-da> > Just forgot to add...regarding the fatalities of 1950 earthquake.!> > As a result of the great earth quake, a hill broke and blocked the river> Subansiri creating an artificial lake at the current dam site. The lake gave> away after 10 days, I think. It rolled down causing a flash flood in our> area, (gogamukh an dbordoloni).. its referred to as the 'boliya pani' of> 1950s.. my grand father told me how he saved his family of 12 children> making a raft of 'bhimkol' quickly and tying it to a huge banyan tree..some> 15 missing (miri) villages downstream were washed away and toll must have> been huge.> > There is an eye witness to this sordid saga. *Dr Lakhi Chintey of Shillong*,> whose mother and infant sister were washed away before his eyes. He narrated> me the incident with tearful eyes, that night still haunts him. That time> media was not what it is today, and these deaths must have gone unreported.> > -mkd> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > Hi all> >> > The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 richter and already 22000 are dead.> >> > Guwahati has partly become a concret jungle and most of the construction> > doesn't have the minimums to withstand the kind of earthquake that recurs in> > our region.> >> >> >> > 1897:> >> > The great Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known> > Indian> > intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau> > by more than> > 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of the Plateau> > and> > surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and flooding in the> > Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains.> >> > 1950:> > This "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest> > earthquake of the 20th century. Though it hit in a mountainous region> > along India's international border with China, 1500 people were killed> > and the drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods> > were the cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The> > initial shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks, some of which> > were big earthquakes enough to be reckoned.> > It had a magnitude of 8.7 and struck a relatively sparsely populated> > region along the Indo-China border. This earthquake is often referred to> > as the "Assam Earthqake of 1950".> > The earthquake occurred at 19:39 pm on August 15, 1950. It was felt> > throughout north-eastern India and in many parts of eastern India. It was> > also felt throughout Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. Damage> > occurred in the entire region as far as Kolkata. It was felt across a wide> > area of the subcontinent, over an area totalling 4.5 million square miles.> >> > --> > Manoj Kumar Das> > C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave> > New Delhi 17 India> > 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> >> >> >> > --> > Manoj Kumar Das> > C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave> > New Delhi 17 India> > 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> > > > > -- > Manoj Kumar Das> C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave> New Delhi 17 India> 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> ___> assam mailing list> assam@assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _ No Harvard, No Oxford. We are here. Find out !! http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=500 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality
M-da Just forgot to add...regarding the fatalities of 1950 earthquake.! As a result of the great earth quake, a hill broke and blocked the river Subansiri creating an artificial lake at the current dam site. The lake gave away after 10 days, I think. It rolled down causing a flash flood in our area, (gogamukh an dbordoloni).. its referred to as the 'boliya pani' of 1950s.. my grand father told me how he saved his family of 12 children making a raft of 'bhimkol' quickly and tying it to a huge banyan tree..some 15 missing (miri) villages downstream were washed away and toll must have been huge. There is an eye witness to this sordid saga. *Dr Lakhi Chintey of Shillong*, whose mother and infant sister were washed away before his eyes. He narrated me the incident with tearful eyes, that night still haunts him. That time media was not what it is today, and these deaths must have gone unreported. -mkd On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 richter and already 22000 are dead. > > Guwahati has partly become a concret jungle and most of the construction > doesn't have the minimums to withstand the kind of earthquake that recurs in > our region. > > > > 1897: > > The great Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known > Indian > intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau > by more than > 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of the Plateau > and > surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and flooding in the > Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains. > > 1950: > This "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest > earthquake of the 20th century. Though it hit in a mountainous region > along India's international border with China, 1500 people were killed > and the drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods > were the cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The > initial shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks, some of which > were big earthquakes enough to be reckoned. > It had a magnitude of 8.7 and struck a relatively sparsely populated > region along the Indo-China border. This earthquake is often referred to > as the "Assam Earthqake of 1950". > The earthquake occurred at 19:39 pm on August 15, 1950. It was felt > throughout north-eastern India and in many parts of eastern India. It was > also felt throughout Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. Damage > occurred in the entire region as far as Kolkata. It was felt across a wide > area of the subcontinent, over an area totalling 4.5 million square miles. > > -- > Manoj Kumar Das > C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave > New Delhi 17 India > 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 > > > > -- > Manoj Kumar Das > C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave > New Delhi 17 India > 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 -- Manoj Kumar Das C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi 17 India 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality
*rubbles On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:39 AM, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > amazing how vulnerable we are . Just 10 m jump in the crust and all goes > topsy turvy. > > *** > > The great > > Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian> > > intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong > Plateau> > > by more than> 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over > much of > > the Plateau> and> surrounding areas, and causing widespread > liquefaction and > > Umesh > > flooding in the> Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains.> > > > Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear M-da > > This data was mined from the net. In any case its not very important, how > many died then. Most important is how many are going to die trapped > underneath the rubbles, agonizingly waiting for rescues to come. > > Most of the stilted buildings are great recipes for disaster during > earthquakes. I attended a seminar recently on earthquake damage > mitigation. > Providing shear walls in stilted high rises can mitigate the disaster to > some extent. > > Builders take out their money and move onto the next project. Its for the > residents to think and see whether the flats they are living in are > abodes > or death traps. Ultimate price will be paid by them in case of any > calamity, > which I think is bound to happen; at 8.5 plus Richter, not many concrete > structures are known to stand in one piece. > > You are right, after the 1897 quake, British devised the *ikra *cement > plastered wooden gridded structure; we still have such walls in my > ancestral house at Bordoloni and they lasted for more than half a century. > I > think if must we go vertical, at least walls can be made of stuff which > does > not form bubbles during an earthquake. Buildings will be gone but life can > be saved in case of a disaster. > > God save our people! > > -mkd > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 7:33 AM, mc mahant wrote: > > > > > > > scale) and already 22000 are dead> > > Earthquakes do not kill. Concrete falling on people do. The whole 3 > > storey school fell and buried 1100+alive.RIP > > > > In Jorhat Earthquake 1950 -me classX - We ran out- but I came back to > drag > > a sick boy out of thee Sick room. Next moment a brick partition wall( > > constructed later) fell. He would have been hit and---. The British- > built > > Assam Type Hostel with Tin Roof still Survives. > > > > Shillong earthquake1897 must have made Brits shy away from Concrete > > multistorey. > > That was a good move. > > But Steel and Cement and Bank and Govt. do not like it any more. > > > > I was trying hard to propagate low-mass optimum Section Precast slabs > for > > Construction of all Assam houses. 1980>1990+ I did build some 30 > housesbig > > and small in Guwahati. 3 fell in Constructing.Rest exist. All at 20% PWD > > cost. > > Govt.,University, Public should have developed further from my general > > designs and ensured Assam's Disaster-free Concrete housing. > > But PWD hates my designs,Banks hate them ,the New Rich cannot stand them > > at all. The New Rich whose Mothers are still polishing their village > home > > floor with cowdung - mustnow have 1"Thick Makrana Marble in their > Guwahati > > Nth Floor Cage-- over 5" thick cast-in situ (1000s of Bamboos lost) > > concrete floor-- instead of mine 40mm. > > > > > > The Builders( generally non-Matric) boast "Earthquake Proof Designs > > Checked by Computer" > > Everybody is Happy for now. > > > > Ahmedabad,Latur--etc where 10,000 s died in Quakes afew years back are > in > > India's "SAFE BELT". > > ' > > GOI Brains Trust lists Assam (call NE) in Zone V-most' > Earthquakeprone > > and dangerous'--. > > Nobody Died in 1950 Quakes--as we never heard. > > > > So where did you get this Manoj?:<1500 people were killed> and the > > drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods> were > the > > cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this > earthquake.>Floods--May > > be. > > > > Till end of 1950 we saw at Neamati Ghat Whole Massive Coniferous Dried > > trees floating down as far as eyes could see. And Dazed Massive Fish > going > > for a song. Smell of Sulphur /H2S all over Jorhat that night-and for > many > > more. > > > > Rethink Housing. > > Rething Cities. > > Rethink Lifestyles. > > Live well -rurally- with disseminated Jobs and Healthy Work from homes- > > maybe through Internet. > > You need clever LEADERS. > > MM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > do > >Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:15:40 +0530> From: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] eartquake in > > assam- a stark reality> > Hi all> > The earthquake of Sichuan is only > 7.8 > > richter and already 22000 are dead.> > Guwahati has partly become a > concret > > jungle and most of the construction> doesn't have the minimums to > withstand > > the kind of earthquake that recurs in> our region.>
Re: [Assam] GPS, Mantra Power & Witch Hunt; eviler Taliban
After that last jaunt my (now) ex- roommate has left his hometown DC to head north to Canada border. His fight against ghostly fears seems to have steeled him to face human ones. A US military man's only child. Ofcourse, he doesn't believe in casteism either (having had girl-friends of all races) :-) Umesh umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: languages are sio different. "Alla" in Kannada (Bangalore, Karnataka where my roommate hails from) means "NO" whereas in Arabic it means "God." "Taliban Alla Alla" means "Taliban No No" in the song but the same song anywhere else would seem to have different meaning - for those who don't know the language. While we were leaving the town I was worried that my roommates parents would be angry that we went to such a dangerous place. His surprising answer was that no worries. His parents do not believe in ghosts or God. He sure does and I am not going to question what is believed by billions and not proven false by science. Umesh umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ZVVWLfmQ4 the song Taliban Alla Alla umesh sharma wrote: Hi, About this time last night (2:07am) we were watching on our laptops the documentary The Blair-witch Project shot in 1999, about a witch, which is supposed to be living in Burkittsville , Maryland, about 30 miles from my roommate's parents' home and about 50 miles (75 kilometers) from White House in DC. We went there today and at about 12:22am (just after midnight) we were in the heart of Burkittsville village. http://www.burkittsville.com/ It was an eerie place. Someone in India cannot imagine the ghostly quiet of the place. Though the place was spic and span , the roads were single lane even in the middle of the place - just like an Indian rural hamlet. There was not a soul in sight. No sound. Not even a car. Not shop open for miles around - for even the other two small towns we had come through to reach it. No barking dogs to greet you or cows swishing their tales as in any Indian town/hamlet. Sound power I think after Jan 14, 2004 I had tried sound waves to soothe and ward off danger/evil. On Jan 14, 2004 in the foothills of the Aravali mountain range I was exploring a new route through the reserve forest . A bearded hermit who lived in the temple in the heart of the jungle had commented that "Maybe its a leopard," when the peacocks shrieked and flew up beating their wings with loud swishing sounds echoing in the V shaped valley. Then my dog Rambo came in view, which was chasing them. However, it was only later, when we we were deeper into the jungle that Rambo became terrified. It left all heroism and crept closer to me, tail lowered and hair bristling. Maybe it had smelled the leopards, prowling above our heads. We were in the ravine, flanked by the hills on one side and the sandy badlands on the other. The sandy badlands had many cuts and turns and I feared that the tawny cats were waiting to pounce on their choice dish - dog meat. Thus, I had taken out the aluminum dog bowl which I had brought along to feed Rambo - and taking a stone started bating on it ward off the danger. Having read Jim Corbett's leopard and tiger hunting adventure's in the Himalayas , I had realized that villagers shouted loudly and hit the ground with sticks to frighten the cats away during night travel. I beat the dog bowl for about an hour or 5 kms (3 miles) till we came to the city houses etc and saw people around. Two days later I had traveled 800 miles by train to take the Test of Spoken English at Allahabad conducted online from the US - I got 5 out of 6. MANTRA POWER Similarly, when I saw my roommate stiffen, as we turned onto the two-lane road leading to Burkittsville , and the lonely, dark surroundings, I thought it wise to start mantra power. I started with "Ram-ji Ki Jai," later shifted to Om Namaha Shivayah," the the Gayatri Mantra. Even invoked Jesus Christ and Muhammad. But settled on the Gayatri mantra which is directed at no-one divinity in particular but towards the invocation of the Supreme Power in general. Gayatri mantra continued as we crept along the narrow highway winding its way across darkened countryside. It is very hard to frighten me but why take chances. Why not have God on your side. It was just past midnight when we had turned the corner it was 12:13 am, just past midnight. I would have imagined people walking about , such a nice, warm, windy night - even in any Indian village or town. Here was not even a cat or a bird on the prowl. So Gayatri Mantra (favorite of my ex-army officer father and even the dead honest police general family friend) to the rescue, which I recited for atleast 30 minutes till we reached the other town again - away from Burkittsville. Ofcourse, my roommate recited a few times but settled for rock and roll and even tried to invoke the evil power of Taliban and Bin L
[Assam] Bangladeshi Herket-Ul Jehadi bomb 75 in western India
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/HuJI-suspected-to-be-behind-serial-blast-in-Jaipur/309068/ I thought illegal immigrants only depressed land prices in Rajasthan. I wonder how safe Delhi is with 200,000 illegals. 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. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Bangladeshi Herket-Ul Jehadi bomb 75 in western India
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/HuJI-suspected-to-be-behind-serial-blast-in-Jaipur/309068/ I thought illegal immigrants only depressed land prices in Rajasthan. I wonder how safe Delhi is with 200,000 illegals. Umesh - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality
amazing how vulnerable we are . Just 10 m jump in the crust and all goes topsy turvy. *** The great > Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian> > intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau> > by more than> 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of > the Plateau> and> surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and Umesh > flooding in the> Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains.> > Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear M-da This data was mined from the net. In any case its not very important, how many died then. Most important is how many are going to die trapped underneath the rubbles, agonizingly waiting for rescues to come. Most of the stilted buildings are great recipes for disaster during earthquakes. I attended a seminar recently on earthquake damage mitigation. Providing shear walls in stilted high rises can mitigate the disaster to some extent. Builders take out their money and move onto the next project. Its for the residents to think and see whether the flats they are living in are abodes or death traps. Ultimate price will be paid by them in case of any calamity, which I think is bound to happen; at 8.5 plus Richter, not many concrete structures are known to stand in one piece. You are right, after the 1897 quake, British devised the *ikra *cement plastered wooden gridded structure; we still have such walls in my ancestral house at Bordoloni and they lasted for more than half a century. I think if must we go vertical, at least walls can be made of stuff which does not form bubbles during an earthquake. Buildings will be gone but life can be saved in case of a disaster. God save our people! -mkd On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 7:33 AM, mc mahant wrote: > > > scale) and already 22000 are dead> > Earthquakes do not kill. Concrete falling on people do. The whole 3 > storey school fell and buried 1100+alive.RIP > > In Jorhat Earthquake 1950 -me classX - We ran out- but I came back to drag > a sick boy out of thee Sick room. Next moment a brick partition wall( > constructed later) fell. He would have been hit and---. The British- built > Assam Type Hostel with Tin Roof still Survives. > > Shillong earthquake1897 must have made Brits shy away from Concrete > multistorey. > That was a good move. > But Steel and Cement and Bank and Govt. do not like it any more. > > I was trying hard to propagate low-mass optimum Section Precast slabs for > Construction of all Assam houses. 1980>1990+ I did build some 30 housesbig > and small in Guwahati. 3 fell in Constructing.Rest exist. All at 20% PWD > cost. > Govt.,University, Public should have developed further from my general > designs and ensured Assam's Disaster-free Concrete housing. > But PWD hates my designs,Banks hate them ,the New Rich cannot stand them > at all. The New Rich whose Mothers are still polishing their village home > floor with cowdung - mustnow have 1"Thick Makrana Marble in their Guwahati > Nth Floor Cage-- over 5" thick cast-in situ (1000s of Bamboos lost) > concrete floor-- instead of mine 40mm. > > > The Builders( generally non-Matric) boast "Earthquake Proof Designs > Checked by Computer" > Everybody is Happy for now. > > Ahmedabad,Latur--etc where 10,000 s died in Quakes afew years back are in > India's "SAFE BELT". > ' > GOI Brains Trust lists Assam (call NE) in Zone V-most' Earthquakeprone > and dangerous'--. > Nobody Died in 1950 Quakes--as we never heard. > > So where did you get this Manoj?:<1500 people were killed> and the > drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods> were the > cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake.>Floods--May > be. > > Till end of 1950 we saw at Neamati Ghat Whole Massive Coniferous Dried > trees floating down as far as eyes could see. And Dazed Massive Fish going > for a song. Smell of Sulphur /H2S all over Jorhat that night-and for many > more. > > Rethink Housing. > Rething Cities. > Rethink Lifestyles. > Live well -rurally- with disseminated Jobs and Healthy Work from homes- > maybe through Internet. > You need clever LEADERS. > MM > > > > > > > > > > > > do >Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:15:40 +0530> From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] eartquake in > assam- a stark reality> > Hi all> > The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 > richter and already 22000 are dead.> > Guwahati has partly become a concret > jungle and most of the construction> doesn't have the minimums to withstand > the kind of earthquake that recurs in> our region.> > > > 1897:> > The great > Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian> > intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau> > by more than> 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of > the Plateau> and> surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and > flooding in the> Brahmaputra
Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality
Dear M-da This data was mined from the net. In any case its not very important, how many died then. Most important is how many are going to die trapped underneath the rubbles, agonizingly waiting for rescues to come. Most of the stilted buildings are great recipes for disaster during earthquakes. I attended a seminar recently on earthquake damage mitigation. Providing shear walls in stilted high rises can mitigate the disaster to some extent. Builders take out their money and move onto the next project. Its for the residents to think and see whether the flats they are living in are abodes or death traps. Ultimate price will be paid by them in case of any calamity, which I think is bound to happen; at 8.5 plus Richter, not many concrete structures are known to stand in one piece. You are right, after the 1897 quake, British devised the *ikra *cement plastered wooden gridded structure; we still have such walls in my ancestral house at Bordoloni and they lasted for more than half a century. I think if must we go vertical, at least walls can be made of stuff which does not form bubbles during an earthquake. Buildings will be gone but life can be saved in case of a disaster. God save our people! -mkd On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 7:33 AM, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > scale) and already 22000 are dead> > Earthquakes do not kill. Concrete falling on people do. The whole 3 > storey school fell and buried 1100+alive.RIP > > In Jorhat Earthquake 1950 -me classX - We ran out- but I came back to drag > a sick boy out of thee Sick room. Next moment a brick partition wall( > constructed later) fell. He would have been hit and---. The British- built > Assam Type Hostel with Tin Roof still Survives. > > Shillong earthquake1897 must have made Brits shy away from Concrete > multistorey. > That was a good move. > But Steel and Cement and Bank and Govt. do not like it any more. > > I was trying hard to propagate low-mass optimum Section Precast slabs for > Construction of all Assam houses. 1980>1990+ I did build some 30 housesbig > and small in Guwahati. 3 fell in Constructing.Rest exist. All at 20% PWD > cost. > Govt.,University, Public should have developed further from my general > designs and ensured Assam's Disaster-free Concrete housing. > But PWD hates my designs,Banks hate them ,the New Rich cannot stand them > at all. The New Rich whose Mothers are still polishing their village home > floor with cowdung - mustnow have 1"Thick Makrana Marble in their Guwahati > Nth Floor Cage-- over 5" thick cast-in situ (1000s of Bamboos lost) > concrete floor-- instead of mine 40mm. > > > The Builders( generally non-Matric) boast "Earthquake Proof Designs > Checked by Computer" > Everybody is Happy for now. > > Ahmedabad,Latur--etc where 10,000 s died in Quakes afew years back are in > India's "SAFE BELT". > ' > GOI Brains Trust lists Assam (call NE) in Zone V-most' Earthquakeprone > and dangerous'--. > Nobody Died in 1950 Quakes--as we never heard. > > So where did you get this Manoj?:<1500 people were killed> and the > drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods> were the > cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake.>Floods--May > be. > > Till end of 1950 we saw at Neamati Ghat Whole Massive Coniferous Dried > trees floating down as far as eyes could see. And Dazed Massive Fish going > for a song. Smell of Sulphur /H2S all over Jorhat that night-and for many > more. > > Rethink Housing. > Rething Cities. > Rethink Lifestyles. > Live well -rurally- with disseminated Jobs and Healthy Work from homes- > maybe through Internet. > You need clever LEADERS. > MM > > > > > > > > > > > > do >Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:15:40 +0530> From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] eartquake in > assam- a stark reality> > Hi all> > The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 > richter and already 22000 are dead.> > Guwahati has partly become a concret > jungle and most of the construction> doesn't have the minimums to withstand > the kind of earthquake that recurs in> our region.> > > > 1897:> > The great > Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian> > intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau> > by more than> 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of > the Plateau> and> surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and > flooding in the> Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains.> > 1950:> This > "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest> earthquake of the 20th > century. Though it hit in a mountainous region> along India's international > border with China, 1500 people were killed> and the drainage of the region > was greatly affected. The resultant floods> were the cause of most of the > fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The> initial shock was followed by > thousands of aftershocks, some of which> were big earthquakes enough to
Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality
Earthquakes do not kill. Concrete falling on people do. The whole 3 storey school fell and buried 1100+alive.RIP In Jorhat Earthquake 1950 -me classX - We ran out- but I came back to drag a sick boy out of thee Sick room. Next moment a brick partition wall( constructed later) fell. He would have been hit and---. The British- built Assam Type Hostel with Tin Roof still Survives. Shillong earthquake1897 must have made Brits shy away from Concrete multistorey. That was a good move. But Steel and Cement and Bank and Govt. do not like it any more. I was trying hard to propagate low-mass optimum Section Precast slabs for Construction of all Assam houses. 1980>1990+ I did build some 30 housesbig and small in Guwahati. 3 fell in Constructing.Rest exist. All at 20% PWD cost. Govt.,University, Public should have developed further from my general designs and ensured Assam's Disaster-free Concrete housing. But PWD hates my designs,Banks hate them ,the New Rich cannot stand them at all. The New Rich whose Mothers are still polishing their village home floor with cowdung - mustnow have 1"Thick Makrana Marble in their Guwahati Nth Floor Cage-- over 5" thick cast-in situ (1000s of Bamboos lost) concrete floor-- instead of mine 40mm. The Builders( generally non-Matric) boast "Earthquake Proof Designs Checked by Computer" Everybody is Happy for now. Ahmedabad,Latur--etc where 10,000 s died in Quakes afew years back are in India's "SAFE BELT". ' GOI Brains Trust lists Assam (call NE) in Zone V-most' Earthquakeprone and dangerous'--. Nobody Died in 1950 Quakes--as we never heard. So where did you get this Manoj?:<1500 people were killed> and the drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods> were the cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake.>Floods--May be. Till end of 1950 we saw at Neamati Ghat Whole Massive Coniferous Dried trees floating down as far as eyes could see. And Dazed Massive Fish going for a song. Smell of Sulphur /H2S all over Jorhat that night-and for many more. Rethink Housing. Rething Cities. Rethink Lifestyles. Live well -rurally- with disseminated Jobs and Healthy Work from homes- maybe through Internet. You need clever LEADERS. MM do Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:15:40 +0530> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality> > Hi all> > The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 richter and already 22000 are dead.> > Guwahati has partly become a concret jungle and most of the construction> doesn't have the minimums to withstand the kind of earthquake that recurs in> our region.> > > > 1897:> > The great Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian> intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau> by more than> 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of the Plateau> and> surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and flooding in the> Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains.> > 1950:> This "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest> earthquake of the 20th century. Though it hit in a mountainous region> along India's international border with China, 1500 people were killed> and the drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods> were the cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The> initial shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks, some of which> were big earthquakes enough to be reckoned.> It had a magnitude of 8.7 and struck a relatively sparsely populated> region along the Indo-China border. This earthquake is often referred to> as the "Assam Earthqake of 1950".> The earthquake occurred at 19:39 pm on August 15, 1950. It was felt> throughout north-eastern India and in many parts of eastern India. It was> also felt throughout Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. Damage> occurred in the entire region as far as Kolkata. It was felt across a wide> area of the subcontinent, over an area totalling 4.5 million square miles.> > -- > Manoj Kumar Das> C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave> New Delhi 17 India> 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> > > > -- > Manoj Kumar Das> C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave> New Delhi 17 India> 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> ___> assam mailing list> assam@assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _ Watch hottest Bollywood videos, clips, movie tailors, star interviews, songs and more on MSN videos. http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-in ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality
The Plate that shook at Chengdu is different from the massive one under Assam.No shake at all.MM> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 16:11:19 -0500> To: assam@assamnet.org> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality> > >Hi all> >> >The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 richter and already 22000 are dead.> > > > *** Was the Sichuan 'quake felt in Assam? Any report?> > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >Guwahati has partly become a concret jungle and most of the construction> >doesn't have the minimums to withstand the kind of earthquake that recurs in> >our region.> >> >> >> >1897:> >> >The great Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian> >intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau> >by more than> >10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of the Plateau> >and> >surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and flooding in the> >Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains.> >> >1950:> >This "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest> >earthquake of the 20th century. Though it hit in a mountainous region> >along India's international border with China, 1500 people were killed> >and the drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods> >were the cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The> >initial shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks, some of which> >were big earthquakes enough to be reckoned.> >It had a magnitude of 8.7 and struck a relatively sparsely populated> >region along the Indo-China border. This earthquake is often referred to> >as the "Assam Earthqake of 1950".> >The earthquake occurred at 19:39 pm on August 15, 1950. It was felt> >throughout north-eastern India and in many parts of eastern India. It was> >also felt throughout Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. Damage> >occurred in the entire region as far as Kolkata. It was felt across a wide> >area of the subcontinent, over an area totalling 4.5 million square miles.> >> >--> >Manoj Kumar Das> >C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave> >New Delhi 17 India> >0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> >> >> >> >--> >Manoj Kumar Das> >C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave> >New Delhi 17 India> >0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> >___> >assam mailing list> >assam@assamnet.org> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> > > ___> assam mailing list> assam@assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _ Catch the latest fashion shows, get beauty tips and learn more on fashion and lifestyle. http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-in ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality
>Hi all > >The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 richter and already 22000 are dead. *** Was the Sichuan 'quake felt in Assam? Any report? > >Guwahati has partly become a concret jungle and most of the construction >doesn't have the minimums to withstand the kind of earthquake that recurs in >our region. > > > >1897: > >The great Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian >intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau >by more than >10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of the Plateau >and >surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and flooding in the >Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains. > >1950: >This "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest >earthquake of the 20th century. Though it hit in a mountainous region >along India's international border with China, 1500 people were killed >and the drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods >were the cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The >initial shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks, some of which >were big earthquakes enough to be reckoned. >It had a magnitude of 8.7 and struck a relatively sparsely populated >region along the Indo-China border. This earthquake is often referred to >as the "Assam Earthqake of 1950". >The earthquake occurred at 19:39 pm on August 15, 1950. It was felt >throughout north-eastern India and in many parts of eastern India. It was >also felt throughout Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. Damage >occurred in the entire region as far as Kolkata. It was felt across a wide >area of the subcontinent, over an area totalling 4.5 million square miles. > >-- >Manoj Kumar Das >C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave >New Delhi 17 India >0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 > > > >-- >Manoj Kumar Das >C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave >New Delhi 17 India >0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 >___ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Shankar Barua's latest documentary
Shankar Barua, who is a well-known movie producer from Assam, and who is currently a student at Sam Houston University in Texas, has produced his latest documentary: Center Mass. It explores the use of deadly force by the police in the US. You can see a promo at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCcRFUwZFqM . Here are the details: CENTER MASS (107 mins., 2008) Producerâ¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦..Rita Watkins Executive Producerâ¦â¦â¦â¦.David Webb Line Producerâ¦â¦â¦..David Epps Cameraâ¦â¦â¦â¦Shankar Borua Musicâ¦â¦â¦â¦.Chandra Cogburn Editingâ¦â¦â¦â¦.Shelley Rash, David Epps, Michael Wolfskill Sound Mixâ¦â¦â¦â¦.David Epps Graphicsâ¦â¦â¦â¦.David Hoffpauir and Shelley Rash Directorâ¦â¦â¦..Shankar Borua Director Bio: Shankar Borua is a filmmaker from Assam in North-East India. His first film ANGST AT LARGE (60 mins.) centered round the twin issues of nationality and identity in strife-torn Assam. IF GOD BE WITH US (120 mins.), his second feature documentary documents the struggle by the Nagas, an indigenous people at the tri-junction of India, China and Burma, resisting the occupation of their land and the appropriation of their heritage. Set against the backdrop of the turbulent civil war that has ravaged Assam for close to three decades now, HEPAAH (All those longingsâ¦), his first dramatic feature (130 mins.), is about a rag-tag band from a small town in Eastern Assam that makes it big. CENTER MASS is his first film in North America. Synopsis: CENTER MASS (107 mins.) The grand theme is about an adversarial relationship between two sets of people in America (pro-police and anti-police or more interestingly liberal versus conservative), and how a filmmaker from another land plays negotiator for once. The template is the politically charged and touchy issue of police use of deadly force and the predicament of a free society in fairly investigating its own frontline representatives of the government, the police. Not to forget policing as a dangerous occupation set against the matrix of guns and violence in America. The film attempts to highlight the contradictions in the American social landscape, a landscape of extreme contrasts and an uneasy history of police brutality and highhandedness. It is a complex issue and the truth probably lies somewhere in between, not at either end of the spectrum. Contact: Shankar Borua 1238 20th Street Apt # 3 Huntsville, Texas 77340 USA Tel: 936 291 0078/ 936 294 4784 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spinglobe.com/friends/shankar -JK ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality
Hi all The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 richter and already 22000 are dead. Guwahati has partly become a concret jungle and most of the construction doesn't have the minimums to withstand the kind of earthquake that recurs in our region. 1897: The great Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau by more than 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of the Plateau and surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and flooding in the Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains. 1950: This "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest earthquake of the 20th century. Though it hit in a mountainous region along India's international border with China, 1500 people were killed and the drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods were the cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The initial shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks, some of which were big earthquakes enough to be reckoned. It had a magnitude of 8.7 and struck a relatively sparsely populated region along the Indo-China border. This earthquake is often referred to as the "Assam Earthqake of 1950". The earthquake occurred at 19:39 pm on August 15, 1950. It was felt throughout north-eastern India and in many parts of eastern India. It was also felt throughout Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. Damage occurred in the entire region as far as Kolkata. It was felt across a wide area of the subcontinent, over an area totalling 4.5 million square miles. -- Manoj Kumar Das C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi 17 India 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 -- Manoj Kumar Das C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi 17 India 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Technical Institute under Dibrugarh University
Dibrugarh University has decided to establish a Technical Institute. You can read the news (Dainik Janasadharan,13.05.2008) from the below link: http://goodnews.bihu.in/2158/ - Check out the all-new face of Yahoo! India. Click here. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Smartness is by choice not by chance
A young man walked into a jeweler's shop late one Friday, with a beautiful young lady on his side. "I'm looking for a special ring for my girlfriend" he said. The jeweler looks through his stock, and takes out an outstanding ring priced at $4500. "I don't think you understand ... I want something very unique", he said. At that, the jeweler went and fetched his special stock from the safe." Here's one stunning ring at $33000." The girls' eyes sparkled, and the young man said that he would take it. "How are you paying?" "I'll pay by cheque, but of course the bank would want to make sure that everything is in order, so I'll write a cheque and you can phone the bank Monday and I'll collect the ring on Monday afternoon". Monday morning a very irritated jeweler phones the man." You lied there's no money in that account." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .* . "I know, but you can't imagine what a Fantastic WEEKEND I had"* ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] BBC E-mail: Search for China quake survivors
manoj das saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Message ** Chinese quake ** Search for China quake survivors ** A search and rescue operation is under way in China after a massive earthquake. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7397489.stm > ** BBC Daily E-mail ** Choose the news and sport headlines you want - when you want them, all in one daily e-mail < http://www.bbc.co.uk/email > ** Disclaimer ** The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified. If you do not wish to receive such e-mails in the future or want to know more about the BBC's Email a Friend service, please read our frequently asked questions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/4162471.stm ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Bangladesh Grameen Bank
Long long ago I posted the same matter that how prestigious Pragjhyotish Gaolia Bank, HO at Nalbari with its first branch at my native Kalaigaon finally become a Bangladeshi bank.Now this bank is no or.I wrote with deep sorrow.But none bothered to say something.This bank is now under Bangladeshi control as called Grameen Bikash Bank. So all over and vote are confiremd and the so called self proudy- ahongkari axomiya simply enjoys that someone will do for them. What could be done?While questioning some top official, I was told that since they are Under Kolkata bsed UTI(Now Axis), they are bound to obey. Dhik Dhimoti. Bikash bg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Forwarded message -- From: Satyen Brahma Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 at 6:16 PM Subject: "BANGLADESH GRAMEEN BANK in Assam ???" * 'NAILS' FOR THE COFFIN* - Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food. Get all this and more on Best of Yahoo! Groups. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
