Re: [Assam] steel plant?
Modern small Hi-Tech Steel Plant/s would have to be set up for Assam to come to 21stCentury. That will not happen in Indian Assam. Paswan is Thinking of a Steel Processing Plant.That was Thunk when Biren Baishya was Steel State Minister in Deve Gouida's time. 100Ha land was granted by AGP, Sheds were set up--and when Deve Gouda went-that became a dead "Project" Plan was/still is: To bring in CRCA strip in Coils from SAIL Rourkela/Bokaro, coat Zinc and sell cgi sheets to govt 's Indira Awas Yojana huts or such Govt 'aided ' BPL projects. And to take away all the profits-snatching from the small private competitors having their Galvanizing baths outside Assam. This is not any Steel Plant!! You need to discuss what kind of Steel plants will be needed in Swadhin Oxom ,whatproducts these must produce --using what TEChnologies-- and why these will be our Economy's Backbone. Yours Truly strongly suggests --nothing new should be built in/around Guahati. mm> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:07:18 +0530> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Subject: Re: [Assam] steel plant?> > Dilip Da,> Any particular reason why a Steel Plant should not be set up in> Guwahati? I suppose it would be harmful for the environment but think> of the jobs it would generate. And it won't even be robbing the state> of its natural resources as Assam does not produce iron ore .> > Regards,> > Nayanjyoti Medhi> > On Nov 15, 2007 9:26 PM, Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Why steel plant and why Guwahati?> > Dilip> >> > Rs 200-cr steel plant to be set up in city> > From Our Spl Correspondent> > NEW DELHI, Nov 14 – Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilizer, Ram> > Vilas Paswan today announced a decision to set up a steel processing plant> > at Guwahati at a cost of Rs 200 crore. The Minister made the announcement> > while addressing the Editor's Conference. The decision is part of the Steel> > Ministry's move to set up 10 steel processing plants across the country. The> > Ministry is estimated to spend over Rs 2,000 crore, in this connection.> >> > The Detailed Project Report was reported to be ready and public sector giant> > Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is likely to take initiative to set up the> > processing units.> >> > The processing mill is slated to come up at Assam, Jammu and Kashmir,> > Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, while Madhya Pradesh and Bihar will have two> > units each.> >> > ___> > assam mailing list> > assam@assamnet.org> > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >> >> > > > -- > Nayanjyoti Medhi> Advocate> > Chamber:> Satya Bora Lane, Dighalipukhuri East> Guwahati-781001, Assam> > > Phone:> +91 361 2416960> +91 94350 43007> > Fax:> +91 361 2410728> > Email:> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___> assam mailing list> assam@assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _ Call friends with PC-to-PC calling -- FREE http://get.live.com/messenger/overview___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] $850 rent vs 880 pm salary Indian embassy in DC - Strange room hunting Munna Bhai style works Miami, DC, New York City
Hi, Some might like to apply to US embassy for analyst position at a salary of only $880 per month -- many have been working for many years on it. My roommate (now leaving for NYC tomorrow) was an employee for 10 days till he got a better offer. We had persuaded himto check out the place and get the experience which till recently was reserved for the likes of Lord Mountabatten (in London based India Office), Harivansh Rai Bachchan etc. Ofcourse it more like internship stipend that any logical pay but the perks include that your spouse can work anywhere and you can get alcoholic drinks at 60% discount since no duty or sales tax is charged and also no US income tax or Social security or health insurance deduction -- since it is considered part of India (US embassy compound). Even by Indian standards $880 is about Rs35,000 --about the amount an IAS officer gets or a manager in a small MNC . It is less than what a bribe earning clerk might get in Indian govt departments. However, even Harvard Business School professors call up there to find about impact of globalization on Indian film and media industry -as per a call received by my roommate and in the same day he collects data in his trade ministry office to send as reply to a question raised in Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) about prospects in the west for Indian artifacts. Last week he got a job in New York City (and got a $850 per month - p.m. - apartment) and decided to leave this weekend (after delivering a steady supply of reduced price hard drinks like Chivas Regal ($13 per 1 liter bottle - in market about $39) or Johnny Walker Black Label (750ml for $20 --in market for about $50). He resigned too soon for that though. Another ex-roommate of mine (recently back from Miami) was looking at all this and decided to offer to join our place after having some hangups with the leasing office at his apartment place about his car parking despite his not being on the lease. He decided to move right away last night and till 4am we were shifting his stuff. Thats the time I generally go to sleep anyway. His previous roommates had decided not to return his security deposit (one month's rent) even if he gave them the required notice so Munna Bhai style he decided (with my feedback) to stop payment of this month's rent check (which was still not deposiited by the leasing company - he was not lease anyway) and withdrew cash from his bank account so that check may not clear even if presented by leasing office. So in the end he came quits but didn't lose. Paid one month rent (as deposit) and stayed for 21 days. Now searching for parking space for free . Any suggestions on how to get free parking space? 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/ - For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good this month.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] freedom nov 07
here is another Ruby Bhuyan for you -- the other one seems to be quiet. Umesh martin william <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Sir, Please check the following attached file. Rubi bhuyan Member, Central Publicity Department of ULFA. - Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. Do it now... 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/ - Juggling multiple email accounts? Why bother? Consolidate them all in Yahoo! Mail with our quick, easy tool.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] steel plant?
> Why steel plant and why Guwahati? I would second Dilip da's question. The question is 'why' first. I suspect the reasons may be not very benign. Before we ask why not, we should be sure that we are not hoodwinked into believing that development is being bestowed upon Assam with the promise of huge job creation potential. Apart from iron ore, what are the other requirements?Is it coal? We have been told that mushroom growth of such coal fume spewing plants are creating problems in our neighbouring china's booming cities. Coal is not too far off from Guwahati. After the restructuring in the ASEB, despite many bad decisions, the resultant entities are seeing cash profit. It is reported that TATA is being handed over these profit centres and some political bigwigs are acting as touts. At the time of restructuring of ASEB, there was no proposal for TATA coming in. Similarly, the proposal of the steel plant may not say anything, but with TATA showing interest in power, another ingredient of steel industry, do we suspect something? Further, we do not know the employment generating prospects of the plant. It is too early in the day to celebrate. In the present computerised environment, it too is a suspect.(Numaligarh Refinery for example) If employment is the main issue, then why not the development of the social capital/infrastructure? In the Assam assembly the Minister has admitted to the irregularities( a soft word) causing bad road conditions in spite of squandering huge loan funds from international bodies. Or the reverse development theory is being proposed: set up heavy industries first; it would mandate development of social capital/infrastructure? So, apparently Steel Plant in Guwahati defies common wisdom. To show that the apparent is not real, some cogent reasons may be supplied. Nayanjyoti Medhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dilip Da, Any particular reason why a Steel Plant should not be set up in Guwahati? I suppose it would be harmful for the environment but think of the jobs it would generate. And it won't even be robbing the state of its natural resources as Assam does not produce iron ore . Regards, Nayanjyoti Medhi On Nov 15, 2007 9:26 PM, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: > Dilip > > Rs 200-cr steel plant to be set up in city > From Our Spl Correspondent > NEW DELHI, Nov 14 â Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilizer, Ram > Vilas Paswan today announced a decision to set up a steel processing plant > at Guwahati at a cost of Rs 200 crore. The Minister made the announcement > while addressing the Editor's Conference. The decision is part of the Steel > Ministry's move to set up 10 steel processing plants across the country. The > Ministry is estimated to spend over Rs 2,000 crore, in this connection. > > The Detailed Project Report was reported to be ready and public sector giant > Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is likely to take initiative to set up the > processing units. > > The processing mill is slated to come up at Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, > Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, while Madhya Pradesh and Bihar will have two > units each. > > ___ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > -- Nayanjyoti Medhi Advocate Chamber: Satya Bora Lane, Dighalipukhuri East Guwahati-781001, Assam Phone: +91 361 2416960 +91 94350 43007 Fax: +91 361 2410728 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Uttam Kumar Borthakur - Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. Click here.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Carbon monitoring - worldwide
Would you like to know the CO 2 levels in your neck of the woods? This website seems to do just that. I zeroed in on Assam and here are the results http://carma.org/plant/detail/7887 or click on carma.org for other areas Enjoy..not the CO2 levels :) --Ram ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] steel plant?
Dilip Da, Any particular reason why a Steel Plant should not be set up in Guwahati? I suppose it would be harmful for the environment but think of the jobs it would generate. And it won't even be robbing the state of its natural resources as Assam does not produce iron ore . Regards, Nayanjyoti Medhi On Nov 15, 2007 9:26 PM, Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why steel plant and why Guwahati? > Dilip > > Rs 200-cr steel plant to be set up in city > From Our Spl Correspondent > NEW DELHI, Nov 14 – Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilizer, Ram > Vilas Paswan today announced a decision to set up a steel processing plant > at Guwahati at a cost of Rs 200 crore. The Minister made the announcement > while addressing the Editor's Conference. The decision is part of the Steel > Ministry's move to set up 10 steel processing plants across the country. The > Ministry is estimated to spend over Rs 2,000 crore, in this connection. > > The Detailed Project Report was reported to be ready and public sector giant > Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is likely to take initiative to set up the > processing units. > > The processing mill is slated to come up at Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, > Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, while Madhya Pradesh and Bihar will have two > units each. > > ___ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > -- Nayanjyoti Medhi Advocate Chamber: Satya Bora Lane, Dighalipukhuri East Guwahati-781001, Assam Phone: +91 361 2416960 +91 94350 43007 Fax: +91 361 2410728 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] steel plant?
Why steel plant and why Guwahati? Dilip - Rs 200-cr steel plant to be set up in city >From Our Spl Correspondent NEW DELHI, Nov 14 Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilizer, Ram Vilas Paswan today announced a decision to set up a steel processing plant at Guwahati at a cost of Rs 200 crore. The Minister made the announcement while addressing the Editors Conference. The decision is part of the Steel Ministrys move to set up 10 steel processing plants across the country. The Ministry is estimated to spend over Rs 2,000 crore, in this connection. The Detailed Project Report was reported to be ready and public sector giant Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is likely to take initiative to set up the processing units. The processing mill is slated to come up at Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, while Madhya Pradesh and Bihar will have two units each. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] From ToI/IGI Airport
Delhi's IGI Airport has become a nightmare ? Has??? It has always been so. Just getting worse. I was there a month ago. The parking lot is a nightmare. We could not push our luggage loaded carts to the car in the parking lot, because of the unbelievable pot-holes, all the way. Had to lift the cart up, with the help of all the young men waiting around for the opportunity to help out. Not that I grudge them. But IGI being the front door to the capital of a super-power wanna-be, the state of affairs IN and AROUND the airport and its amenities ( if one could call it that) boggled the mind. Someone explained a new parking lot is being built. I will believe it when I see it. All the renovation work going on in the passenger areas tell a tale of appalling infrastructure behind the ripped out finishes. No wonder the ceilings keep falling. And that tunnel out of the international arrivals area! It has no parallel. What seems to be India's problem anyway? But on a the brighter side, I was pleasantly surprised by a CLEANER Delhi, at least at the upscale neighborhoods like Defense Colony . The sidewalks were swept, no plastic bags and paper on the plants flanking them. The plants looked maintained. The taxi driver explained it is the upcoming Asian Games ( or is it the Commonwealth Games). It was a different story however, on the way to IIT Delhi. cm Click! IGI official escapes roof collapse 15 Nov 2007, 0508 hrs IST,TNN Print SaveEMail Write to Editor NEW DELHI: Delhi's IGI Airport has become a nightmare not only for passengers but also for those who are working there. On Wednesday morning, a lady officer had a miraculous escape when the roof of her newly renovated room collapsed on her. Aman Saini, assistant general manager of terminal-II, was working on her computer about 10.30 am when the false ceiling came crashing down, along with the airconditioning ducts. A senior official of the airport had to pull her out from under the debris. Even as preparations are on to make travelling more convenient during the foggy months, frequent complaints by people on the degraded condition of the airport at present has forced the ministry of civil aviation to sit up and take notice. Sources said that based on the complaints on dysfunctional toilets and other issues sent to the ministry, it was planning to conduct a surprise check at the airport in the near future. While Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL) officials tried to downplay the incident and said that "only a single panel had fallen and the official wasn't hurt", sources revealed that officials were appalled at the condition of the airport. "The airport manager's room is newly constructed and if this is what happens to renovated rooms, one can imagine how it is elsewhere," said an official. "We are lucky that the Amin escaped with scratches but to have the entire roof collapse on one's head can be a major shock and could have turned very ugly," he added. The old airport manager's room was recently demolished and the new one set up outside terminal-II. Strangely, with renovation on, there is no access to the room from inside and can only be reached from the city side. The room where the roof collapsed was a little way behind the main structure which is not frequented by people often. According to sources, the condition of the airport, specially during renovation, has made travelling a complete hassle. Recently, a passenger at the international departure terminal had a part of the false ceiling collapse on her head. She too, luckily escaped with minor injuries. Cases of people tripping over loose tiles and slippery floors is also becoming common. Sources also revealed that only one ladies' toilet was functional at the international departure terminal, and that too on the lower level. "The maintenance of toilets at the international airport is with AAI and there are some issues between the GMR Group and AAI employees that is aggravating the problem," said sources. News on the airside is no better. Recently, civil aviation director general Kanu Gohain took a tour of the operations area at the airport to see the conditions after the recent spate of accidents. He is learnt to have reprimanded eight drivers who were found to be driving "worse than Blueline drivers".___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Tigers & tribals: Tug of war continues - CSE News Bulletin [November 14, 2007]
Mukul-da,
what does it mean -- my Sanskrit is not that good - i did get something about
books , work and money.
Umesh
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2 months back -after reading Rajen Barua's appeal to Raiz "--Eonlokok kiba eta
kori diyok" I did call in Uttam Teron and Explained what I can do for them in 2
months(There is Still Time, Brother)
All for Rs40,000/- on no-profit highest economy basis--4 class rooms+Pucca
walls/floor + complete desk+comfortable seats.
Last week I phoned "You never came back---"
He said ruefully "I could not find even that much"
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:54:53 -0800
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Subject: [Assam] Tigers & tribals: Tug of war continues - CSE News Bulletin
[November 14, 2007]
a similar discussion we had in DC about having slums or "green lungs"
in Delhi etc -- with Chintan India founder at www.ashanet.org/dc meet this
sunday - while there to take up work on www.parijatacademy.org which has
received approval for funds from Seatlle and Atlanta chapters.
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Tigers and tribals (By Sunita Narain)
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Tigers or tribals? Tribals versus tigers. This is how the discussion on the
tribal forest rights act is being framed. The law, which was enacted by
parliament a while ago, is aimed at conferring land rights on people who
already live in forested regions. The government says it wants to correct a
historical wrong against people on whom rights were never settled when forest
areas were earmarked for conservation. Quite right. But these homes of the
poorest also house the countrys magnificent wild animals, like tigers. It is
critical that their habitat should be protected and future safeguarded. This is
also quite right.
Is it possible to reconcile the interests of what seems to be two competing
groups?
Two years ago the debate was stormy. The draft forest rights bill was being
worked upon by a government just sworn into power. Around this time, it was
discoveredto everyones horrorthat all tigers from what was supposed to be a
protected area, the Sariska National Park, had been poached. Opposition to the
draft bill mounted; conservationists argued that this populist measure would
be the last nail in the tigers coffin.
I was asked to head a task force to suggest how tigers could be safeguarded.
Over three months the specialists we met believed that it was important to
reserve areas for wildlife. These would need to be inviolate areasexclusively
earmarked for animals where human interference would have to be kept at its
minimum. Otherwise, they said, the tiger would not survive. They believed that
if the forest rights bill gave people ownership over these lands it would be
disastrous.
I approached the issue from different perspectives. I had for long understood
that the future of people and forests is entwined. I also knew from experience
that regeneration of forests is not possible unless local people benefit. But I
was willing to listen to the experience of those who believed in the tiger. If
co-existence
[Assam] Gilbertson Sangma to attend GPC programme
--- Begin Message --- Dear friends, Here is a small news item for your information and kind use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Guwahati Press Club * * *Gilbertson Sangma to attend GPC programme * Guwahati: Legendary football player of Northeast, Gilbertson Sangma will attend the Guest of the Month programme of Guwahati Press Club on November 20 (Tuesday). The programme will begin at 12 Noon. Mr Sangma is supposed to recall his experiences of his days as a member of Assam police football team particularly during the Bordoli Trophy tournament. Member-journalists are requested to attend the same. --- End Message --- ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] More Medical Colleges in Assam
Present Medical Colleges in Assam : 1. Medical College , Gauhati 2. Assam Medical College , Dibrugarh 3. Silchar Medical College , Silchar. New Medical Colleges in Assam : 1. Jorhat Medical College 2. Tezpur Medical College 3. Borpeta Medical College Proposed Medical Colleges(To upgrade the 200 beds Medical Hospitals to Medical Colleges) in Assam : 1.Nagaon, 2. Mangaldai 3. North Lakhimpur 4. Kokrajhar 5.Dhubri 6. Goalpara 7.Diphu You can read the news from the below link: http://goodnews.bihu.in/1855/ - Bring your gang together - do your thing. Start your group.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
