LPG cylinder shortage agonizes city consumers

GUWAHATI, Feb 18: Ever increasing LPG demand and insufficient bulk have resulted in shortfall of LPG cylinders causing hardship to hundreds of city consumers. [NED]

Nagaon faces shortage of LPG cylinders

NAGAON, March 21: Short supply of Indane gas cylinders from Bongaigaon and North Guwahati coupled with random use of domestic cylinders for commercial consumption has made the availability of gas cylinders scarce in Nagaon. There are about 5000 business establishments including hotels, restaurants, jewelleries etc using indane as the fuel but surprisingly, only 90 commercial connections have been registered in the town. This has resulted in acute shortage of cylinders for the commoners. [S]

Acute scarcity of potable water hits Tangla town

TANGLA, March 23: A major part of Tangla town has been deprived of drinking water for several months together for the irresponsible and negligent attitude of the Tangla Town Committee. The Chitranagar water supply scheme of the town committee has remained inoperative, as majority of machinery parts have been totally damaged and reportedly out of order. [S]

Acute scarcity of potable water hits tribal areas of Bokakhat

BADULIPAR, March 25: The people of the greater tribal area of Dusutimukh, Uppertermera and Mohuramukh under Bokakhat sub-division are facing an acute problem of scarcity of potable water. The people have been compelled to use water from ponds and beels, which is not fit for drinking. [S]

Goreswar water supply plant proves a failure GORESWAR, March 30: The Goreswar pure drinking water supply plant, which was set up near the SDC office here with a capacity of 1,10,000 litre, has become a white elephant. According to sources, requisite quantities of bleaching powder, sand and stone have not been supplied to the plant for over a year now. [AT]

Villagers along Indo-Bhutan border leading a miserable life

PATHSALA, April 25: Many villagers on the northern part of Nalbari and Barpeta districts along the Indo-Bhutan border are still leading a miserable life, without any modern amenities. The main problem of these people is the lack of drinking water. Although there are a few wells, these fail to cater to the needs of the people who are heavily dependent on river water to maintain their daily activities. Many villagers have to walk four to five km to collect drinking water, and often they spend two to three weeks without taking a bath or washing their clothes. [S]

LPG consumers sore over underweight cylinders

NAGAON, April 24: Consumers of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) are sore over supply of underweight cylinders by various gas agencies here and there are allegations that some such cylinders do not even contain half the LPG as mentioned on it. [AT]

Drinking water scarcity in Khanapara area

GUWAHATI, May 3: The residents of municipal ward No. 55 (Khanapara) held a meeting on May 1 under the chairmanship of Dr S Bujarbarua to discuss about the acute drinking water scarcity faced by the residents of the locality during the last few years. It is to be noted that the entire area is not covered under the urban water supply scheme of the municipality. [AT]

Drinking water scarcity

JAMUGURIHAT, May 9: In some dreams of Jamugurihat, Sootea, and Biswanath-Chariali under Sonitpur district, a good number of families have been faced with the problem of drinking water shortage following continuous drought causing the wells and tube wells to go dry. [S]

Consumers sore over underweight LPG cylinders

ABHAYAPURI, May 13: Consumers of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) in Bongaigaon district are sore over the supply of some underweight cylinders by various gas agencies. Allegations have been made since long that some cylinders do not even contain half the LP gas as mentioned on it's body. [AT]

Photo shows Zugir Mahal Part II water supply scheme lying abandoned for the last three years due to negligence of the concerned authority. It needs urgent repair. The Assam Tribune photo.

Pipe leakage affects drinking water

GUWAHATI, May 16: The water supply pipe from the MMC Hospital area to the flower market nearby has developed several leakages thereby compelling the Fancy Bazar people to drink unhygienic water, besides damaging the road. [S]

Serious water crisis likely in city GUWAHATI, May 22: Water and meteorological experts have warned that the burgeoning population in Guwahati, while straining the underground water resources, may cause a serious water crisis in the State capital in the future. Added to this, the increasing pollution of the surface water sources is gradually rendering them unfit for human consumption. [AT]

Govt worried over LPG transportation

GUWAHATI, June 2 (UNI): The State Government has expressed serious concern over certain anomalies in the transportation of filled LPG cylinders, making it hazardous for transporters as well as the public. The government has appealed to all consumers that they should insist on home delivery of filled LPG cylinder and pre-checking for leakage. [S]

Acute water crisis hits Bhutan border villages

RANGIA, June 11: The entire northern part of Tamulpur constituency adjacent to the neighbouring foot-hills of Bhutan is under the grip of acute drinking water crisis. [NED]

Potable water scarcity hits Orang and Majbat

ORANG, June 20: The people in the Orang and Majbat areas have been compelled to drink the unhygienic waters of the ponds, drains, etc., following the abrupt disconnection of electricity supply to the Orang Drinking Water Supply Project and the Majbat Drinking Water Supply project. [S]

Meghalaya organisation unearths Rs 22 lakh water supply scam SHILLONG, June 28: The Ri-War Mihngi circle of Synjuk Seng Samla Shnong (SSSS) has unearthed a scam of Rs 22 lakh involving the water supply department in the Pynursla area of East Khasi Hills district. The schemes were meant for the repair and renovation of the water supply units in 29 villages of the area. [NED]

City deluged by showers, master plan gathers dust

GUWAHATI, June 29: This is a story of a water supply, sewerage and drainage masterplan for Guwahati. It was prepared with a time frame of 30 years for implementation in three phases and after two years' meticulous study of the related problems and topographical features of Guwahati. About 29 years after submission of this masterplan, Guwahati, now the capital city of Assam, is reeling under storm water, sewage and silt during the rainy days, while it continues to cry hoarse for drinking water during the dry season. For, the masterplan has remained on paper! [AT]

Shallow tube wells may spell disaster in Assam : Water Board

GUWAHATI, July 12: The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has cautioned aga-inst going ahead with the next phase of the shallow tube well (STW) project fearing that the ground water table in the state may be lowered. [NED]

Potable water scarcity likely to hit Golaghat

GOLAGHAT, July 25: An acute water shortage is likely to hit Golaghat very shortly, as the Golaghat Municipal Corporation is yet to pay an outstanding amount of nearly Rs 2 crore to the electricity board. [S]

Satpukhuri reservoir, which is one of the drinking water sources for the city, is fast becoming a health hazard. It stands exposed to various kinds of potential contamination. The Assam Tribune photo.

63 LPG cylinders seized, six apprehended

GUWAHATI, Aug 2: The Bureau of Investigation of Economic Offence (BIEO) in a sudden operation arrested six persons in Baihata Chariali on Tuesday for their involvement in illegal LPG cylinder business. According to official sources, a group of BIEO personnel raided the Arun Hotel located at Baihata Chariali, arrested the persons and seized 63 LPG cylinders from the hotel. [AT]

Racket in LPG pilferage busted

GUWAHATI, Aug 29: Authorities of the bottling plants of LPG in the State have been alerted that a section of truck drivers and other staff engaged in ferrying LPG cylinders are involved in pilfering specially-made seals in cylinders for use in empty cylinders, which are filled up by pilfering the LPG from fresh cylinders en route to the agencies. This alert was issued following the busting of a racket involved in pilfering LPG from freshly-filled cylinders despatched from various bottling plants and using it to fill empty cylinders through an improvised method by sleuths of the Bureau of Investigation, Economic Offences (BIEO) at Baihata Chariali recently. [S]

CPI members demonstrating in front of the office of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation demanding solution for artificial floods in the city, and to supply potable water. Asomiya Pratidin photo.

Dhubri village still languishing in the dark ages

DHUBRI, Oct 28: Hazirhat a thickly populated village situated at a distance of about 10 km from the south bank subdivisional headquarter of Hatisingimari, is perhaps a curse of 21st century. There is no electricity, no water supply, no road, not even a footpath, no waterway as an approach for Hazirhat. [S]

Golaghat Municipality supplies dirty water

GOLAGHAT, Nov 6: The people of Golaghat are receiving dirty drinking water for the last few days. The water supplied by the Municipality is so dirty, that not to speak of drinking even clothes cannot be washed in it. The drinking water is full of muddy sediments and the people fear they are going to fall sick very soon if nothing is done about it. [S]

15-day civic body employees stir from Dec 1

GUWAHATI, Nov 30: The All Assam Municipal Employees Union, including the employees working in water supply who had not participated in earlier agitations, will resort to a 15-day strike from 5 a.m. of December 1 in protest against the failure on the part of the State Government to implement the agreement it had signed in a meeting with the civic body employees on July 12, 1990, a press release states. [S]