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Defence
Minister Visits North-East
 The
Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes made a three-day visit
to the North-East recently. During his visit, he met the
Governors and the Chief Ministers of Tripura and Arunahcal
Pradesh. After visiting Khonsa and Jairampur which are far
flung areas in Arunachal Pradesh, he visited Guwahati and met
the Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) SK Sinha. Talking to a section of
the Press at the Borjhar Airport in Guwahati, he said that the
Government was taking adequate steps to contain ISI activities
in the North-East.
- Maj R K
Bhattacharya
Flood Relief
Operations
 Following
the torrential rains in many areas of Assam, the civil
administration requisitioned the Army and Air Force to provide
relief to the affected public. Evacuation work was carried out
by the Army and Air Force, with the help of helicopters and
boats, rescuing almost 4000 people from inaccessible areas
besides providing food and medical aid to them.
In the
district of Kamrup, particularly Rangiya sub-division, columns
of Army rescued nearly 2000 people. The jawans of Sikh
Regiment braved the currents of the overflowing Barlia River
to rescue the marooned people. They also gave medical
assistance to 2500 flood-affected people.
In Sonitpur
district, Panchmailgaon and surrounding ten villages near
Tezpur were marooned by the water of Bhareli River. The troops
of Assam Rifles rescued around 700 people in addition to
distributing 65 quintals of relief material.
In the
districts of Kokrajhar and Nalbari, the Army rendered yeoman
service by rescuing nearly 500 people affected by the flood
waters of Saralbhanga and Pagaladiya Rivers, respectively.
Cooked food was distributed while 1.5 tons of food stuff was
airdropped.
- Maj R K
Bhattacharya
Project Setuk
 Lt
Gen A K Puri, Director General of Border Roads Organisation
(BRO), visited the HQs of Chief Engineer project Setuk in
Shillong recently. During his visit, Lt Gen Puri also
addressed a press conference where he highlighted the role and
details of the major construction projects being undertaken
for development of the north-eastern region.
Talking about
the project Setuk which looks after the infrastructural
development in South Meghalaya, South Assam and the state of
Tripura, he lamented that militancy was badly affecting the
progress of the construction of fencing work along the
Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura. The North Eastern Council
(NEC), the nodal agency entrusted with co-ordinating the
infrastructural development of the North East, including road
construction, has entrusted BRO with laying of nearly 3400 kms
of road of which, 2800 kms of formation and 2200 kms of
surfacing was completed, he added.
Among other
significant achievements of the project is the resurfacing of
Agartala Air Field Works without disrupting the regular
flights and construction of two accommodation projects for
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in the high-insugency areas of
Tripura. The DGBR maintained that the organisation has
expanded to be one of the country's premier and most
sought-after construction agencies.
- Sqn
Ldr T K Singha
EAC Commanders'
Conference
 The
Air Chief Marshal A Y Tipnis inaugurated the annual Eastern
Air Command (EAC) Commanders' Conference at Shillong.
Commending the laudable role played by the Eastern Air
Command, the Air Chief emphasised that while aircraft,
equipment and systems give capabilities, the actual winning
factor would be the human being. The intelligence, imagination
and ingenuity of the human mind would really make the
difference. And towards this end, development of human
resource was a key area in the Air Force, he said.
Later, the
Air Chief gave away the EAC trophies to the winners.
- Sqn Ldr T K
Singha
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