Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visits Majuli
Feb 18, 2023, at 11:46 pm
Guwahati: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday visited the construction site of Majuli-Jorhat bridge over Brahmaputra to take stock of the work in progress.
Assam: Lady SI, who arrested her fiance, faces corruption charges
Jun 05, 2022, at 04:33 am
Majuli: A lady sub-inspector, who had last month gotten her fiance arrested over fraud charges, was arrested on Saturday in connection with corruption charges linked to her ex.
Assam boat tragedy: Sarbananda Sonowal visits Majuli, Nemati Ghat, meets family of missing person
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:43 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal visited his home constituency, Majuli on Friday in the aftermath of the tragic boat accident over river Brahmaputra that happened near the river island district on Sept 8.
Flood situation in Assam grim, over 2.25 lakh people of 15 districts affected
Aug 29, 2021, at 03:59 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam has turned worse with more than 2.25 lakh people being affected in 15 districts in the state.
Centre declares roads connecting Majuli as National Highway
Nov 20, 2020, at 10:06 pm
Guwahati/IBNS : The centre has declared the roads connecting the existing National Highway-715 near Jorhat with Kamalabari Ghat in Majuli in Assam as National Highways (NH) 715K under National Highways Act, 1956.
Assam CM inaugurates Raas Festival in river island district Majuli
Nov 11, 2019, at 10:35 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday inaugurated the Majuli Raas Festival in Assam’s river island district Majuli
Sonowal reviews flood situation in Assam's Majuli
Jul 19, 2019, at 08:52 pm
Guwahati, Jul 19 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday took stock of the flood situation in Majuli and also inspected Geo Bag erosion prevention work at Dakhinpat Kumar Gaon.
Teacher dies in hospital after being carried in hand cart through broken roads in Assam's Majuli
Aug 18, 2018, at 04:23 pm
Guwahati, Aug 18 (IBNS) : The miserable condition of road connectivity and health care facilities in Assam’s river island district Majuli was once again exposed when a teacher died due to lack of poor road connectivity and medical treatment.
Sonowal warns contractors of legal action for delay in Majuli protection project implementation
Jul 13, 2018, at 07:46 pm
Guwahati, July 13 (IBNS): Irked by the slow pace of implementation of Assam’s river island Majuli protection project, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday issued strong warning of taking legal action against erring contractor organisation if they fail to complete the project within stipulated timeframe.
Majuli to be India’s first carbon neutral district and biodiversity heritage site : Assam CM
Mar 21, 2017, at 11:10 pm
Guwahati, Mar 21 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday launched initiatives to develop Majuli as India’s first carbon neutral district and as a biodiversity heritage site coinciding with the celebration of International Day of Forest at Brahmaputra State Guest House in the city.
Sonowal writes letter to Rail Ministry to put Majuli, Barpeta on rail map
Jan 06, 2017, at 12:49 am
Guwahati, Jan 5 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal shot off a letter to Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohian to immediately link Majuli and Barpeta to rail network.
Majuli to be first Wi-Fi district of Assam
Dec 23, 2016, at 02:28 am
Guwahati, Dec 22 (IBNS): Assam's Majuli, the biggest river island of the world and the newly upgraded district, is all set to become a Wi-Fi enabled district soon.
Majuli's prestige is the Assam's prestige: Sonowal
Sep 08, 2016, at 12:52 am
Guwahati, Sept 7 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said that Majuli's prestige is Assam's honour and it will be upheld at any cost.
Assam CM urges State Railways Minister for rail connectivity with Majuli
Aug 17, 2016, at 01:16 am
Guwahati, Aug 16 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal urged the Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain and the officials of the Railways to construct a railway bridge connecting Majuli from Dhakuakhana to expose the biggest river island in the world to tourists.
Officials placed under suspension following negligence of duty in Majuli
Jul 30, 2016, at 01:15 am
Guwahati, July 29 (IBNS): At the directive of the Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, the Water Resources Department has suspended four officials for exhibiting gross negligence of duty during the current wave of flood in Majuli.