All these so called developments are like show business. I too agree that during Asian Car Rally Guwahati has been made near to New York. But just after 30days its good look disappeared. Why this happens every time??? We need to understand. People are talking about VOLVO now days in Assam. But how many common people can afford this. Oil prices are going up every week by Rs2/3 and fares too increases by 20/40%. I remember traveling to Guwahati from Digboi in just Rs85/- in 1989. But today this becomes Rs340/-. Oil prices merely increased to its triple standard from than. But look at the deviation in the bus fares.
Now a days Transport department made Pollution Certificate, Insurance mandatory for all vehicles. But where does this money goes??? Can anybody explain??? Road tax has been paid by owner of vehicles in time. Even than he is not getting proper road infrastructures. Problems are with everybody. I will not blame govt. bodies only. We have to be more aware of the developments. But who will make people aware??? This is a big question. Regards Pranjal "The Difference Between Dreams and Accomplishments is Purely Desire" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mc mahant Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 6:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] newspapers of the world Volvo bus OR Good roads plus cheap old Tata bus for Janata? Costly Road maintenance EVERY year after monsoon ptholes using TRADITIONAL Indian Bitumen Technology OR resurfacing lightly once every 5years with POLYMER-Modified Bitumen This is the Choice in front of 'Hoping to be an "Advanced Countryby 2020" India.Also in front is another choice for Vajpayee-like Dream Merchants--Do you need 6-Lane Autobahns/Toll ways to carry' Wheat from Haryana' to our "fighting jawans "in Manipur like "Fresh Milk from Frisco "to GI's in Vietnam Barua/Nath please join in to the road topic which you were self-pityinga month back mm >From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Gautam Choudhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Alpana B. Sarangapani" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, assam@assamnet.org >Subject: Re: [Assam] newspapers of the world >Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 20:35:17 +0100 (BST) > > >seems situation is a little better than before. So people travel in costly >Volvo buses in Assam . I rode on one exactly one year ago while going to >Delhi to board a plane to US. It costs twice the normal super deluxe fare >and 4 times the regular express bus service. I used it since it was >convienient and dropped me right at the airport gate. > >But Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains show that they are trying to upgrade the >services for atleast the upper middle class folks. May have a trickle down >effect later. > >Umesh > >Gautam Choudhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Baideo, > >Sorry to reply you so late. In fact I tried to reply >you on the day I received your mail. It didn't go then >for some reasons unknown to me. After that somehow I >was not able to reply you. Anyway I am trying to reply >your mail now. > >Yes, you guessed it right - I am from Guwahati only. >In last 2-3 years some developments have been going on >in Guwahati. The roads condition have improved a lot >specially after the Asian Car Rally. The GNB road is >being widened. Till 1 year ago, we thought it was next >to impossible. But, since the activities are going on >in this rainy season, the GNB road condition is >becoming bad. There are 2 big storm water drains being >constructed - one at Noonmati where a canal is also >constructed through a small hillock and the other is >at Narengi. Authorities have planned to drain out the >excess water during the rainy days to Brahmaputra. One >can hope that the flood problem will be reduced once >the drains are completed. > >The communication to upper Assam from Guwahati have >also imporved in recent days. One can travel upto >Tinsukia in 6-7 hours by Volvo buses. Though I am not >sure the fare will be around Rs. 360. We have >Jan-Satabdi train running from Guwahati to Jorhat. It >has A/C chair car facility. The Rajdhani Express is >now extended to Dibrugarh. One can also go upto Ledo >by Inter-City Express (train) which is an overnite >journey. I think you already know that we have now >local trains to Nagaon and Bongaigaon. The office >goers are the daily commuters there. > >Job oppurtunity in private sectors have slightly >increased mainly for the lower grades. The higher >qualified people have to venture out to Bangalore, >Hyderabad etc. for better oppurtunity. However, one >good sign is there - qualified people will no longer >sit idle here. They will promptly go outside Assam >which was not the case in the eighties and nineties. > >That is all for today. There will be lot of things >which we could not appreciate from here. Those things >could be noticed from your angle. Kindly let us also >know some of your views about Guwahati/Assam these >days. > >I dont know whether you will be senior to me or not. >Since, most of the netters are calling you 'baideo' - >I am doing the same. For your reference - I am of 1978 >matric batch from Assam. > >Regards > >Gautam CHoudhury >--- "Alpana B. Sarangapani" >wrote: > > >--------------------------------- > >Glad to hear from you and to know that you liked the >one-stop site for all the newspapers, Gautam. Thank >you! > >I am guessing you're from Guwahati? How is everything >there? Would love to hear anything and everything >about it. > >I know banks open twice a day nowadays, with a break >in between and State Bank does not have an ATM machine >that takes cards from other banks - but only their >cards, if you have an account (and money in it, of >course! :)) with them. About types of buses that run >in and out of town, fare rates, how long it takes to >reach Dibrugarh from Guwahati (for example) - since >the highways are much better now, anything! > >Didn't mean to put the pressure on you, but the >questions go to everyone. And you can ask me >questions too. Since we have this wonderful net, might >as well take advantage of it and communicate with each >other.... way to communicate with people from afar but >with common background/interests, couldn't be any >better. > >Thanks again. > >- A. Sarangapani > >Houston, Texas. > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >From: Gautam Choudhury >To: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" >, assam@assamnet.org >Subject: Re: [Assam] newspapers of the world >Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:46:24 +0100 (BST) > >Thank you Alpana Baideo. This is really a useful > >website. It is surprising to find that though there > >are so many newspapers published from Assam > >thesedays, a few only have there web-version. > > > >Gautam CHoudhury > >--- "Alpana B. Sarangapani" > > wrote: > > > > > >--------------------------------- > > > >Hello again, Everybody: Just wanted to share this web > >site that includes the newspapers of the world, with > >you. Many of the new Assamese newspapers (and the > >English ones) are included (like, The Assam Tribune, > >The Sentinel, The Telegraph, Aji, Ajir Oxom etc., but > >no 'Doinik Oxom' and 'Oxom Bani'). Anyway, here it >is: > > > >http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > assam mailing list > > > assam@assamnet.org > > > > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________________ > >Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your >messages > >Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________________ >Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. 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