[Assam] Image of Assam from Google earth

[Himendra Thakur]

To: Mr. Sanjoy Hazarika   Dear Hazarika,   Your letter is heartrending.  Instead of felling our irreplaceable forest cover --- our Simolu, Ezar and Ahat trees, forests which are part of our lives and childhood ---  the National Highway could have been rerouted to an alternative alignment, leaving the existing road as a secondary state highway with less traffic.   In the 1960s, as a young engineer, I shouted into deaf ears about relocating the Saraighat Bridge to an upstream location so that the view of the sunset from Guwahati would not be ruined. By the way, I still remember a photograph of the sunset seen from the Northbrook Gate of Guwahati titled as “world’s most beautiful sunset” in Pan American calendar in 1956.    Now they are talking about a second bridge parallel to the existing Saraighat bridge. If the railways must cross the Brahmaputra at that point, they can sink an eighty-feet diameter tunnel under the river, demolish the bridges and save the view of “world’s most beautiful sunset” ----  an unique spectacle of a mighty river flowing into the sunset that inspired Bhupenda’s immortal song “asta akash .”   Economic development is to enrich the Motherland, not to ruin her. If the country is turned into a desert, like what Shri Partha Talukdar and other friends see in the satellite photographs today, Eternity will not forgive us for running after some economic development motivated by greed, pleasure, comfort and petty personal gratifications at the cost of social life and environment that make  the Motherland. I request you to watch my drama “Momor Ghar” that I wrote in 1965. At that time, I feared that the desert would take 6,000 years. I did not realize that the desert will be here in 60 years. Please telephone Director Abinash (361-251-5148) who will stage the drama for you.   With the best wishes, Himendra Barthakur Telephone: USA-617-922-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Sanjoy Hazarika To: Partha Talukdar ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [asom] Image of Assam from Google earth Dear friends:   i have learned of the extensive felling of vast tracts of forests near Jagiroad which are being clearned for the sake of "widening" the existing National Highway. These include Simolu, Ezar and Ahat trees, forests which are part of my life and childhood.  I have not seen the felling myself but relatives who have say they fell like weeping. and our local press appears too busy writing about political uncertainities, talks and non-talks and the usual scams.   so the brown patches may still overcome the green because what's visible from the sky may not match what's on the ground.   Sanjoy Hazarika   On 9/25/06, Partha Talukdar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One observation is that those parts don't have high resolution images. I could only zoom into Tezpur and Dibrugarh and those are distinctly different (& greener) patches compared to the rest (of mostly upper Asom). So my current conclusion will be that there is an algorithm which processes these satellite images and smooths the color which is shown and since there aren't enough high-res images of these parts, the output is not what is expected. I have spent some time in desert towns of Rajasthan and they look greener (in Google Earth) than the parts of Asom we are talking about. So, I am relieved for the time being :). ~Partha __._,_.___ SPONSORED LINKS Call india Money transfer to india Assam tea Assam High res photos Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___

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