Re: Road to the future: sandeep phukan

2002-11-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Dear H: What is there in it for us at assam except may be humuniya. Allow me to try and explain that : ** It was a sharing of good news. Good news in India is hard to come by, right? Therefore, a long overdue transportation systems project, using modern methods and cutting edge management

Re: Road to the future: sandeep phukan

2002-11-21 Thread Saurav Pathak
Chan Mahanta said on AssamNet: + Now about what is in Assam for it? Good question. There WILL be a leg all + the way to Silchar, won't it? Why is it not going anywhere else? Simple, + Santosh Mohan Dev, ex MP got his share of the pork for his consituency. The + rest of Assam did not get

re: road to the future

2002-11-21 Thread deepjyoti kakati
CM, if you look at map, no state has gotten its entire road system funded under this program...not just assam. the ONLY spurs funded are connectors to all the big ports like vizag, goa ..and this is to speed up goods traffic (india-usa 6 weeks, china-usa 2 weeks). the CPIM led longshoremen unions

Re: road to the future

2002-11-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Mr Prime Minister- get us a huge dam instead over Brahmaputra ! *** Ram Ram! Ki kwahe he tumi? Eitw prarthona korila, ne xaaw dila? c-da :-) At 12:19 PM -0500 11/21/02, Ram Dhar wrote: just wondering how our state will be involved when this River connecting project gets

Re: road to the future

2002-11-21 Thread Ram Dhar
prarthona saaar prarthona ! with your blessings Ram rajya is not far away expressway ( no tolls ) via Namtiwill be a reality if you vote for BJP in the next general elections ! From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ram Dhar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: road

Re: road to the future

2002-11-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
with your blessings Ram rajya is not far away ** You mean your blessing ? My blessings don't count, remeber? expressway ( no tolls ) via Namti will be a reality if you vote for BJP in the next general elections ! ** Let us not do that to the poor folks in Namti. They live quite peacefully

Re: Not MY Complaint

2002-11-21 Thread D Deka
"Note the pragmatic approach to a resolution of the problem offered by theretired IAS officer. Can you blame him?" ..What did the officer offer as the pragmatic approach? I couldn't find anything other than his bemoaning. There were quotes from others. Could you please point me to the

Re: Naxals

2002-11-21 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Thank you, Hazarika. I was dead wrong about their origin. I think they are only "alive" in Andhra now. And you are right, Assam does get all the adverse publicity, doesn't she? C'da: sorry for misinforming you all. See, because of my 'taan' towards South India, I even tried to give this undue

Re: Not MY Complaint

2002-11-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Dilip: It was right there: A senior, retired IAS officer of the Assam cadre heard about this case. And he raised a valid point. He said to the aggrieved UCO bank customers: You are young, you have the strength (bahubal in Assam) to extract what is due (prapya) to you.What about those retired

Re: Naxals

2002-11-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
No sweat Alpana. I did wonder though why an Andhra town would have a name like ---bari. Besides I DID know Naxalite movement as having started in West Bengal. I remember Charu Mazumdar. Just did not know how it has evolved and how it is today. In case you really want the low-down on it, look up:

Re: Not MY Complaint

2002-11-21 Thread D Deka
You are not referring to "Bahubal", are you? Are you saying he recommended physical assault? Naah. Dilip Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dilip:It was right there:A senior, retired IAS officer of the Assam cadre heard about this case. Andhe raised a valid point. He said to the aggrieved UCO

Re: Not MY Complaint

2002-11-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 11:11 AM -0800 11/21/02, D Deka wrote: You are not referring to Bahubal, are you? Are you saying he recommended physical assault? Naah. *** Why do you think he said it? And the writer paraphrased it? Obviously it IS an accepted form of conflict resolution today. Do you have a different

ajt and mig crashes

2002-11-21 Thread Saurav Pathak
very interesting numbers. in the last 5 years, there were 150 mig crashes and 60 pilots died. this must be bigger than any war india fought. --- http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/02211607.htm Lack of AJTs, key reason for MiG crashes New Delhi, Nov. 21. (PTI): Asserting that absence of

Re:BACK to the future

2002-11-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Don't forget You vote still counts ! ** Sure Ram. I vote telepathically. I don't know if it registers back in the ol' country, but my vote sure wreaks havoc in assam net. Not any more Atalji is dead serious to bring prosperity to NE , this time you will see a difference ! ** Should I hold

managing the homeless:PRC

2002-11-21 Thread deepjyoti kakati
a premably PRC poster Chon Tang has posted a clarification on how the PRC manages its inflow of labour into cities. in another forum. -- All Chinese citizens have a registered residence(hukou), referring to a specific city/village. In the past, this was a strict system that limited where you

Homeless in China

2002-11-21 Thread D Deka
Out of curiosity I searched google with "homeless in China" and found this article from Lehigh University. Xiaoyan Lai July 24, 2000 Final draft The Changing Homeless Situation in China The enormous changes in Chinese society in the last three decades can be seen through a glimpse at its

Re: Homeless in China

2002-11-21 Thread Saurav Pathak
Saurav Pathak said on AssamNet: + though it has nothing to do with homelessness, i would like to + recommend a travelogue/memoir on china. it is about a small provincial + town on the yangtze, in which an american spent two years teaching + english in the local college. it is a recent

Re: Road to the future:

2002-11-21 Thread Anjan K. Nath
Saurav, From what I saw and learnt of the new highway, the east-west corridor will bypass Shillong. It will go via the Nongkhlaw region near Mairang. As far as I know, existing roads will not be used as far as is practicable as this highway is four lanes either way -- i.e. eight lanes to and

Re: Road to the future:

2002-11-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hi A: As far as I know, existing roads will not be used as far as is practicable as this highway is four lanes either way -- i.e. eight lanes to and fro. *** Are you sure of this? I mean four lanes each way? Such a highway has HUGE traffic volume capability. Few US Interstate systems are 8

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Re: Road to the future:

2002-11-21 Thread Anjan K. Nath
Saurav, Not too sure of this, but I heard that a new bridge is on the drawing board. One of my friends (a senior IAS officer) mentioned that it will be near Guwahati, but I was not too familiar with the area. Anjan - Original Message - From: Saurav Pathak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Anjan K.

Re: Road to the future:

2002-11-21 Thread Anjan K. Nath
Hi CM, I could gather that piece of information from an Engineering Firm here who made a bid for the Tender for a section of the Highway. I am not sure whether they or one of their many subsidiaries in other East Asian countries got the contract. Taiwan has a North-South Highway that is 8 lane

Re: Need your help

2002-11-21 Thread Alpana Sarangapani
Hello Swapnali: Howdy!! and a big welcome from Texas. I am so glad to see Assamese girls doing so much on their own, nowadays. You are coming on the 27th, only five days left. But don't worry, you will gain one day- when you reach San Antonio, it will still be the 27th :) - you will gain a

Re: Need your help

2002-11-21 Thread a.saha
have you ever considered joining lonely planet? :-) /amlan. [ From: Alpana Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Nov 22, 2002 01:02 (-0600) ] Hello Swapnali: Howdy!! and a big welcome from Texas. I am so glad to see Assamese girls doing so much on their own,