COVID-19: Low footfall in Guwahati markets ahead of Bakri Eid
News | July 31, 2020 11:24 ISTAmid COVID-19 pandemic, markets in Assam's Guwahati witnessed relatively low footfall ahead of Bakri Eid.
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, markets in Assam's Guwahati witnessed relatively low footfall ahead of Bakri Eid.
Guwahati Development Department Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya on July 28 inaugurated city's first manhole cleaning robot to ensure minimal human involvement to clean the sewers.
Water level is gradually receding in Brahmaputra river amid flood conditions in parts of Assam. Water level had crossed danger-mark by 8 cm in the river.
The Kaziranga National Park in Assam recorded less wildlife causality this year so far, said Forest Minister of the state, Parimal Suklabaidya.
The Gauhati High Court has ordered the Assam government to provide the best treatment to prisoners who have tested positive for COVID-19 after suo motu cognisance of the rising number of cases inside the jails. Total 535 inmates have been infected by coronavirus in 10 jails across the state, and of the highest 435 were from Guwahati, Assam Inspector General of Prisons Dasarath Das said.
The water level of Brahmaputra River continues to rise in Assam's Guwahati.
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) PhD student Sharjeel Imam, lodged in Guwahati Central Jail for an inflammatory speech at an anti-CAA protest last year, tested positive for the novel coronavirus Tuesday.
Villages near Guwahati have been flooded creating havoc in the daily lives of the locals. As water level of Brahmaputra river has risen following heavy rainfall in the region, water entered the villages.
Guwahati: An adult golden tigress that was recently spotted in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, made news headlines because of its colour.Experts and scientists have now come up with an explanation of the rare golden colour of the tigress. Golden colour is "primarily a singular case of colour aberration caused by a unique gene", experts said on Tuesday. The only such big cat in the Kaziranga National Park, first spotted in 2014 during an all India tiger monitoring exercise, has "lighter
The four-page lockdown order said that there is continuing large-scale spread of COVID-19 occurring in almost the entire district of Kamrup Metropolitan which may be a major threat to public health, hygiene and safety of the general population.
Assam on Saturday extended the lockdown in Guwahati by another week. The lockdown will now remain in force till 7 pm on July 19.
An alarming increase was witnessed in COVID-19 cases in Guwahati. City reported more than 3,000 COVID-19 infections in the last 7-8 days.
'UV-Astra', a nano Ultra-Violet (UV) device, can kill viruses and bacteria and sterilise surfaces within three seconds, its creators Anant Mittal and Shubham Yennawar, both civil engineering students at the institute.
After hearing a matrimonial appeal filed by the husband, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Soumitra Saikia set aside an order of the family court which rejected his prayer for divorce on the ground that no cruelty was found on the part of the wife against him.
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in Guwahati and across Assam, the Kamrup Metropolitan has ordered a 14-day complete lockdown beginning today. The streets in Guwahati wore a deserted look this morning as a result of the lockdown measures. Guwahati city reported 195 coronavirus positive cases in last 24 hours.
With COVID-19 cases almost touching the 7,000 mark in Assam, state government announced to extend the lockdown further.
People of Guwahati, rushed to markets to buy essentials as government announced complete lockdown.
A woman student was killed in a landslide near the Raj Bhawan here, prompting the administration to ask people living in vulnerable areas to move to safer places," officials said.
Complete lockdown will be imposed in Guwahati for 14 days from 7 pm on June 28.
Guwahati will remain under lockdown for 14 days. Commissioner of Police of Guwahati, Munna Prasad Gupta said, "Complete lockdown will be enforced in Guwahati city from 7 pm on 28th June for 14 days.
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