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The flood in Assam is gradually taking more areas under its grip with around 30 additional villages inundated today, affecting a total of nearly 2,000 hectares of agricultural land in seven districts.

According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), Brahmaputra and its tributary Jia Bharali is flowing over the danger mark at Jorhat and Sonitpur respectively.

In Tinsukia district, 14 villages have been affected today, hitting around 5,000 people. Besides, 13 villages have come under water in Dhemaji district, along with 1 in Lakhimpur.

Heavy rains are reported from many parts of the state. So far, nearly 140 villages are under water, affecting nearly 55,000 people, official sources said.

As per ASDMA records, 1,097.94 hectares of agricultural land have been submerged in two districts -- Dhemaji and Lakhimpur -- with standing crops under water. Besides, 858.69 hectares of land is affected in Golaghat, Kamrup and Jorhat districts. Nearly 10,500 animals and poultry have been affected so far.

The flood this season has also damaged around 550 houses in these villages. Erosion has been noticed on Khalihamari Butikur road in Dhemaji. Also, one bridge has been washed away in Sadiya sub-division of Tinsukia district.

Six roads have also been damaged in Golaghat along with a bridge. Embankments were breached at two places in Karimganj.

The people in the villages have left their homes to take shelter in the highlands.

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Well meaning words of advise from an experienced hand .......

To my friends in the North East.

Its been 10 years since I was first introduced to North East Development at an ICC seminar in New Delhi. Over the years I found former Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's insights to be inspiring and I have taken a great interest in trying to understand the North East and its people. So fond I have grown of them that besides mentoring youngsters from NE in Mumbai and Pune and often saving them from landlords rental wrath, they take care of my home and our office too.

Work related, I come from a business family of 5 generations from Kutch in Gujarat (I am a Kutchi). We have been in Maharashtra for most of the 20th Century. More on my grandfather at http://beemanagement.com/mdg.jsp. I have been involved with the IT and Finance markets in the late 1980's and thereafter into management consulting for business growth into India and within India.

As of last year, after some learning of the North East, I have taken the courage to set up EWI Development Initiative Foundation as a Sec. 25 Not For profit Company. The purpose is to create an assistance pipeline from the resources of the Western Region to contribute to North East Development and Market Expansion. This presupposes that Entrepreneurship Development is the way forward for creation of wealth and prosperity in the North East. Hence we will work on a number of programs to include - Entrepreneurship mentoring, Social Entrepreneurship projects in education health and water management through self help groups, skills development, networking and interconnecting for North East youngsters in the Western Region and promotion for and advocacy of the North East in the Western Region. Some more at http://bit.ly/ewif_pdf

I have written to you, recognizing that many of you will take leadership positions in social and commercial entrepreneurship. Many of you may engage with us. Despite the long and arduous journey to engaging with you all, I believe that each engagement should be considered independently of any future engagements and each relationship needs a sense of reciprocity and mutuality, where respect must be mutual and obligation, reciprocal.

As you, my friends in the North East, would like to gain in your confidence in us, so would we in the Western Region like to gain in our confidence in you. As you embark on your development journey, we are with you to help and to partake in your success.  As you move into a new phase of your development, be wise to choose the right partners,  a strong team, with a DEMONSTRATED LONG TERM VISION & one which will undoubtedly prove itself. On your part, and in a sense of reciprocity and mutuality, where respect must be mutual and obligation, reciprocal, please do adhere to acceptable work practices of the professional world, presently at an ebb in the North East. Development cannot be a free meal! Anyone promising you one, may in reality, be taking you for a ride. Keep a sound balance between your valour and your wisdom.

Best Regards,

Rajiv Bhatia

HAURI-LUNG is a Girls' Hostel in Pune for North East Students

HAURI-LUNG is a Girls' Hostel to "Disciple and impact students, through a residence home, studying in Pune, India".

A Girls' Hostel for students especially from North East India, who are away from Home without much concrete guidance or support available in the city in the absence of parents. This can be an opportunity for them to shape their lives through, in the form of a residence discipleship, and in the form of providing a place of stay in a secure environment in which one can live, study, grow and be nurtured in their faith.

MR.ROCK LUNGLENG currently serves as President of the North East Community Organization, Pune which addresses the needs, legal issues, and welfare of the North easterners. He has also served as the Naga Students’ Union President. He has helped number of students to gain admissions to colleges and help them find places to live. He has served in Church, students’ ministries and organizations, which have given him valuable experience in knowing the needs of students coming to Pune, as well as helping find solutions to meet those needs. He has a heart for ministry and serving people.

ADVISORY COUNCILS:

-Pastor Achu Chang of Naga Christian Fellowship, Pune
-Rev. Joel Williams, India Rep for Global Sports Partners
-Dr. Lanu Wabang Jamir, Professor at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune
-Miss. Lilia K.Jimomi , Former Chairperson of Naga Christian Fellowship , Pune.



Email  directorhaurilung.pune (at) gmail.com


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