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19 Assam Rifles recovers arms at Zedua
ITANAGAR, Sept 11: 19 Assam Rifles recovered cache of arms after a search operation launched at Zedua village yesterday.
While on a routine patrol one youth was apprehended yesterday at around 2 PM after he was seen suspiciously moving around near a Deomali Hotel.
When interrogated, he revealed that heavily armed NSCN (IM) cadres are present at Zedua Village.
Acting swiftly on this information a search operation was launched by the troops of 19 Assam Rifles in Zedua the same day.
After an hour the troops saw four cadres of NSCN (IM) running out from a house. The column of troops chased the cadres but taking advantage of the foliage and darkness they melted into the thick jungle.
On searching the place from where cadres escaped, a Grenade and one bipod of 7.62 mm Light Machine Gun was recovered that was dropped by the panic stricken fleeing militants.
The troops of 19 Assam Rifles then came back to the Zedua vill and carried out house clearing drill wherein house to house search was done.
While searching one of the house another Grenade, 40 Live rounds of AK -
Further investigation and combing operation are being done and troops of 19 Assam Rifles have sanitized the entire area.
Efforts on to help Nyigam cope with fire tragedy
ITANAGAR, Sept 12: Galo Community of Lower Dibang Valley working under various departments has contributed Rs 39050 to the fire victims of Nyigam Village in Basar Sub Division.
Dr. Jumdak Bam VO who is the Vice-
108 houses were gutted down in the area rendering at least thousand people homeless.
The Art of Living Arunachal Pradesh has launched a drive to mobilise relief material for the people affected by this week’s fire tragedy in Nyigam village in Basar. To start with, the NGO is mobilizing clothes for distribution to the victims through its sister organization International Association of Human Values (IAHV).
In Itanagar, it has issued an appeal to the general public to donate man’s and woman’s clothing which are in good condition. Donations in clothes and cash will be collected at the Art of Living Centre in H Sector.
The NGO, founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, will also soon start trauma relief programmes
to help the victims overcome the trauma of the tragedy, in which 108 houses were
gutted down to ashes. IAHV is also exploring the ways and means of assisting the
victims in long-
Citizens can contact the organisation at 9856028453 or 9436898022 for further information.
Galo Welfare Society while expressing shock on the regularity of fire accident that had happened in the on going week at Nyigam village, Basar, Karpu Kendra memorial school and St Thomas Messok memorial school both at Bogdo Aalo, expressed its heartfelt sympathy to the victims of these fire accidents.
In order to show its solidarity and support to the victims and in continuation to its gesture of contributing Rs one lac for Nyigam village where 108 houses were gutted, GWS contributes Rs 15000/ each to both the schools.
GWS while thanking Chief Minister and MP Western Parliamentary constituency and all other generous donors for their prompt support and response to the fire victims of Nyigam village, also appeals the Govt to sanction some emergency relief to help the school administrations to avoid losses of academic classes of the students as class rooms along with its furniture are reportedly all burnt down. GWS also appeals people dwelling in traditional houses in particular where chances of occurrences of such fire accidents are comparatively more to take necessary precautions in kitchens whether using fire wood or LPG or burning paddy husk to prepare local drinks or in regards to installation of proper and recommended electrical fittings and wirings by licensed electricians.
It further appeals the youth volunteers in villages to perform fire inspection duty religiously in all villages on turnwise basis every day as is already in practice in some of villages.
Action against school authority demanded
ITANAGAR, Sep 12: Arunachal Pradesh Youth Congress (APYC), Upper Subansiri Galo Students’
Union (USGSU) and All Baririjo Area Students’ Union (ABASU) have filed a complaint
against the authorities of Holy Child School, H-
The complaint was filed after the police found the body of a young school boy from a ditch behind the school.
The organizations claimed that the father of the deceased had warned the school authorities in writing that the life of his child was not secured in the school after he received a false complaint from the school authority that his son was involved in a fight with other students.
It further infomred that the warden said that late Ngakar Hete attended school on September 8 whereas the school principal’s statement says that the deceased has not been seen in the school for the last two weeks.
They further alleged that the warden is no longer available in the school. Such facts points towards the evident murder of the child by either the students of the school or the school authorities, they said.
The organization alleged that the school authorities have not only neglected their
duties but have also failed to co-
They have demanded immediate arrest of the culprits involved and sanction of exemplary punishment so that such incident is not repeated in the future.
Meanwhile, Investigation Officer S I Inya Ete informed that postmortem has been completed and the report is awaited while the body of the deceased has been handed over to the family.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra: The Light House for Rural People
By Manish Kanwat,
R. Bhagawati
Krishi Vigyan Kendra ( K.V.K. ) is a noble concept developed by Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR) which was rest upon a solid base of transfer of technology
from laboratory to farmer's field with respect to Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal
Husbandry, Plant Protection, Extension Education, Home Science and allied subjects.
As per the recommendations of Mohan Singh Meheta Committee during 1974, K.V.K.s were
established in different states. Gradually working guidelines are prepared to make
the K.V.K. as the light house for the rural people. Indian Council of Agricultural
Research emphasized on the research on agriculture and allied subject during 1960's
to generate new technology for increasing crop production in different agro-
Programme Coordinator is head of the K. V .K. family, he coordinates the work of
all scientists for smooth functioning of the K.V.K. as well as for the benefit of
the rural people of that particular area. He is also liaisoning with other line departments
for better coordination and effective implementation of different programs of the
K.V.K. in the adopted village. Every K.V.K. has adopted 4 to 6 economically, culturally
and technologically backward villages situated within the jurisdiction of the K.V.K.
These villages are not too small or too large. Before adoption a detailed survey
of the village was conducted to study the socio-
The objectives of all the activities undertaken by K.V.K. are :
(a) To demonstrate the new improved technology to the farmers as well as to the extension agencies directly in the farmers field with their active participation.
(b) To identify the important problems of that area as per the need of the farmers and prioritization of the identified problems as per their importance.
(c) To collect feed back from the farmers and extension agencies and to communicate these massage to research scientists for modification of technology.
(d) To impart training on different topics to different group of the villagers. .
(e) To provide new and important information to the extension agencies and NGOs for wider circulation in that locality to improve their economic condition.
(f) To prepare different extension models and verify these models in the farmers field with their participation to create confidence among them.
To achieve the above mentioned objectives K.V.K. undertake following types of activities in the adopted villages:
(1) Farm Advisory Service (2) Training programme for different categories of people.
(3) Training programme for the extension functionaries. (4) Front Line Demonstration
(Fill) (5) On Farm Testing (OFT).
Farm Advisory Services:
Krishi Vigyan Kendra otherwise known as Farm Science Center. It provides solution to any problems related to agriculture and allied subjects as and when faced by farmers of that particular locality. Interested farmers /persons can get proper advices regarding the establishment of new entrepreneurship on non traditional sector. The main function of advisory service center is to provide continuous and constructive advice along with sound theory and practical knowledge to the contact villagers regarding agriculture and its allied subjects for their cultural and economical improvement. The objectives of the Farm Advisory Center are as follows:
(a) To study the socio economic status of the villagers.
(b) To keep close relationship between K.V.K. and villagers.
(c) To prepare individual farm model for uplift of rural people.
(d) To provide training and advice to the rural people so as to enable them to take part
in the agricultural planning of the village, blocks as well as district.
(e) Formation of farm club, farm center or village committee for easy transfer of new
Information related to agriculture to the villagers in short time.
Training programme for different categories of people:
Training is one of the most important activities of Krishi Vigyan Kendra. Training
is planned and systematic effort to increase the knowledge, improves the skill and change the attitude of a person towards a particular subject. Training need assessment is the first
and foremost factor to be considered before conducting any training programme. Depending upon the need and categories of trainees, K.V.K. imparts mainly following three types of training:
(a) Training to the practicing farmers and farm women: Training on different subjects were conducted by the scientists of the K.V.K. as per the need of the local farmers of a particular area as well as the types of trainees and different audio visual aids are used to increase the efficiency of the training. As the trainees are practicing farmers and farmwomen, more emphasis was given on the practical than theory to improve their skill to change their attitude and increase their knowledge for that particular topic.
(b) Training to the Rural Youth: This type of training was imparted to the rural youth (Both male and female) mostly those are left their education in midway i.e. school dropouts. The main objective of this training is to provide sufficient knowledge and skill
regarding a new entrepreneurship so that they can start their own business singly or collectively and generate some income for their livelihood. The main thrust areas of this type of training are mushroom cultivation, bee keeping, preservation of fruits and vegetables, broiler farming, goat rearing, tailoring, wool knitting, hand crafts and exotic vegetable cultivation etc. for more profit. In this training more emphasis was given on the practical aspects and trainees were do the practical themselves to get more confidence. The scientists of the K.V.K. provide knowledge regarding the availability of the raw materials as well as the marketing of different products in that particular locality for the interested participants.
(c) Training programme for the Extension functionaries: In this group mostly government employees of agriculture along with extension functionaries of line department and members of different NGOs operated in that locality are trained in different aspects. The main objective of this type of training is to refresh the memory and up grade the knowledge and skill of the extension functionaries by providing recent and new information regarding new techniques as well as new approach of solving different problems faced by farmers of that locality. As the extension functionaries of different department act like a bridge between the scientists and villagers, the refinement of the knowledge is highly essential and quite helpful for effective and efficient transfer of the technology.
Front Line demonstration:
Front Line Demonstration (FLD) is the field demonstration conducted under the close supervision of the scientists because the technologies are demonstrated for the first time by the scientist themselves before being fed into the main extension system of the state department of Agriculture in that particular area. In this method newly released crop production and protection technologies and its management practices are adopted in a block of two to four hectares in the farmers field. Only critical inputs and training for this
demonstration are provided by Krishi Vigyan Kendra. In FLD both farmers and extension
functionaries are target audience. From the FLD, it is possible to generate some
data related to factors contributing to higher yield and also constraints of production
under various farming situations. Front Line Demonstration is conducted in a particular
area after thorough discussion and consultation with the farmers of that locality.
Depending upon the requirement of that area highly efficient new proven technology
with higher potentialities is selected for this programme. Generally a field day
is observed in the demonstration field when the crop is at maturity stage and interaction
between the scientists, farmers and extension functionaries takes place in the field.
The crop is harvested in the presence of the interested group of farmers so that
they can visualize-
On Farm Testing ( OFT):
Testing of any improved technology along with the farmers practice in the farmers
field with active participation of both the scientists and farmers is known as OFT.
In this method two to three improved varieties or two to three improved technologies
are tested in the same field so as to compare the results of these treatments. As
per the suggestions of the farmers as well as local soil and climatic conditions
the improved technology may slightly be modified by the scientists of K.V.K. to get
maximum return. All these activities of the K.V.K. are undertaken as per the suggestion
and approval of the Scientific Advisory Committee. This committee consists of representative
from the Vice-
* Manish Kanwat, Subject Matter Specialist (Agril.Extension), ICAR RC for NEH Region AP Centre, Basar, Arunachal Pradesh
** R. Bhagawati, Joint Director, ICAR RC for NEH Region AP Centre, Basar, Arunachal Pradesh
ASHAs’ role vital in rural areas
Correspondent
ROING, Sept 13: Lower Dibang Valley Deputy Commissioner Y W Ringu has called upon
the health activists, specially the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to
play a vital role in bringing the awareness about the need of good health and maintaining
hygiene among the rural and downtrodden people. Inaugurating the week-
Dr. M Basar DRCHO explaining the significant of being an ASHA said that ASHAs must have basic knowledge of the disease TB, AIDS, besides, pregnancy, child care, and malaria etc first so that they can serve the villagers in proper way.
Dr. Ista Pulu gynaecologist, Dr. Mitapo DTO, Dr. Yirang Pediatric, Dr. Gogoi DSO are the resource persons of the training programme.
EE contradicts allegation
ITANAGAR: Executive Engineer, PHED Roing Er. S Pertin while responding to AAPWU allegation on illegal appointments said that the appointments of casual staff on Adhoc, Contract basis Group D and C posts do not fall under the purview of the Executive Engineer, PHED, Roing. The allegation leveled against the EE, PHED, Roing is malicious and untrue.
Pertin further urged the association to verify the authenticity before going to press.
Social Services
ITANAGAR: Taraso Circle Youth Association is conducting social service from Bihmari Sontal Basti approach road to Town bill Bormai road on September 26.
Meanwhile, the association appealed the people of the area not to sell their rights to political leaders during election. It also appealed the candidates to play good and moral politics in the area.
Plantation prog
ITANAGAR: The Environment Protection Society has planted a large amount of saplings of different varieties of temperate forests today at SIB campus. Tawang.
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