Indigenous People’s Forum to boycott polls

 HAFLONG:March 14 – Threatening to boycott the ensuing Assembly election, the Indigenous People’s Forum (IPF) communities of NC Hills in the 16 Haflong (ST) Assembly Constituency has submitted a memorandum to the Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi, recently.

The memorandum maintained that the Dimasas constituted barely 35% of the total voters in the district Electoral Rolls-2008, published by the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, NC Hills in 2008. In collusion with the Group of Ministers constituted by the Governor of Assam, it went ahead without the consent of the apex bodies of other communities and changed the nomenclature of NC Hills to ‘Dima Hasao District’ just to appease one particular community, i.e. the Dimasas.

Since the changing of the nomenclature of NC Hills, they, the Indigenous People’s Forum (indigenous non-Dimasa communities) had been demanding bifurcation of NC Hills into two autonomous districts-one for the Dimasas and the other for the non-Dimasas under the Articles 244(2) and 275(1) of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India.

It is noteworthy that through the Governor’s notification, a Cabinet .Sub-Committee (Group of Ministers) was set up way back in July 16 last year in recognition of the demands and aspirations of the non-Dimasa communities living in NC Hills (now Dima Hasao). But not a single meeting between the IPF and Cabinet sub-Committee has been conducted till date.

Subsequently, a task force under the chairmanship of PP Verma, Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam was constituted. As such, the task force immediately started collecting the population census of the proposed demand areas of the IPF through the student wing of the IPF.

However, the data duly collected by the IPF have been rejected by the task force citing inconsistencies in the data time and again even after repeated corrections and adjustments.

Constant delays by the Government and indifferent attitude towards its demand for bifurcation have made the IPF doubt the sincerity of the Government in its approach towards addressing the democratic and rightful demands of the IPF, whereby compelling the Indigenous People’s Forum (non-Dimasa communities of NC Hills) to take the extreme step of boycotting the forthcoming Assembly election of Assam in the demand area under the 16 Haflong (ST) Assembly Constituency.

The IPF communities of NC Hills therefore humbly request you to kindly influence the Government of Assam to immediately attend to our demand for bifurcation of the district under the above mentioned Articles of the Constitution of India, the memorandum to the Chief Election Commissioner concluded.

36 HOURS BAND IN DIMAHASAO DISTRICT

In protest against the custodial death of Wari Dimasa, DHD(J) cadre by Dogra Regiment, camp Thaizuari, the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) calls for a 36 hours Dima Hasao Bandh starting from 5 AM of March 14th (Tomorrow).

They are demanding Arrest of the commanding officer of Dogra regiment and compensation of 5 lakhs rupees to the family and 3. Withdrawal of the Dogra regt from Dima Hasao District.

Mentionably,One Wari Dimasa @ Thangben Kemprai, 19, a cadre of Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel)son of Pelen Kemprai of Mojowari under Diyungbra died in Army custody, the relatives alleged.

According to his relative Kemprai had gone to his home on leave for 7 days, but he became late to return to the designated camp. On March 9, jawans of 16 Dogra Posted at Thaizuari brought him from his house and later informed the relatives Kemprai died.

SOURCE:ASSAM TIMES

PEOPLE THREATEN TO BOYCOTT THE ELECTION

The North Cachar Hills (Now Dima Hasao) BG Railway Line Compensation Demand Committee has threatened to boycott the forthcoming Assembly Election 2011 if the Railway authority fails to pay the compensations to the 245 affected families due to BG conversion of Dautuhaja area of Dima Hasao district.

The Dima Hasao District (erstwhile N.C. Hills) was the part of Cachar District to the North which came into existence well before the Indian Independence. During the British era its total geographical area was recorded 4898 sq. km with total population about  1, 20,000 or more in the then united Mikir Hills and N.C. Hills amalgamated district of which the former is presently nomenclature as Karbi Anglong and the later now known as Dima Hasao. Then both the regions were under the single administration unit and control. After the attainment of Independence, these both sections were subsequently being provided the provisions for creation of Autonomous District Council and were separated under the name of Karbi Anglong District and N. C. Hills District. With the fulfillment of all the requirements and standards the Government of India and Assam under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India accordingly within the limitation of geographical boundaries entitle and entrust all the land as own by the hills tribal people as per the deals to the Land and Revenue Department under the Administrative control of the Autonomous Council of N. C. Hills and Karbi Anglong respectively.

Owing to self governance and lack of higher initiatives the district is dragging behind in heap and bound in compare to its neighboring districts. The Dimasa people which being the major tribe and inhabitants of the districts with all and almost all of the Villages being established 120 years ago are mostly dependent on dry agricultural productivities and wet paddy land. Jhum Cultivation being the part and parcel of the entire populace of the district irrespective of caste and creed is the only source of economic; dependence.

The affected villagers in the ongoing B.C. Line conversion in the district are very poor and are all dependent in forest products, valuable trees and bamboos etc. which serve as the only source of income for us. Depriving them of such possessions is an unthinkable and unfathomable step that is also without any proper recompense of at all and in any form or kind.

The Autonomous Council was constituted under the provision of the Sixth Schedule and Article 244 of the constitution to safeguard, protect and for the upliftment of the downtrodden tribal people living in this district of N.C. Hills (now Dima Hasao) and accordingly the District Council had formulated Customary Law and other Civil Law from time to time. In this regard it is to be mentioned here that the District Council has set up a Revenue & Settlement Department to regularize the land under the jurisdiction of the N.C. Hills Autonomous Council. Accordingly the Revenue & Settlement Department after proper verification under provision of the Constitution of the District Council thereby issued Pattas to the villagers as a proof of ownership of land and realized land revenue taxes annually. Further, according to the Constitution of the District Council formed under the provision of the Sixth Schedule and the Customary Laws of the Land, any persons who occupies a land and construct houses and formed village or residing in that particular land for more than 1 (one) year cannot be dispossessed from that particular land without giving a proper compensation. In this regard a Resolution was adopted in the ALL INDIA REVENUE MINISTER CONFERENCE held on Dated 15-03-204 at New Delhi, wherein it was stated in the Resolution No. 4 that no any person residing in the tribal area for more than 1 (one) year should be evicted from the possession of the land belonging to the State Government or Central Government without giving proper compensation and rehabilitation.

 SOURCE: ASSAM TIMES

DIMA HASAO FEARS VIOLENCE

HAFLONG:

The DIMA HSAO Autonomous Council (DHAC) has condemned law enforcing authorities for failing to put a halt to violence by unidentified miscreants in Haflong of  Dima Hasao district. The DHAC officials also expressed concern over the persistence of the situation in the area which might disrupt the assembly elections in April.

Haflong has seen several incidents of violence during the last few days. A grenade was defused on Thursday morning at the residence of Mayanon Kemprai, an executive member of the Haflong council. Another grenade attack was reported from the house of Subrata Hojai, an executive member, on Wednesday.

"We condemn such acts of miscreants who are trying to disturb peace in the district. The more serious concern is that no one has been able to nab the culprits. Security mechanisms and the state government have failed to curb crime in the area," said the chairman of the council, Depolal Hojai, addressing a press meet in the city on Thursday. "We want an immediate solution to the problem. The law enforcement agencies and the central government should find a permanent solution to check the formation of groups that can disturb peace in the district and affect development work here," Hojai said urging the central government to expedite the process of peace talks.

4 NE States to have anti-terror schools

March 2 – Four of the eight North eastern States would have Counter Insurgency and Anti-terrorist Schools (CIATs).

Of the 20 CIATS proposed to be set up, 13 schools have already been set up and are functional. In the North-east CIAT would be located in Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura.

The government has sanctioned Rs 52.40 crore for the scheme. Rs 25.50 crore was released to the State governments. Assam has so far been given Rs 4.5 crore, of which it has utilised Rs 3.38 crore, Minister of State for Home Affairs Gurudas Kamat said in a Lok Sabha reply on Tuesday.

Significantly, though militancy is on the wane in several Northeastern States the threat can never be ruled out. Most of the militant groups in the region are presently engaged in talks with the Centre.

BOMB BLAST AT HAFLONG COUNCIL

Bomb blast took place at Haflong Council in the evining around 6:30pm today.

No casualties as far the information received.It is said that no one know who had put the bomb or the information is yet  to reveal the involvement of the incident.

CENTRE CLEARS PROSECUTION OF DIMA HASAO ENGINEER.

The Centre has approved prosecution of an engineer in connection with the multi crore scam. According to home ministry sources, NIA probing the terror funding cases in NC Hills gets green signal to prosecute an engineer Karuna Saikia in this connection where funds meant for poor people has been siphoned off and part of swindled fund reached DHD-J.
source:assam times

NO ENTHUSIASM IN ELECTIONEERING IN DIMA HASAO

When the entire state is getting ready for the ensuing Assembly election, here in Dima Hasao, the lone 16-Haflong (ST) constituency, no enthusiasm was observed till the date.
Because—Lone constituency, more over the people are interested in Autonomous Council and above all the ruling Congress (I) last time denied the ministry for the lone MLA of Dima Hasao. People said only one MLA out of 126 MLAs in the state cannot raise the voice of the people. This way, the existing MLA was helpless to provide benefit to the people of the district.
The people of Harangajao, alleged they never saw the MLA within last five years. The MLA never raised any voice for the people of Harangajao. They were suffering a lot for the lack of road, medical care etc.The Hafong – Silchar road is prime means of communication for the people of Harangajao. But due to wanton earth cutting in the name of BG construction, Haflong- Silchar remains in dilapidated condition for a long time.
The people of Gunjung and Dehangi alleged most of the political leaders come to them only before the election but after winning they disappear like anything. They promise a lot during the election but never try to address their grievances. Some say they even don’t know the name of their MLA. All the offices here are lying as cowshed. The weeds have engulfed the office building and even the quarter of the staffs. The condition of PHE, PWD, Soil Conservation, High School building, Veterinary etc are in dilapidated condition. The medical facilities are also inadequate. This centre cannot provide minimum basic needs of the people. The Dehangi High School and hostel building are in deplorable condition.
source:assam times

GRENADE RECOVERED FROM HAFLONG FROM ESSAR.

Police recovered a Chinese grenade from Essar Petrol Pump here at Haflong this morning which was kept near oil lifting machine. Mentioned may be made here that the Essar pump is belonged to Niramal Langthasa, youngest son of the Local MLA Sri G. C. Langthasa. This pump is situated adjacent to the residence of the MLA. Later, Army defused the grenade.

HILL QUEEN RESUMES SOON

GUWAHATI. – A delegation of the Public Services Forum (PSF), Dima Hasao District, Assam led by its president Kulendra Daulagupu and joint secretary Liton Chakraborty on Friday met Keshav Chandra, General Manager, NF Railways in order to address the problem arising out of the suspension of the Hills Queen special train between Lumding and Lower Haflong for more than a month, a press release stated.
The delegation told the General Manager that since the suspension of the train service, the common people of the Dima Hasao district have been facing a lot of hardships as the train serves as a connection to the Jana Shatabdi Express, thereby providing better connectivity between the State capital and Haflong.
Since the introduction of this special train in 2008 by Ashutosh Swami, the then General Manager, NF Railways, it has always benefitted the students pursuing higher studies and the patients undergoing better treatment in Guwahati and elsewhere, traders and businessmen, the district officials, security personnel and other classes of the people from the district. Later, the delegation submitted a memorandum to the General Manager demanding immediate resumption of the Hills Queen special train with two services: Down train from Lumding to Lower Haflong, departure time at 10 am and Up train from Lower Haflong to Lumding at 12 noon daily; introduction of direct ticketing system for those passengers who want to travel from Lower Haflong to Guwahati and back; creation of a vigilance committee with the railways staff and members of the Public Services Forum (PSF) to monitor and check unauthorised passengers without tickets and unauthorised stoppages at non-scheduled stations and revision of the passenger fare tariff as per the distance and the special status of the train.
Keshav Chandra, GM assured the delegation that the service of the Hills Queen special train would be resumed shortly, the release added.

EDUCATION CONCERN IN DIMA HASAO DISTRICT.

As from the report received,it is said that recently A SPECIAL TEAM of central government from delhi was sent to DIMA HASAO district of ASSAM for the inspection of education system in the district. It was true that they have visited the district but of no use. The education department of the district has boycotted from inspection.They collected an amount of Rs.1000/- from each schools in every villages of the district. and had given to the team.This is to be noted that it is a very serious crime committed by the the respective officials.

The respective government should take action against the department ant the social organisation of the district should filed a case on it.Specially the students of the district should look into the matter by protest against the department. 

                      

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                 Dima Hasao -A bird's eye view

 

                                         

                        Name of the District     :-             North Cachar Hills

                        District created            :-             02-02-1970

                        Head Quarters             :-             Haflong

                        Sub-Divisions              :-             i)     Haflong 

                                                                           ii)     Maibang 

                        No. of Villages            :-              552

                        Distance from State    :-              368 k.m.

                        Capital  to Haflong        

  Mode of Communication:

Air Service :- Though there is no direct Air connection to  DIMA HASAO District, one can fly up to Silchar or  Guwahati, from where easy road & railway services to the district are available.

Available Bus services :-    

From	Service	To	Time
Guwahati     (Paltan Bazar)	Network(Pvt.)	Haflong	8.30 p.m.
Nagaon	A.S.T.C.	Haflong	10.00 a.m.
Lanka (Dist. Nagaon)	Pvt.	Haflong	06.00 a.m. 11.15 a.m.

 Railway service :-  

Trains available	From	Departure	To	Arrival
B.G.Express	Guwahati	3.15 p.m.	Lumding	7.30 p.m.
Inter City Express	Guwahati	7.00 p.m.	Lumding	10.45 p.m.
Barak Valley Express	Lumding	7.15 a.m.	Haflong	11.30 a.m.
Tripura Passenger	Lumding	9.15 a.m.	Haflong	1.45 p.m.
Cachar Express	Lumding	9.15 p.m.	Haflong	2.00 a.m.
Barak Valley Express	Silchar	7.00 a.m.	Haflong	1.00 p.m.
Cachar Express	Silchar	5.00 p.m.	Haflong	11.45 p.m.

 

                    District Boundary      :-   

                               East    : Manipur & Part of Nagaland

                               West   : Meghalaya & Part of  Karbi-Anglong 

                               North  : Karbi-Anglong & Part of Nagaon 

                               South  : Cachar

 

                             Area of District           :-       4890 Sq. k.m.

                             Total Population        :-       1,86,189 (as per 2001 Census)        

                            Total Voter                  :-        1,26,705(Male: 49677; Female: 44646)

                             Literacy                        :-       68.59%

                             Total Polling Stations:-     139

                             Total Nos. & Names of:-    5 (five nos.)    viz.      

                                Dev.  Blocks                          i)Haranagajao ITDP Block,                                                                                       

                                                                             ii)   Jatinga Valley Dev. Block

                                                                              iii)   Diyung Valley Dev. Block

                                                                              iv)   Diyungbra ITDP Block, 

                                                                              v)    New-Sangbar Dev. Block

                    Various ethnic Tribal inhabitants :   

                                                                      1) Dimasa, 2) Jeme-Naga, 

                                                                      3) Hmar,     4) Kuki,

                                                                      5) Biate,      6) Hrangkhol, 

                                                                      7) Khelma, 8 Jaintia,

                                                                      9) Karbi,    10) Vaiphei

                   Traditional way of cultivation:-   Jhum or shifting 

                                                                                cultivation               

                              

                    No. & Names of Town :-     4 (four) viz.,

                                                                      1) Haflong, 2) Maibang,                

                                                                      3) Mahur     4) Umrangso  

                    Total No. of Assembly &           :-        1 (One)  viz.

                    Parliamentary Constituency               16-Haflong(ST) LAC

                                                                                      

                                                                                        It  is a segment of 

                                                                                        3-Autonomous

                                                                                        District(ST) Parliamentary Constituency.

                         

                    Total Nos. of Police Station     :-    4(four)  viz.                            

                                                                                  1) Haflong,  2) Mahur, 

                                                                                 3) Maibang, 4) Umrangso        

                   Geographical Area

          N.C.Hills is the most hilly and undulated districts of Assam. It has an area of 4890 sq. k.m.s which is 6.24 percent of the total area of the state.

   It consists of two sub-divisional administrative units namely Haflong and Maibang and 5(five) Development blocks namely-

         i)     Harangajao ITDP block

         ii)    Jatinga Valley Development block

        iii)     Diyang Valley Development block

        iv)     Diyungbra ITDP block

         v)    New Sangbar  Development block.

        There are 552 revenue villages and as the district fall under the 6^th schedule area, development administration has been conducted by the Autonomous Council, there are 27 MDCs areas and they represent as local bodies at grass root level, selected on public franchise like the PRI representatives in the plain districts.

Demography

Sl. No.	Particulars	Unit	N.C.Hills
			Population	% of Total
1.	Total Population	lakh	186189
2.	Male	Do	98899	56.13
3.	Female	Do	87290	43.87
4.	S.C. Population	Do	3918	2.10
5.	S.T. Population	Do	98834	53.70
6.	Rural Population	Do	128110	70.00
7.	Urban Population	Do	58079	30.00

 As per 2001 Census the total population of the district is 186189  which is 7% of the state’s total. The domestic decadal growth is 23.47 which is higher than the state average 18.85. The BPL families are totaled to 15043 which is .5 p.c. of the total families of the state. The other important demographic indicators of the district are listed below:

 

                  

Parameter              N.C.Hills                        State

Density             38 per sq. km             340 per sq. km

Sex-ratio          per 1000-883(f)           932 per 1000     

Source: Statistical Hand Book, Assam,2003     

Agriculture

It is predominantly a forest area and agricultural practices of paddy cultivation is done on jhuming cultivation system in dry hilly land in the plain terrain areas depending mainly on rainfall which is also irregular. The normal rainfall of the district is 2000 mms. The land use pattern of the district is shown below

                                                                                            Areas in hectre

Sl. No.	Particulars	N.C.Hills		State of Assam
		Area	% of Total area	Area	% of Total area
1.	Geographical area	4,89000		78,43800	6.20%
2.	Forest	63777.410	13.04	1816261.060	4.39%
3.	Non agricultural land Barren land		80.45	1425239	26.00%
4.		393276		1458840
5.	Cultivable waste	Not Classified as yet
6.	Net area sown	28037	5.73	2734461	1.03%
7.	Area sown more than once	8147	1.6	1352880	0.72%

 Normal & Actual Rainfall (in mm) for 3 years.

Year	Rainfall(in mm)
2001	1572.2
2002	1717.4
2003	2042.1

  SOURCE :- STATISTICAL HAND BOOK ASSAM, 2003. 

  Area, production and yield of major crops for the year 2002-03 are as indicated below.

Sl. No	Crop	Area (ha)	Production (in tons)	Dist. Yield ton/ha
1.	Paddy	4838	5186	1.71
2.	Sugar cane	1793	60209	33.58
3.	Cotton
4.	Rape & Mustard	2333	957	0.41
5.	Maize	1414	1060.5	0.75
6.	Sesamum	547	273.5	0.50
7.	Black Gram	239	121.65	0.509
8.	Orange	1575	12600	8
9.	Pineapple	1785	18505	10.36
10.	Banana	550	7975	14.5
11.	Potato	275	1375	5
12.	Sweet potato	47	235	5
13.	Litchi	68	204	3
14.	Assam lemon	335	1670	4.9
15.	Assam lemon	335	1670	4.9
16.	Papaya	315	4700	14.92
17.	Jack fruit	288	2304	8
18.	Ginger	2970	14850	5
19.	Turmeric	272	158	0.58
20.	Chilly	2915	1749	0.6
21	Back piper	25	17	0.68
22.	Arecanut	35	355	10.14
23.	Coconut	40	N/A
24.	Mango	58	980	16.89
25.	Rabi vegetables	620	2950	4.75
26.	Kharif veg	310	2325	7.5
27.	Guava	94	1233	13.11
28.	Tapioka	64	320	5

 

SOURCE :- AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT. HAFLONG.

   Land holding

Sl.No	Classification	Holdings (nos.)	Area (ha)
a	B	C	D
1.	Less than 1 hac	Not Classified        ,,
2.	Between 1 to 2 hac
3.	Above 2 ha

 

 

 

Fertiliser Consumption

        Per hectre consumption of NPK nutrient is 43 Kgs in the district. Consumption of nitrogenous and phosphatic nutrients has steadily increased for increase in area of production of pulses and cereals.

        The details of fertilizer consumptions are as below

Kharif						Rabi
N.C.Hills	N	P	K	Total	% with the state	N	P	K	Total	% with the state
	8	6	4	18	0.25%	11	9	5	25	0.03%
Assam	35666	20266	16881	72813

 The details of fertilizer distribution are indicated below.

Fertiliser ( in tons)	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
Nitrogen	19	30	24
Phosphate	15	27	32.2
Potash	9	16	5.3
Total NPK	43	73	61.5

 

  Agriculture in the district mainly depends upon the rainfall. The net area irrigated under net area sown is 6%  that is much below the state’s average. The major, medium and minor irrigation projects with their details are shown below.

 

Sl. No.	Item	Areas in ha N.C.Hills
		6500 7 300 150
1.	Canals
2.	Tanks
3.	ELS
4.	Others

 

Animal husbandry

           Dairying and rearing of cow and buffalo is a common place practice of the tribal population.

As per sample survey for 2001-2002 the estimated latest live stock Census of year 1997 the live stock population of the district are indicated below.

Sl. No.	Animals	Nos.
1.	Cattle	224380
2.	Buffalos	21030
3.	Sheep	623
4.	Goats	36322
5.	Pigs	122715
6.	Poultry	292898
7.	Others(Dog)	45523
8.	Horse	712
Total		644203

Sl. No.	Miltch Cattle	N.C.Hills ( nos.)
1.	Cross breed	14457
2.	Indigenous	82884
3.	Buffalos	14081
Total		111422

              Milk Production ( per year in 1000 M. Tones)

Cross breed	8000.00
Indigenous	2010.00
Buffalos	1742.473
Total	11752.473

 

              Human resources of the district is indicated below

Sl. No.	Human resources	District	% of total	State
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
1.	Main workers	54546	29.37	7083046
2.	Marginal workers	15346	8.24	2474018
3.	Non workers	116297	65.52	17081343
4.	Cultivators	334509	17.90	3741912
5.	Agril. Labourers	3600	0.66	1289902
6.	Mining & quarrying	883	0.47	N/A
7.	Manufacturing in household industries	1480	0.07	328541
8.	Construction workers	2097	1.12	N/A
9.	Trade & Commerce	2958	1.58	N/A
10.	Transport & Communication	1947	1.04	N/A
11.	Other services	12085	6.49	N/A
12.	Artisans	1100	0.59	N/A

SOURCE :- STATISTICAL HAND BOOK  OF ASSAM 2003

        It is crystal clear that while employment in agriculture is increased the contribution to district income is decreasing leading to under employment and low paid employment.

Per capita income

         Per capita income is low when compared to state per capita income which is due to low productivity in agriculture and unemployment and under employments. Per capita income at constant and current prices are indicated below.

                                                                                                                      (in Rs.)

District/State	Current Price (2001-02)	Constant prices (1993-94)
N.C.Hills	14169	6403
Assam	12593	6403

 Banks

              Details of banking facilities in the district in 2004 are shown below.

 

Sl. No.	Banks & Facilities	N.C.Hills
1.	No. of persons served by Commercial banks	N/A
2.	No. of Commercial bank & gramin banks	8- Commercial 9- Gramin Bank
3.	Credit deposit ratio	14.05%
4.	No. of person served by a co-operative society	3500
5.	Average no. of member per society	500
6.	No. of Kisan Cards issued	72

                            

Education

                 As per 2001 Census the literacy rate in the district of N.C.Hills is 69% as against the state average of 64% . The female literacy is 59.40%  as against the state average of 56% The male literacy is 76.59% as against the state average of 71.73%

        Details of educational indicators are as follows

a)    Child population of 0-14 years 55,000 Nos.

b)    Enrolment in school

1.    Primary:      30400 Nos.

2.    Secondary    17183 Nos.

c)     No. of primary schools  LP- 676

                                    ME-175

d)    Dropout rate primary (%) 10

e)    Teacher-pupil ratio (Primary) 1:21

f)      Teacher-pupil ratio (Secondary) 1:26

Higher Education:

a)    No. of Arts and Science Colleges   4

b)    No. of Engineering Colleges          NIL

c)     No. of High Schools                     76

d)    No. of B.Ed. Colleges                   NIL

e)    No. of Teachers Training Institute   1

f)      Medical Colleges( allopathic)          NIL

g)    Industrial Training Institute          1

h)    Polytechnics                               NIL

i)      Govt. Training Tool Centre            NIL

( source – Inspector of School, N.C. Hills, Haflong.)

Health

  In terms of Health indicators the N.C.Hills district is lagging behind and health indicators are shown below.

Sl. No.	Indicator	N.C.Hills
1.	Birth rate	2.36%
2.	Death rate	0.39%
3.	Infant mortality rate	4
4.	Doctors per 10000 population	2
5.	Population served by a medical institution	11181
6.	No. of beds per lakh population	115

Health institutions (Nos.)

Hospitals                                   : 1

Primary Health Centre                  : 5

Community Health Centre             : 2

State Dispensary                         : 5

FW  Sub Centres                         : 72

Medical  Sub Centres                   : 5

(Source– Jt. Director of Health, Haflong. and statistical Hand Book of Assam 2003)

 Roads

Road is one of the basic means of transport which requires to be developed in the N.C.Hills district with top most priority. Length of different categories of roads are indicated below.

 

Sl. No.	Particulars	Kms
1.	National High ways	211.00
2.	Major district Roads	149.50
3.	Roads under NEC control	173.82
4.	D.R.D. Roads	150.00
5.	Village roads	522.09
6.	Other district roads	444.79

 1. Surface Road                       : 605.98

2. Major bridges                      : 6 Nos.

3. Railway length                    : 135 km

4. No. of Post offices                       : 7

5. Population per Post Office     : 26598

SOURCE :- PWD (ROADS) DIVISION, D.R.D.A, HAFLONG.

Industries, Mining

 District ranks 25^th  In the industrial developments in Assam. It is endowed with rich deposit of lime stones and coal. It houses 3(three) small Cement factories .

        Details of Industries are given below

        Small Scale Industrial units      : 499

        Employees                                    :  750

        Number of factories                     : 3

        Employees                                 : 500

        Unemployed on live register  : 570

 Other Information

           a) No. of fair price shops                      : 267

        b) No. of Ration Card holders                  : 39415

        c) No. of villages electrified                      : 261

        d) IP sets energised                                : 150

        SOURCE :- DISTRICT OFFICE RECORD CONCERN

 Important tourist places

          a) Haflong Town (lake views of 5 lakes)

        b) Maibong ( ancient Capital town of Dimasa tribal Chieftain)

        c) Jatinga ( a place of birds enchantments and attraction)

        d) Umrangso (lake view)

        e) Mahur