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The currently decrepit 50-year-old District Library, Guwahati, is all set to be refurbished and converted into digital mode within the next four months.

With the flood situation in Assam remaining critical on Monday and affecting a population of nearly 43 lakh in 33 of its 35 districts, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed air dropping of food and other relief materials in areas where there is

A total population of 42,28,157 have been affected in the current wave of floods which has hit 34 districts and claimed 71 lives, officials said.

According to the daily report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, the floods and landslides claimed the lives of nine persons, including three children, on Sunday.

The toll in the ongoing flood and landslides in the state increased to 73 on Monday

The district suffered severe damage to roads and railway networks, authorities said it will take a few months to restore communication links

He also touched upon the menace of flood in the area and asserted that the state government is fully committed to the water crisis in the flood-hit area.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday asserted that infrastructural development is their priority.

The State Government has streamlined its schedules for superior road infrastructure development through time stipulation.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the newly-constructed Arts Block, auditorium and boys’ hostel building of Haflong Government College at Haflong on Thursday.