AGARTALA, Sep 27 (TIWN): Agartala witnessed another episode of malfunctioning State Govt’s 'Diaster Management Peparedness' on Tuesday, when two young boys died during a maintenance work at Indranagar due to lack of rescue teams in the whole City. During a maintenance work inside a culvert tank, a boy went inside to the tank but due to excessive gas inside the whole he started to scream for help. Fire brigade was informed but as fire brigade team was late, his co-worker jumped into the tank to save his friend, but he also fall on the same trap. But when Fire Brigade came, the 2nd boy was still alive, said the eye-witnesses. Fire brigade came late, then observing the condition they declined to work on it and said, “This is not our work”. However, the public said that the Fire Brigade men had no oxygen mask, no oxygen gas with them and that’s why they escaped from the spot to avoid peoples fury. The name of the deceased are Subham Nama (18) & Mangal Das (26). Question raised about the yearlong mock-drill drama in the name of Disaster management when two young people died haplessly in Agartala.

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AGARTALA, Sep 27 (TIWN): After Tripura Assembly’s 2nd session ended, it is clear now that on July 31st no chargesheet was submitted by SIT in Tripura High Court due to Manik Sarkar Govt’s active involvement in Chit-Fund scams. In total, 70 Chit Fund cases have been reported from Tripura but surprisingly, there is no push for action from the State Govt to SIT, neither State Govt wanted any direct CBI inquiry into it. As per Assembly data, it was cleare that out of 70 cases, not a single chargesheet was submitted to High Court on July 31st. Tripura Pradesh Congress organized protest rallies demanding to return people’s money which they lost after investing with Chit Fund groups in Tripura and in each and every subdivisional headquarters Congress protested on Sep 21st”. The Rose Valley, which is 7 times more than Sarada has looted Tripura’s people miserably. Years and years have been passed, but the case is getting complicated & in Tripura, state’s Chief Minister’s name also came under allegation. Already High Court Chief Justice T. Vhaipai ordered SIT to submit fresh affidavit to court.

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AGARTALA, Sep 27 (TIWN): By 2017, Tripura’s Indo-Bangla unfenced borders will have to be fenced with proper fencing including Sonamura border, BJP State President Biplab Deb told TIWN. Sonamura Indo-Bangla border areas are fully controlled by few rogue smuggling organizations, creating much hurdles in border fencing work. The massive cannabis production in Sonamura, Boxnagar areas protected by mafia groups at there. A very reliable Govt. source recently said that such organizations will never allow the border fencing work at there, as it will kill their free space at Indo-Bangla border. With various issues created by the locals in the name of Zero-point fencing, the border fencing work is not getting momentum at Sonamura. However, Govt. of India has recently taken a very pragmatic decision that the fencing work must be completed in its way but Govt. may help them by lands. But that decision is also not fully implementing due to political interference led by mafia groups.

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