DIBRUGARH, May 20 - People of Assam stranded outside the State have continued to come back to their home State as 142 passengers arrived Dibrugarh on the seventh day today after special passenger trains first arrived on May 14 here.
Besides Dibrugarh, the passengers who alighted from train here were from the districts of Tinsukia, Charaideo, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and the State of Arunachal Pradesh. Altogether 73 passengers were from Dibrugarh district, 42 from Tinsukia district, 7 from Charaideo, 5 from Lakhimpur and 2 from Dhemaji. Thirteen passengers were from Arunachal Pradesh. As usual, the passengers underwent health screening at their respective health counters on the station campus before being allowed to move to their respective destinations. Among 73 Dibrugarh passengers, one has been advised hospital quarantine.
SBI gesture: The State Bank of India (SBI), Administrative Office in collaboration with its SBI, Regional Office here reached out to the daily wage earners who have been hit hard by the COVID-19 induced lockdown in the areas of Boiragimoth Kachari Gaon, Timona, Nagabari and Milannagar.
The bank officials under the leadership of Deputy General Manager Uttam Kumar Hazra Choudhury distributed food items as relief to some 250 economically backward families. The list of beneficiaries was reportedly selected by Lat Mandals and gaonburhas. The food items comprised 5 kg of rice, 1 kg of dal, half litre of cooking oil, 1 kg of salt, 100 grams of turmeric, 2 pieces of masks and 1 packet of biscuit.
Padum Poona Baruah, Assistant General Manager, SBI Administrative Office, Abhay Prakash, Regional Manager, SBI Regional Office and Rajeev Ranjan, Assistant General Manager, SBI, Dibrugarh and other Bank officials were present during the distribution of relief materials, a release stated.
DIBRUGARH, May 20 - People of Assam stranded outside the State have continued to come back to their home State as 142 passengers arrived Dibrugarh on the seventh day today after special passenger trains first arrived on May 14 here.
Besides Dibrugarh, the passengers who alighted from train here were from the districts of Tinsukia, Charaideo, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and the State of Arunachal Pradesh. Altogether 73 passengers were from Dibrugarh district, 42 from Tinsukia district, 7 from Charaideo, 5 from Lakhimpur and 2 from Dhemaji. Thirteen passengers were from Arunachal Pradesh. As usual, the passengers underwent health screening at their respective health counters on the station campus before being allowed to move to their respective destinations. Among 73 Dibrugarh passengers, one has been advised hospital quarantine.
SBI gesture: The State Bank of India (SBI), Administrative Office in collaboration with its SBI, Regional Office here reached out to the daily wage earners who have been hit hard by the COVID-19 induced lockdown in the areas of Boiragimoth Kachari Gaon, Timona, Nagabari and Milannagar.
The bank officials under the leadership of Deputy General Manager Uttam Kumar Hazra Choudhury distributed food items as relief to some 250 economically backward families. The list of beneficiaries was reportedly selected by Lat Mandals and gaonburhas. The food items comprised 5 kg of rice, 1 kg of dal, half litre of cooking oil, 1 kg of salt, 100 grams of turmeric, 2 pieces of masks and 1 packet of biscuit.
Padum Poona Baruah, Assistant General Manager, SBI Administrative Office, Abhay Prakash, Regional Manager, SBI Regional Office and Rajeev Ranjan, Assistant General Manager, SBI, Dibrugarh and other Bank officials were present during the distribution of relief materials, a release stated.
