10 images that summarize Assam 2015

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Here is a round-up of ten events that took place in 2015 :

FLOODS

Affected more than 1.5 million people and forced more than 200,000 people to seek refuge in relief camps.

#FANCY BAZAR GUTTED

 One of the biggest incidents of fire that broke out reduced the whole 'New Market' to ashes.

#RHINO POACHING

Poachers continued their killing spree in Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) with the elimination of another one horned rhinoceros in the              World Heritage Site.

#ASSAM PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ANOMALY:

The Assam Public Works has claimed anomaly of Rs. 100 in the year 2014-15 in the selection of candidates in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) examination. The civil organization has stressed on a fair probe into the alleged anomalies.

#SPECIAL CATEGORY STATUS

Peace of the region is intrinsically associated with the development and without the Special Category Status and restoration of 90:10 fund pattern for the Centrally sponsored schemes development of the Region is not possible.

#LAND SWAP DEAL

The Centre for five times revised its decision regarding inclusion or exclusion of Assam in the swap, until on May 5th the Union Cabinet cleared the bill to operationalised the agreement.

#NRC

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was prepared in 1951, immediately after the 1951 Census, to document names of Indian citizens in the State in the backdrop of large-scale migration from East Pakistan following Partition. The exercise is being monitored by the Supreme Court.

#HIMANTA BISWA SARMA:

Himanta Biswa Sarma remained the most influential and controversial political figure in Assam and resigned as a minister in Gogoi Cabinet.

#CONGRESS LEGISLATOR RUMI NATH:

Her story from mob attack to alleged nexus with countries "most wanted" car lifter Anil Chauhan is a saga of one after another controversy in Assam politics.

#ANUP CHETIA:

The release of ULFA's founding general secretary Anup Chetia from jail after 18 years has not only brought to an end one major chapter of the rebel group's story. Chetia was brought to Guwahati after being handed over to CBI.