The safety measures will embody putting in safety units within the houses of the witness.
Nalbari:
The Assam Cupboard on Thursday accredited the Assam Witness Safety Scheme 2024 to make sure adherence to Part 398 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, defending witnesses in opposition to imminent threats throughout investigations and trials.
The assembly, presided over by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, accredited the scheme, which would require witnesses to submit a Witness Safety Utility in a prescribed kind to a reliable authority by its member secretary to acquire a safety order.
The competent authority would be the standing committee in every district, chaired by the District and Classes Decide, with witnesses categorized as A, B, and C primarily based on menace notion.
A State Witness Safety Authority and a witness safety fund may even be constituted for the aim, the Chief Minister informed reporters after the assembly.
The safety measures underneath the scheme will embody holding of in-camera trials, set up of safety units within the houses of the witness, shut safety and patrolling close to their house, momentary change of residence, escort to and from the courtroom, provision of presidency autos on the date of listening to, amongst others, Mr Sarma stated.
Relating to site visitors rules, the Cupboard determined to waive fines for document-related violations for 2 and three-wheelers, though fines will nonetheless apply for not carrying helmets.
The Transport Division won’t levy fines for missing paperwork equivalent to licences, registrations, or air pollution certificates, opting as an alternative for authorized actions as obligatory. Three-wheelers will obtain 4 warnings earlier than fines are imposed for rule violations.
In academic reforms, the Cupboard accredited a particular recruitment drive to regularise contractual academics underneath Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and state pool academics, benefiting roughly 35,133 academics. This transfer goals to stabilise the instructing workforce and enhance academic outcomes within the state.
Different selections included the approval of the Assam Non-public Placement Businesses for Recruitment of Employees’ (Regulation) Guidelines, 2024, geared toward making certain employee security and sustaining a complete database of employees and personal placement companies within the state.
The Cupboard additionally cancelled tenders for markets, bazaars, and haats beforehand floated by Zilla Parishads and Panchayats as a result of considerations over excessive bidding costs, opting to reissue tenders.
Infrastructure improvement tasks had been additionally greenlit, together with water provide schemes price Rs 81.38 crore for Karimganj and Rs 72.74 crore for Hailakandi to boost clear ingesting water entry in city areas.
In Nalbari, a number of initiatives had been accredited, together with the institution of a conference centre, a circuit home, development of embankments alongside Mora Pagladiya and Burhadia rivers, a flyover to Nalbari Medical Faculty, a brand new diploma faculty in Barkhetri, monetary grants for temples, a state-of-the-art sports activities complicated, and a ability centre in Dhamdhama.
