[Assam] separate time zone for northeast

[Manoj Das]

Yes .. I know that.

On 6/21/09, muktikam phukan <muktikamp at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Dear Manoj Daa
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> Why look at Bangladesh ? Take a look at the TEA GARDEN timings in Assam.
> They are also by & large 1 hour advanced than IST. Even OIL offices in
> Duliajan start at 7:00 AM IST.
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> Muktikam Phukan
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> --- On Sat, 20/6/09, Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Assam] separate time zone for northeast
> To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world"
> <assam at assamnet.org>
> Cc: "bobbeeta sharma" <bsharma2 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Saturday, 20 June, 2009, 12:11 PM
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> It is time we hv a new time zone 1 hour Adv of IST.
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> On 6/20/09, Nava Thakuria <navathakuria at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Dear friends,
>> Bangladesh has advanced its clock by one hour. Today the clocks of
>> Bangladesh are running an hour advance to get the advantage of daylight
>> during the evening hours.
>> The Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina released a special
>> commemorative
>> stamp to implement the decision of her cabinet in this respect.
>> In Bangladesh the shops, malls and other public halls remain open till 8
>> in
>> the evening. Now those will be closed by 7 pm, that way saving
>> electricity for the energy hungry nation.
>> The initiative is expected to reduce the demand for electricity and also
>> optimize the use of morning hour for works.
>> Dhaka is definitely ahead of New Delhi (by 30 minutes). But
>> geographically,
>> we (Northeast) are ahead of Bangladesh. So should not we go for an advance
>> time zone (than the mainland India)?
>> I am sure, New Delhi will not acknowledge it, because, those people in the
>> capital some how believe that the initiative would only ‘legitimate the
>> demand of the separatist armed groups of Northeast’.
>> Should not we go for a debate once agian?
>> Nava Thakuria
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