Free insurance policies to students for dengue
Students of nine schools of Kamrup district received free insurance policy of Rs 20,000 for dengue under the collaboration of a social-based organisation Drishtee and CAFE India under the Behtar India
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Green Care Project to be launched in city today
The Forest department has undertaken a massive afforestation drive aimed at planting at least 10 lakh saplings in and around the Guwahati city for arresting flash floods, heavy siltation and erosion,
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Rs 1400 cr loss due to floods in last 2 decades
Faced with sharp criticism over the role of her ministry in handling flood control works in Assam, Union Minister of State for Water Resources (MoWR), Bijoya Chakra-varty has said that a flood
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Erosion by Gelabil river posing threat
Due to heavy rains, the local rivers of Assam state have receive plenty of water and a flood-like situation has arisen in the State. The erosion at Gutung by the river Gelabil has turned serious.
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Three killed, 400 houses damaged in Mizoram
Three persons were killed and a number of houses damaged in massive landslides caused by incessant downpours in Mizoram, officials said. Landslides trigerred by pre-monsoon rains in Mizoram have
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Hailstorm lashes Tripura, 2 killed
Two women were killed while thousands of houses were destroyed as hour-long devastating hailstorm with lightning lashed Tripura. While reports from other parts of the state said low lying areas were
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The danger in Dibrugarh
The south bank of Brahmaputra river in Dibrugarh district of Assam, faces serious erosion each summer, Rohmoria circle off Dibrugarh town being the worst-affected. But till date no scientific and
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Milk-borne diseases increasing in City
At a time when adulterated milk is posing a serious health hazard to the people, the abysmally low level of awareness among the citizens about various milk-related issues, like the need to have
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Rs 2760cr needed to take up short-term measures for floods
With the existing flood management infrastructure in Assam in bad shape, an amount of more than Rs 2670 crore will be required over the period of ten years to take up short-term measures to protect
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Experts call for alternative anti-malaria drug
The commonly prescribed anti-malaria medicine 'Chloroquine' which has been used to fight against the epidemic of malaria in the entire northern part of Nalbari district of Assam, has now failed to
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Centre's bid to boost food processing sector in NE
The Centre will ensure setting up of at least one major food processing industry in every state of the North Eastern Region, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries (MFPI) N T