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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Plan panel sanctions Rs 156 cr for NE
Alarmed by floods in the region, Planning Commission has sanctioned Rs 156 crore for flood control works in the North-east out of which over Rs 100 crore has been earmarked for Assam, announced
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Heavy erosion at Kaziranga
A stretch of 1.5 kilometre in length and 80 metre in width on the eastern side of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam has been eroded by the Brahmaputra forcing the park authority to withdraw a
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Forceful eviction of indigenous people has stopped : CM
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has assured a delegation of tribal people that the government has stopped the forceful eviction process of the indigenous people from their habitats in the forest
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Devastating floods and Assam's economy
The tale of Assam is basically one of despondency and dejection. Beset with a host of intractable socio-economic-political problems over the years, the State, as others in the NE region, now seems a
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Arunachal in the grip of floods
The week-long torrential rains in Arunachal Pradesh has sent all its major rivers in spate, triggered flash floods and landslides, inundated roads and human habitation, isolated areas and washed away
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Citizens demand steps to save city from rainwater menace
Three city organisations demanded implementation of the 1971 drainage master plan of Guwahati city with due modification to save the city from the rain-caused flood like the one that upset normal
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Centre not serious about State floods : CM
The Chief Minister, Sri Tarun Gogoi lamented that over the years, the Government of India failed to take the problem of floods in Assam seriously and till date, no concrete step has been taken to
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Insurgency, recurring floods wreak havoc in Dhubri district
Lying in the western corner of Assam State with a long and porous border with Bangladesh, Dhubri district has been one of the worst sufferers of militancy as well as recurring floods, reports PTI.
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Over 4 lakh farmers hit by floods
Devastating floods in 20 of the 24 districts of Assam State ravaged standing crops in more than 1.22 lakh hectares of land and according to records available with the State Agriculture Department,
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Centre turning blind eye to flood woes : CM
"The people of Assam State will have to learn to live with the annual flood unless the Centre extend financial help in a big way to mitigate the flood problem in the State for which the State