PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed
GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) today set an example of sorts when it sealed the plush Dona Planet in Guwahati for flouting car parking norms. GMC had issued a notice to the management of Dona Planet, asking them to make adequate parking space and comply with all parking norms. When despite issuing a notice no such steps were taken, the GMC decided to seal the building. Yesterday, GMC issued another notice warning the management that the building would be sealed at any point of time.
SHILLONG: Most of the headmen of Raid Lyngshing (Lynshing traditional chiefdom), which covers more than 20 villages under Mawkynrew Community and Rural Development ( C&RD) Block in East Khasi Hills, today opposed the proposed (3 x 80 MW) Umngot Hydro Electric Project. The opposing voices were heard during the public hearing organized by the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) and the East Khasi Hills District Administration at Siang Khnai Village, 70 kms from here.
GUWAHATI: For implementation of the Total Sanitation Campaign in Assam, National Coordinator of New Delhi’s Sulabh International Social Service, Rupal Roy, met Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday. Roy briefed the Chief Minister as to how this sanitation programme should be carried on in the State. The Total Sanitation Campaign is a comprehensive programme to ensure sanitation facilities in rural areas with broader goal to eradicate the practice of open defecation.
Itanagar: Much to the excitement of wildlife lovers, a herd of elephants numbering around 60 have been spotted in Dying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary in East Siang distict of Arunachal Pradesh. DFO Tashi Mize said today about 10-12 cubs in the herd were seen loitering and playing around the jumbos on Saturday. The herd of elephants often visit this sanctuary but they do not stay here for long because of low availability of fodders like wild bananas, sources said adding the herd’s arrival in the sanctuary was a good sign as the presence of elephants also minimizes the possibilities of illegal trespasses by hunters and smugglers which may go unnoticed by alert forest staff.
Agartala: Tripura will launch a disaster management programme in its schools to enhance the State’s preparedness in an event of a natural calamity striking it, an official said here on Monday. “The government has launched an ambitious School Disaster Management Planning (SDMP) project from this academic session. Under it, teachers and students will be trained to deal with any natural disaster, including earthquake,” said State education department joint director Dilip Debbarma.
Gangtok: A consensus was arrived on promotion of green energy and specific action plan chalked at the Forum of Regulators (FOR) meet which began here on Thursday. The forum worked on a strategy to harness the potential through installation of solar photo voltic (Solar PV) system on the rooftop of commercial, industrial, household premises, Pramod Deo, Chairperson, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission and FOR said.
Pertinent development project proposals came up for discussion at the crucial sixth meeting of the State Board for Wildlife, Assam (SBWL) held in Guwahati. In this meeting, the Board was apprised of all the initiatives taken by the Assam Government for improving wildlife protection in the State. The Board appreciated the move to establish Tiger Conservation Foundations for Kaziranga, Manas and Nameri Tiger Reserves, the Wildlife (Protection) Assam Amendment Act, 2009 and giving power to forest personnel to use firearms without prior government sanction and immunity from prosecution.
GUWAHATI: The North East Social Trust (NEST) has said that the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has not yielded much result in Assam. The NEST along with various other organizations of the State is monitoring the efficacy of the MGNREGA implementation in Assam for the last couple of years. For the 2011-12 financial year, the NEST carried out an intensive research on the basis of the government data to find out the implications of the Act in the State.
GUWAHATI: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS), spearheading a movement against the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project located along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, said that the time had come for the people of both Assam and Arunachal Pradesh to jointly oppose the construction of big dams in the North East. Akhil Gogoi, general secretary of the KMSS, told The Sentinel over phone today that people of Arunachal Pradesh had realized the ill effects of big dams in an ecologically fragile region like the North-East and so they should join hands with the anti-big dam protesters in Assam.
GUWAHATI: As in Assam, public resentment against mega dams is brewing in Arunachal Pradesh too. This was apparent from the incident that took place in Lower Siang district on Tuesday during the proposed public hearing on the Lower Siang Hydroelectric Project. Before the public hearing, which was scheduled to be held in the Jeing area in Lower Siang district, started, people came out on the streets in hordes. As a mark of protest against the 2700-MW Lower Siang Hydroelectric Project, they damaged 19 vehicles.
