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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Gogoi urges PM to take up dam issue with China
GUWAHATI, Nov 30 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue of construction of dams on the Brahmaputra river with China. In a memorandum to Modi, Gogoi
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Shocking report on trade in wild animals
GUWAHATI, Nov 30 – Wildlife Trust of India’s international partner International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has brought out a shocking report on the booming murky multi-million-dollar trade in wild
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Sand mining spelling doom of Gangetic dolphins
MIRZA, Nov 26 – Eminent environmentalist Dr Anwaruddin Choudhury has said that activities like unregulated sand mining and fishing in rivers like Kulsi and the Brahmaputra have been indirectly affecting
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Environment panel lacking in locus standi
A high-level committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and headed by the former Cabinet Secretary of India, TSR Subramanium with the alleged intent
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Green Tribunal bench warns GMDA, GMC
The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today restrained the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) ‘from causing
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Green Tribunal seeks replies from parties
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the ministries of Environment and Forest, Power and the Brahmaputra Board to submit their replies within four weeks on the construction of big dams including
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Centre’s move to approve Dibang project opposed
Several environment and civil society groups and activists have opposed the move of the Central government to accord environment and forest clearance to the 3000-MW Dibang Multipurpose Project and its
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State wetland body has not met for 10 yrs
Even as the wetlands of the State are facing rapid encroachment and some of them have by this time been eliminated by encroachment and illegal settlement, the State Level Steering Committee on Wetlands
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3.7 lakh people still affected by State floods
Nearly four lakh people were still reeling under the impact of floods in Assam though the water level was receding in most parts of the State. According to the daily flood report by the Assam State
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Environment clearance for Dibang project
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects has accorded environment clearance to the 3000-MW Dibang Multipurpose Project in its 77 th meeting recently under alleged