Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
The flood situation continues to remain grim in Assam with rivers still showing rising trend, inundating new areas in many parts of the state. The situation is particularly worse in Marigaon, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts. The current wave of flood has inundated two very important wildlife protection areas …
Guwahati: The current wave of flood has inundated two very important wildlife protection areas in the state, Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary, in Assam besides so far affecting about nine lakh people in 18 districts of Assam and caused extensive damage to roads, bridges, embankments, houses and …
NGT also directed Assam government to submit a map of Kaziranga showing its boundaries and offending structures within five kms of the park boundaries. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the Assam government to ensure that no construction whatsoever was permitted in and around the Kaziranga National Park, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rohit Choudhary Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 25/08/2015. The Tribunal has asked the State Government to ensure the strict compliance of the orders of the Tribunal and no construction whatsoever should be permitted to …
The Brahmaputra has inundated nearly 33 forest camps of Kaziranga National Park (KNP). Burhapahar, Bagori, Kohora and Agaratoli forest range of KNP have been adversely affected by flood. The department is ready to rescue flood-affected animals with four manual boats, four machine boats, six speed boats and three ships, said …
The Prabhakar Barua Rhino Conservation Trust is seeking nominations for the Rhino Conservation Awards for 2015, a press release stated. The awards will be presented in September to coincide with the 100th birth anniversary of late Prabhakar Barua who was the first Assamese Chief Conservator of Forests of undivided Assam …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rohit Choudhary Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 10/08/2015 concerning Numaligarh Refinery Limited in the no development zone of the Kaziranga National Park, Assam. The Tribunal also directed the State of Assam to produce original …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 05/08/2015 regarding construction of a Golf Course right in the midst of the Kaziranga National Park and the animal corridor in Kaziranga National Park are being interfered. …
Vigilant people living in fringe areas of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Assam, are making a significant contribution in protecting endangered one-horned rhinoceros from poachers. Faced with relentless threat from poachers, the KNP authorities in coordination with the Assam police have mobilised local villagers …
GUWAHATI: Jorba, the lone sniffer dog deployed in Assam's Kaziranga National Park to combat rhino poachers, will now have company. The park authorities have decided to have two more sniffer dogs -- Kareena and Babli -- to save the famed one-horned rhinoceros from poachers. After months of training in conducting …
Guwahati: Karina, a German Shepherd specially trained to track poachers, arrived at Kaziranga National Park in the state on Sunday. With poaching in Kaziranga and other rhino habitats in Assam rising, Karina, and her friend in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Raja, is likely to have her paws full. The two German …
A gang of poachers killed a rhino near Kathal Chang forest camp under Burhapahar forest range in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Sunday night around 8.30 pm and managed to flee with the horn. According to sources, the forest guards and other officials heard gunshots. When the guards rushed to …
Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the Centre would shortly seek a report from the Assam government on reports of large-scale encroachment on areas around the Kaziranga National Park. He was addressing a press conference here to mark the completion of a year in office. When …
The high-powered committee of Central and State government officials, constituted by the Gauhati High Court, conducted a survey of the encroachments in Kaziranga National Park on Sunday and directed local authorities to clear them within one month. The committee was led by Commissioner and Secretary (Revenue) PK Tiwari and it …
The government on Tuesday said that 11 rhino poachers have been killed in seperate encounters while 20 of them arrested in Kaziranga Tiger reserve in Assam this year. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said in 2014, 22 rhino poachers were killed in encounters while …
The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to 71 hotels, dhabas and resorts for encroaching into the national park after CAG’s damning report After shocking revelations of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India about the dire state of management of Kaziranga National Park, home to one-horned rhinoceros, the National …
The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Assam government over a CAG report which has detected a number of lapses and anomalies by the state in maintenance of the Kaziranga National Park. “Our attention is drawn to the report of CAG published by the government of Assam… according to the …
The National Green Tribunal today pulled up the Assam government for its failure to release funds for protection of wildlife in Kaziranga and Manas national parks and directed it to make the amount available in two weeks. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi came down heavily on the …
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar's claim that all's well with the country's rhinoceros population is only half the story. While the population of the onehorned rhinoceros is on the rise -2,401 at the most recent count undertaken in March -instances of poaching too have increased, with nine rhinos being killed by …
Tiger reserves may not be solely about conservation. They also have tremendous economic value, the first ever Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India, published by the Centre for Ecological Services Management (CESM) and Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, a couple of months ago has revealed. Of the six …
