Sonai-Rupai SA

Order of the High Court of Tripura regarding the status of HIV/AIDS in Tripura, 09/01/2025

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) …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal constructions and encroachments within the Charduar Reserve Forest and Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, 02/05/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dilip Nath Vs Principal Chief Conservation of Forest (PCCF), Assam & Others dated 02/05/2024. The affidavit of the Joint Secretary, Assam, Environment and Forest Department, April 8, 2024 stated that inside the Charduar reserve forest and …

Decline of a wildlife sanctuary

The Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonitpur district is on the verge of extinction due to the negligence of the Forest Department. In 1998, it was declared a forest sanctuary, and its total area was 220 sq km. As of now, its area has declined to 134 sq km due …

Rampant felling of trees in Sonai-Rupai

Sonai Rupai wildlife sanctuary – once home to varied wildlife species including endangered ones – today stands largely deforested with settlements and paddy fields replacing the verdant greenery. Rampant felling of trees continues unabated with only the stubs of trees left all around. Giving the media a first-hand account of …

Legal status sought for jumbo corridors

Centre plans to preserve elephant habitats, thereby reducing human-animal conflict Guwahati, Dec. 24: The ministry of environment and forests is working out a process to provide legal status to elephant reserves and corridors, which will help the Northeast most, as it not only has the largest presence of elephant corridors …

Brahmaputra tributaries causing massive erosion

TEZPUR, Aug 27 – Continuous erosion caused by tributaries of the Brahmaputra like Gabharu, Belsiri and Jiabhoroli has turned serious in Sonitpur district during the last couple of days, posing a serious threat to many residents as well as to the very existence of many villages and Government assets. It …

Remote Assam wildlife sanctuary carves out success story

Crippled by problems of encroaching and poachers, the Sonai-Rupai animal sanctuary in the remote Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border has carved out a success story for itself with sound wildlife management. Pygmy HogsUnlike other national parks and game reserves in the state that have languished over the years due to poaching and …

Rare pygmy hogs released into wild

After over 10 years of captive breeding, scientists have released 16 wild pygmy hogs

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