Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of S D Loda Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2025. The state of Arunachal Pradesh and Itanagar Municipal Corporation was directed by the NGT, April 8, 2025 to file their counter affidavits on the setting …
After showing signs of improvement in the past one week, flood situation in Assam worsened on Sunday because of heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh. About 71,819 people in five districts are affected by flood while 28,600 in three districts had been hit by the deluge. Sonitpur and Nagaon were added …
Flood situation continued to remain grim in several Arunachal districts with reports of disruption of surface communication pouring in from various parts of the State. Remote Anjaw district remained cut off from rest of the State for the past seven days, as the main road to the district from Lohit …
Itanagar : The Save Mon Region Federation (SMRF) has asked the Central and state governments to fulfill its demand for immediate rollback of NHPC State I & II hydropower project from Tawang district. The SMRF also threatened to go to the United Nations Organisation (UNO) if the rollback is not …
The Union Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has finally come up with the statement that it is not in favour of the report submitted by the Assam experts of the Project oversight Committee (PoC) on the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) and accepted the report of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Takam Xavier Vs. Union of India & Others dated 18/07/2017 regarding running of a ferro alloy manufacturing unit in village Lakhi Happa in the district of Papumpare in the State of Arunachal Pradesh without obtaining environmental …
The flood situation is still in a critical condition as the water of Ranganadi is flowing through the breached portions of its embankment in Bogoleejan, Jainpur and Aamtola. The worst affected areas are Bogoleejan, Hatilung, West Telahee, Malowal and Shantipur. The district administration in a press briefing today stated that …
The Centre has assured Arunachal Pradesh to extend all help to mitigate flood and landslide damages in the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke to chief minister Pema Khandu and took stock of the prevailing situation in the state. Expressing his deep sorrow over loss of several lives …
As many as 14 people were buried alive when a massive landslide hit Laptap village in Sagalee sub-division in Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday. The incident occurred at around 3.30 pm when a massive landslide triggered by incessant rains for the past four days hit three dwellings …
An 18-year-old girl died on the spot while three others sustained severe injuries when a massive landslide triggered by heavy downpour hit Chimpu village here. The incident took place yesterday and the deceased as well as the injured were on deep sleep in their kutcha house when the landslide occurred. …
Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter and tweeted: ? The Centre today assured the Arunachal Pradesh and the Mizoram government that it would provide them all assistance to deal with the floods. Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter and tweeted: …
Previous studies have not adequately captured the heterogeneous nature of the diabetes epidemic in India. The aim of the ongoing national Indian Council of Medical Research–INdia DIABetes study is to estimate the national prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in India by estimating the prevalence by state. Original Source
An environment ministry panel has decided to hold back clearance to 600 MW Tawang hydroelectric project in strategic Tawang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh keeping in mind the biodiversity rich forest area home to several critical endangered species and has asked for conducting an expert study to gauge the impact of …
Forest panel finds studies about the impact on flora and fauna in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang valley not up to the mark The Environment Ministry’s expert committee on forest clearances, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), has held back clearance for the 3,097MW Etalin hydroelectric project (HEP), Dibang valley, Arunachal Pradesh, after …
NHPC has accepted recommendations of expert panels on downstream impact issue, Assam stands to get 533 MW power once project is completed: Pallab Lochon Das A consensus on early completion of the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydel Project at Gerukamukh along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border was struck among political parties in …
The Centre is keen to start the hydro power projects in the state. Declaring that Arunachal is a priority state for development of hydro-power sector, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Power, B P Pandey in a meeting with state Chief Minister Pema Khandu recently said that the Centre has identified …
Human-nature relations are diverse, multifaceted and often contradictory, especially the relationships with animals. Mishmi people living on the Sino-India border claim tigers to be their brothers and take credit for tiger protection as they observe taboos against hunting tigers. Drawing on this notion of relatedness with tigers, local residents of …
The pangolin, now recognised as the world’s most trafficked mammal, is currently undergoing population collapse across South and Southeast Asia, primarily because of the medicinal value attributed to its meat and scales. This paper explores how scarcity and alterity (otherness) drive the perceived value of these creatures for a range …
Opposition leader Debabrata Saikia has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting to hold the much-delayed tripartite meeting for examining the expert committee report on the stalled 2,000MW NHPC Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project at Gerukamukh along Arunachal Pradesh border. Sakia in the letter to the PMO has stated …
This research was carried out with the Adi and Galo tribes of East Siang and West Siang districts of Arunachal Pradesh, India to understand fishing methods employed by them using stones and boulders occurring in the river beds of small tributaries of the Siang River in the study area. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Pradip Kumar Bhuyan & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/09/2016 regarding Dibang Multipurpose Project (DMP) in Arunachal Pradesh. NGT in its Order states that the question facing them at this stage is as …
