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 …
Guwahati: The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 (2015-16) states only 10.4% of households in Assam have a family member covered by a health scheme or health insurance. NFHS-4 was carried out under the aegis of the ministry of health and family welfare with the Mumbai-based International Institute of Population …
Itanagar: The prevalence of anaemia continues to be a big challenge in Arunachal Pradesh according to India Health Report (IHR) statistics which show that 63.9% of children under the age of five and 56.7% of women aged 15-49 are anaemic in the state, Meghalaya's additional chief secretary Yeshi Tsering at …
25 power projects in India are currently held up because of lack of environment clearance, Piyush Goyal, Minister of Power (independent Charge) told Lok Sabha. Goyal said that as informed by ministry of environment, there are 15 hydro electric projects and 10 thermal power projects pending for environmental clearance. Noticeably, …
The Central Government will take the final call on the under-construction 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP), even if a verdict to be passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) goes in favour of the project. Construction activities of the project have remained suspended since December 2011, following popular …
Itanagar: Landslides triggered by torrential rainfall in the past couple of days washed away eight residential buildings in Tawang district, bordering China on Friday night. Though no casualty was reported, three persons sustained minor injuries. A car and a bike were damaged in the landslide that occurred at Barbara village …
Following protests from pressure groups, project has been stalled since Dec 2011 on grounds that seismic activity could pose a risk to people in downstream areas As part of its Rs 3,000 crore diversification plan to venture into solar and wind power projects, NHPC Limited (previously known as National Hydroelectric …
Itanagar: The flood situation continued to be critical in Arunachal Pradesh as the overflowing Noa Dehing river on Monday submerged the National Highway-52 at Namsai district. More than 100 families at Lekang village in the district and Jairampur sub-division in Changlang district were rendered homeless in the fresh wave of …
Authorities have moved over 15,000 more people to relief camps in the Assam and the neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh Two people were reportedly killed as the flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Saturday as the Brahmaputra and several of its tributaries inundated more villages in the last 24 …
Itanagar, With no improvement in the weather condition, the flood situation in several districts of Arunachal Pradesh deteriorated with reports of fresh areas being inundated by flood water while, over 100 families rendered homeless and properties worth crore of rupees damaged. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein who air-dashed to the …
Modi government’s North East push will only see 7.5 per cent road target achieved New Delhi: Even as poor road connectivity in India’s North East region continues to stall the government’s ‘Act East Policy’, the state-run company mandated to improve this crucial infrastructure will barely manage 7.5 per cent of …
National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) claims that the Lower Subansiri Hydro power project of 2000 Mega Watt is completely safe. The project has been designed to absorb floods to the tune of 500 cumecs over a 24-hour period. The current completion cost is Rs. 17,435 crore. The Executive Director of …
The Centre has planned to start a massive exercise of counting country's elephants next month. The entire process is expected to take six-seven months and final census report will be released in March-April next year. The environment ministry has called a meeting of stakeholders on July 15 before beginning the …
Zoological Survey of India has started five long-term monitoring plots in the Himalayas to document the impact of climate change on animal world. The project, funded by the Ministry for environment, forest and climate change, will monitor indicators in species like fish, butterflies, bees and other insects to find how …
The Arunachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (APSPCB) has directed hydropower developers to strictly follow the guidelines of the Central Pollution Control Board for monthly monitoring of ambient air quality, river water quality and environmental noise level. At a meeting convened on Monday to take stock of the status of …
GUWAHATI: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has asked the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to conduct the study on black-necked crane habitat, located on the site for the proposed 780 MW Nyamjang Chhu hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district, without any stipulated time frame. …
In what could trigger fresh controversies, the NDA Government at the Centre during the last two years has accorded environment and forest clearance to several hydroelectric projects that have a combined generation capacity of 6,000 MW of power. In the last two years of its rule at the Centre, the …
“Process of obtaining various clearances for the projects must be expedited and even made into a single window clearance system” Boosting Arunachal Pradeah government’s plan to develop small hydropower projects to provide electricity on priority basis, the NITI Aayog has agreed that projects up to 100 MW could soon be …
Itanagar : There has been a sharp rise in the number of dengue cases in Arunachal Pradesh since the disease was detected first in 2012. In 2015, a total of 1996 dengue cases were detected while the number of dengue cases in the previous year (2014) was only 27, informed …
Itanagar : Various localities of Daporijo township in Upper Subansiri district were inundated by heavy rainfall triggered flash flood on Sunday night. Many people were rendered homeless as flood water flowed into houses and washed away household items. A chaotic situation prevailed while town dwellers were busy shifting their belongings …
Itanagar: The state government has initiated a slew of measures to supply safe drinking water and improve infrastructure in the capital complex area as part of its people-friendly and welfare activities. In view of the problems faced by the people, the state government has taken up an ambitious project to …
