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 …
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh will see investment of at least Rs 2 lakh crore in mega hydro projects in the next decade when it will gradually increase its contribution to the national grid to 25,000 MW, according to an eminent power expert. "Arunachal Pradesh will generate at least 12,000 MW of …
A CAMPAIGN is slowly building up in Assam against the construction of large dams on rivers in Arunachal Pradesh, with experts as well as intellectuals fearing that these dams will have serious implications in the Brahmaputra valley. Environmentalists, researchers and intellectuals, who met here over the past two days over …
New Delhi: Highways minister Kamal Nath may have been harping upon exceeding the target of laying 20km of new roads in the country every day but his ministry has been dragging its feet since August 2009 over repairing a bridge in Assam, leaving staterun hydel utility NHPC stranded with vital …
Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has demanded that construction of all mega hydel dams proposed in Arunachal Pradesh should be suspended until comprehensive studies on their socio-economic, environmental, technological and downstream impacts are completed and the people of Assam are convinced of the efficacy of the steps to keep life and …
ITANAGAR, Jan 21: The Arunachal Pradesh State Transport department has received an image boost thanks to the initiatives of the Union Ministry of Urban Development. Of the 23 state of the art buses manufactured by Tata Motors and funded by the state Urban Development Department for comprehensive mobility plan under …
Guwahati:Sensing the mood of the public in certain districts in the north bank of Brahmaputra River over construction of mega dam projects in upstream areas in Arunachal Pradesh and near inter-state boundaries the Opposition Asom Gana Partishad (AGP) is out to cash in on it. The AGP while making an …
ITANAGAR, Jan 16: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Gen (Retd) JJ Singh today reiterated his clarion call to the people of the two capital cities in particular and people of Arunachal Pradesh in general to make a
ITANAGAR, Jan 13: The Itanagar Permanent Bench of the Gauhati High Court has questioned the silence of the State Forest Department during the hearing of a writ petition (civil) filed by Vijoy Tachang against grant of Land Possessing Certificate (LPC) for more than 50 hectares of land to one particular …
ITANAGAR, Jan 13: NABARD Regional Office here has allocated Rs 125 crore for the year 2009-10 to Arunachal Pradesh for building up rural infrastructure under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF). Official sources today said that last year, the State
The Centre has hailed the Arunachal Pradesh Government for effective implementation of the Border Village Illumination Programme under the Prime Minister
ITANAGAR, Jan 10: Thanks to the persuasiveness of Governor Gen (Retd) J J Singh that Arunachal Pradesh would move a step ahead in equipping its farmers with expertise to mint money from bamboo, which is abundant in the lush forests of the state. National Bamboo Mission (NBM) Director Dr Gorakh …
ITANAGAR, Jan 10: With the picnic season at full swing, people are thronging the outskirts of the State capital that offers ideal picnic spots with icy cool rivers and serene nature. But the lighthearted outings are taking its toll over the environment with pollution from leftovers. That makes one ponder …
ITANAGAR, Jan 5: Taking a hint from the WWF revelation that tigers were the most endangered species on the planet at the moment, State Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu today laid specific stress on conservation and preservation for posterity of the world
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu today stressed on immediate relocation of Lissu tribal community members from Namdapha National Park to arrest the decline in tiger population there.
The North-eastern States might be sitting on a huge hydropower potential, but power companies, both government-owned and independent power producers (IPP), citing serious hurdles, have called for immediate steps to simplify land acquisition and environmental and forest clearances processes. The issue assumes significance because it comes at a time when …
MANOJ ANAND An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale rocked Assam, north-eastern states and neighbouring Burma on Tuesday causing minor damages to properties and cracks in apartments and other concrete structures. The regional Seismological Centre Shillong in Meghalaya said that epicentre of the tremor which took place at about …
ITANAGAR, Dec 28: Claiming that the tender process for implementation of the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in Bameng CD block of East Kameng district was completed in February 2007, the All Bameng Khenewa & Lada Students
At a time when the impact of global warming and human activities have been recognised as threats to Northeast India, a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has emphasised the need for concerted action to protect the Eastern Himalayan region. A study report
