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 …
As the monsoon retreats and the flood waters recede, the flood bank and bed of the River Dikrong in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh becomes a humming ground of the human activities. Temporary labour tents or huts, crusher machines, movement of trucks and other vehicles all along the length and breadth become …
Guwahati: While 500 tourists, are stranded in Tawang, close to the India-China border in western Arunachal Pradesh, the entire district is also facing an acute shortage of petroleum products as landslides have cut off the only road link between Tawang and Tezpur (in Assam) for the past four days. The …
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power will invest over Rs 12,000 crore for executing 2,520-MW hydro power projects in Arunachal Pradesh, to be commissioned in the next Five Year Plan (2012-17). "Reliance Power has signed an agreement with the Arunachal Pradesh government for developing 2,520 MW of hydro power projects in the …
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai May 21, 2009, 1:35 IST Projects worth over Rs 18,000 cr Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Power (R-Power) has bagged four hydroelectric power projects of 2,520- Mw capacity worth over Rs 18,000 crore from the Arunachal Pradesh government through a competitive bidding process. With this, the company …
ITANAGAR, May 12: The booming sound of guns at insurgency- affected Tirap district in Arunachal Pradesh will soon be replaced by agriculture activities, as the easternmost district of the state is all set for a green revolution. The district administration and agriculture department have planned an extensive double-cropping initiative in …
The Regional Meteorology Centre (RMC) here forecast probability of rain or thundershower at many places over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh and at a few places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram during the next 24 hours since today noon. It has also warned possibilities of isolated thunder squall or hailstorm with …
Itanagar: Unprecedented flood looms large at East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh following reported formation of an artificial reservoir at Tsangpo river in Tibet following a massive blockade due to a landslide on April 27. According to official sources, people in the district as well as in Jonai sub-division, under …
Arunachal Pradesh, being the largest state in Northeast India, has unique biocultural resources. To enhance the sustainability of biocultural resources, a series of village workshops (15) were organized among the Adi community of Arunachal Pradesh. The objective was to explore and understand the dynamics of iocultural knowledge, livelihood, ecosystems and …
ITANAGAR, April 6: The Tapun Area Welfare Society (TAWS) has accused the Centre of being soft on Chakma refugees, which had allegedly encouraged them to destroy forests at Diyun range under Lohit district. The society alleged that the refugees were violating the prescribed norms fixed during their resettlement from Mizo …
DR MANMOHAN Singh is an honourable man. He is soft-spoken, decent and, unlike most Indian politicians, he did not seek high office to line his pockets with ill-gotten wealth. For that alone, we in India, who continue to suffer consistently at the hands of dark politicians who steal from us, …
Arunachal Pradesh, falling under Easter Himalayan region one of the global mega-diversity centers, is a botanical paradise and the home of 110 ethnic communities (tribes) most of which are still forest dwellers and so diverse that they can not understand each others language. Hindi is gradually becoming popular among the …
Rodents are important storage pest of NEH region due to availability of congenial habitat. The farmers of West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh with their years of wisdom have been using an indigenous method of rat proof granary called Nahu in Adi language. The study reveals three scientific features of …
The North-east is slated to be India's 'future power house' with approximately 170 large hydroelectric projects to generate around 70,000 MW planned in the region. The large dams juggernaut promises to be the biggest 'development' intervention in this ecologically and geologically fragile, seismically active and culturally sensitive landscape in the …
