Itanagar

Govt sanctions Rs 67cr to improve water supply in Itanagar

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 …

Dorjee calls for speedy execution of power projects

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu has urged all power developers to execute their projects within the timeframe as per the Memorandum of Understanding. He also affirmed his government

Court questions silence of Forest Department on writ petition

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 …

Tribals relocation needed to stop tiger decline

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.

Public nod to Arunachal greenfield airport project

The proposal for construction of a greenfield airport in Arunachal Pradesh, a part of the Prime Minister

Capital coping with water scarcity

ITANAGAR, Oct. 29: Water in Arunachal Pradesh is aplenty but its systematized supply through the departmental taps is scarce, particularly in Abotani Colony of Itanagar. With the winter approaching, when the perennial water sources trickle down to the minimum, other colonies of the State capital also fear the worst. Since …

Governor inaugurates bamboo processing centre at Poma

ITANAGAR, Aug 18: Governor General (Retd) JJ Singh inaugurated a Bamboo Processing Centre at Poma Village near here today in presence of a large gathering. According to a press release, the bamboo processing centre (BPC) is a unique project comprising of installation of bamboo processing machinery, training of unemployed youths, …

Network of NE seismic labs by next year

The network of seismic observatory labs at Gangtok, Agartala and Itanagar to study and analyse data for forewarning people of the North East about earthquakes will be operationalised within one year

Arunachal gets Rs 300-cr Central package

Bowing to pressure from the hilly border State of Arunachal Pradesh, the Central Government has awarded a whopping financial package of Rs 300 crore to the State to bridge the existing

Arunachal enters into joint venture for hydel project

Arunachal Pradesh Government has entered into a joint venture with the Jindal group to develop the 4,500 mw Etalin multi-purpose hydro-electric project, the biggest in the country. Announcing this at a press conference here yesterday, the Chairman of the Hydro-power Development Corporation of Arunachal Pradesh, T G Rimpoche said the …

Power to generate over Rs 12,000 cr revenue in Arunachal by 2020

The huge untapped natural resources in Arunachal Pradesh when harnessed would make it a front ranking State, Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu said today. Development of hydropower projects alone, for which the State Government has signed MOUs with several CPUs and private players, would generate at least Rs 12,000 crore to …

Rivers in threat

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 …

Price rise at an all-time high, reaches 13,700ft

Sela Pass (Tawang): Rashmi Rijiju, 37, runs a restaurant at Sela Pass, a strategically important peak at 13,700 feet in Tawang, bordering China in western Arunachal Pradesh. She moved there almost the same time seven years ago when the Army set up an outpost and positioned its troops, she recalls. …

Arunachal to be power-surplus State

Arunachal Pradesh is poised to become a power-surplus State by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan with a capacity addition of 11,000 MW hydro-electric power

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