ITANAGAR: A cloudburst followed by torrential rain and hailstorm created havoc at Bomdila, the headquarters of West Kameng district on Saturday. The rain lashed the township for over an hour, resulting in chocking of drains and spreading of debris all around. The main road and the link roads of the …
A rare sub-species of butterfly has been discovered by two scientists at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, much to the delight of in the country. Sanjoy Sondhi and Purnendu Roy, the scientists working at Dehradun-based Titli Trust, a non-profit body working for conservation of nature, …
Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has sanctioned Rs 130.74 crore towards compensation to be paid to the landowners in West Kameng, East Kameng and Papum Pare districts of Arunachal Pradesh who would be affected by the construction of the Nechipu–Hoj stretch of Trans–Arunachal Highway (TAH). Chief Minister …
A team of researchers from the University of Calicut has reported the discovery of a new subspecies of wild banana that could be developed as an ornamental plant for tropical gardens. The plant Musa velutina subsp. markkuana was discovered from the forests of Arunachal Pradesh and is characterised by smooth …
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh Bamboo Resources and Development Agency (APBRDA) has urged Centre to provide one time grant-in-aid of Rs 15 crore for regeneration and restocking of bamboo plantation in the gregarious bamboo flowering affected areas of the State. A delegation of APBRDA in a memorandum to Union Minister of …
TAWANG: Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Sunday flagged off the Clean Arunachal campaign at the Galden Namgyal Lhatse Monastery, popularly known as Tawang Monastery. “We are starting holy mission from a holy place. This is a pious beginning and we should ensure success of the mission,” he said while giving …
Conservation of natural resources by traditional societies across the globe seems to have arisen out of the age-old practice of animistic religious belief systems. Such belief systems are fundamental aspects of people’s culture, which strongly conditions their use of natural resources. Arunachal Pradesh, a biodiversity hotspot region in the eastern …
Kimi (Arunachal Pradesh), Oct. 15: There will soon be light at the end of the tunnel, literally. Engineers of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) Limited are just 3km away from breaking out through the mountains to complete construction of a 14.5-km-long tunnel for the Kameng hydroelectric project, nestled in …
Guwahati, Oct. 2: Thirty families of Salari village in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district have developed bio-cultural community protocols for medicinal plants, setting terms and conditions for access to their knowledge and resources to outsiders. The state will unveil the bio-cultural protocols for the first time at a side event …
Till five to six years ago, yak rearing was gradually becoming the last thing that young men from the Monpa community in the Kameng region of western Arunachal Pradesh were interested in. And there were reasons for this. Besides being an expensive activity with diminishing returns, climate change was also …
The Power Grid Corporation of India, a Government of India enterprise, which is in the business of transmission of power from power projects in the north-eastern region, through their 800 KV, 400 KV, + - 800 KV and 132 KV lines, is allegedly dealing with extra high tension power in …
Guwahati, Sept. 21: WWF India will begin its tiger estimation effort in the picturesque Tale wildlife sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh with camera traps in the first week of October. The area in the Nameri-Pakke landscape has the largest tiger population in Arunachal Pradesh, said the 2010 report on Status of …
ROING: According to the North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWLM), six districts of the State have arsenic contamination in their water sources causing concern for the authorities. The six districts are Papum Pare, East Kameng, West Kameng, Lower Subansiri and Lower Dibang Valley and Tirap. In …
Guwahati: Massive landslides in the Tibetan Buddhist-dominated Tawang area and West Kameng areas of Arunachal Pradesh has triggered a scare that the 400-year-old monastery that
A group of Yaks at the National Yak Research and Breeding Centre, Arunachal Pradesh. File Photo The Hindu A group of Yaks at the National Yak Research and Breeding Centre, Arunachal Pradesh. File Photo The population of yak, the friendly long-haired bovine found in the Himalayan region, is rapidly declining …
Water is an essential natural resource for human and living organisms. We use water for various purposes like drinking, cleaning, agriculture practices, transportation, etc. It is the prime resource for the hydel power station, providing electricity for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes. Among the northeastern states, Arunachal Pradesh is endowed …
BOMDILA, Aug 1: A Public Hearing for grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) in respect of the 120 MW Dibbin Hydro Electric Project under Nafra circle in West Kameng district was held on Friday last at Nafra Community Hall, reports DIPRO. Chairing the Public Hearing, Deputy Commissioner Rinchin Tashi directed the …
Arunachal Pradesh is a part of the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, one among the 25 identified hotspots world wide. Due to decrease in firewood source and increase in local market price, rural people are compelled to resort to indigenous energy-efficient technologies. In this respect, rural people of Arunachal Pradesh, especially …
BOMDILA, June 21: Come monsoon and water borne diseases like diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, typhoid, worm infestation and infective hepatitis makes their foothold and Bomdila, the house of nine thousand-plus people in its fold, is no exception. Though nothing of concern has happened yet, it is better to be prepared for …
Arunachal Pradesh, being the largest state in eastern Himalayan region, has unique biodiversity and diverse cultural resources. The state is the homeland of five ecosystems and 26 major tribes. The livelihood security of tribal communities is determined by terrestrial and aquatic indigenous bioresources. Economy of tribals living in far-flung areas …
