Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Guwahati: Two more residents were killed in landslides in the city on Thursday despite steps taken by the Kamrup (Metro) district administration to minimize casualties in vulnerable areas. The deceased have been identified as Nurjahan Begum (11) of Nizorapar in the Noonmati area and Manik Chandra Rabha (71) of Hemgiri …
The president of Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers’ Association, PK Sarma, has stressed the need to free the city hills and wetlands from encroachment in order to prevent the recurrence of flash floods. Talking to this correspondent, Sarma, also a co-chairman of the Indian Green Building Council, Guwahati, maintained …
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 …
Flash floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 22 people in India and forced more than 170,000 from their homes, officials said on Monday, as forecasters predicted more downpours in coming days. India's monsoon rains, though vital for agriculture, regularly bring death and destruction. The rain was 35 …
MORIGAON (Assam): As Assam continues to reel under the devastating impact of floods, the Brahmaputra river has submerged 60 per cent of the rhino habitat Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary located in Morigaon district near Guwahati. The floods have also damaged around 50 per cent infrastructure of the Sanctuary which is the …
India has suffered from many disasters in its recent history, both natural and climate-related, and these continue to cause devastation. In November 2015, floods in the southern city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, killed over 370 people and damaged crops worth US$190 m. And in May 2016, at the time of …
India has suffered from many disasters in its recent history, both natural and climate-related, and these continue to cause devastation. In November 2015, floods in the southern city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, killed over 370 people and damaged crops worth US$190 m. And in May 2016, at the time of …
Nearly 90,000 people have been affected in the latest wave of floods across seven districts in Assam. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) sources said more than 88,000 people are reeling under flood in 257 villages across Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Nagaon, Jorhat, Golaghat, Morigaon and Biswanath districts. Currently, Brahmaputra is flowing …
India’s favourite morning pick-me-up is set to give some serious nightmares to its policymakers. Thirty-four years from now, roughly 90% of tea areas in Assam could be “unsuitable” for plantation, hit by climate change. At stake are some of the finest tea varieties with that divinely familiar malty flavour, and …
Guwahati: Heavy rain in most parts of upper Assam has led to a rise in the Brahmaputra's water level, inundating four districts and over 80,500 people till Monday. "The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at Nematighat in Jorhat, Tezpur in Sonitpur, Dhansiri in Golaghat and Jia Bharali at …
Guwahati: The Kamrup district administration on Monday launched a monitoring basis evaluation system for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). As of Monday, over 11 cases of JE and 33 cases of AES have been reported from Kamrup district so far. The programme aims at combatting the scourge …
The Kamrup Metro district administration today directed all the circle officers (COs) to remove encroachments from the water bodies, natural channels and drains in and around Guwahati. The COs have been directed to take help of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and the water resources …
A torrential downpour this afternoon brought back the misery of water-logging and artificial flood to many localities in the city. The shower, which started just after 3 pm and lasted almost an hour, resulted in flooding in Jorabat, Panjabari, Sarumataria, Down Town, RG Barua road, Anil Nagar, Nabin Nagar, VIP …
Guwahati: The Orang national park, also known as mini Kaziranga, has lost its first rhino to poachers. The carcass of the rhino bearing bullet injuries was recovered on Thursday. The poachers have also taken away the horn. "The rhino perhaps was killed three days back. Our staff had heard a …
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 …
Guwahati: The Co-ordination Committee of Tribal Organizations of Assam (CCTOA) has urged the Centre to protect the land rights of scheduled tribal forest dwellers in its proposed National Forest Policy. The environment ministry has entrusted Bhopal-based Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) with the task of reviewing and revising the …
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the major causes of cardiovascular diseases in developing countries. CHD among neonates and young children is responsible for the largest proportion of mortality (30–50%) caused by birth defects . Though there is a significantly reducing trend observed in both overall and infant mortality …
Soil pollution in Guwahati city, Assam, India has become a major concern since the last few decades. To study the impact of automobile and industrial emission, distribution patterns of 16 different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and eight heavy metals were investigated in the soil samples collected from 15 different sites. …
Guwahati: Assam was hit by a second wave of floods on Tuesday, a week after the south-west monsoon arrived in the northeast on June 14. More than 9,000 people have been affected till Wednesday, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority said. The affected districts are Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Karbi Anglong …
GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday asked the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to take all possible measures to protect the one-horned rhinos. The chief minister held a high-level meeting with the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police of Jorhat, Golaghat and Nagaon districts that encircle the …
