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 …
The tribunal has also asked about the steps taken by the State of Assam to prevent animal deaths on roads caused due to vehicular traffic The sad state of affairs at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, where animals continue to become victims of poaching, commercial activities and vehicular traffic, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 26/11/2015 regarding commercial/ construction activity which are coming up within 10 KM of the boundary of the Kaziranga National Park.
Climate change is the greatest global challenge facing us today which through a multitude of impacts poses a risk to our ecology, economy and society. Observation shows that changes being experienced in the climate of Assam are over and above the natural climate variability prevailing in the region. Studies have …
With large-scale hotels in and around the world heritage site of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) posing a threat to wildlife, especially the one-horned rhinoceros, the National Green Tribunal has sought to know how such activities came to be permitted by the State government. The Tribunal has summoned the Secretary, Department …
Some cities in Assam and the northeast have reported a drastic drop in air quality over the past few years. This was revealed in World Health Organization's 'Ambient (outdoor) Air Pollution (AAP) in Cities Database' released in April this year. Experts termed the pollution situation here 'borderline alarming' and sought …
Poachers managed to kill another rhino at Kaziranga, a world heritage site about 250 km from here, on Sunday, barely a week after the national park was opened to visitors. Kaziranga divisional forest officer S K Seal Sarma said the poachers were, however, unable to take away the horn, following …
Environ, a group for the environmental management for sustainable development, is working hard to manage solid waste disposal and is campaigning for a plastic-free puja this year. Amarjyoti Kashyap, president of Environ, has appealed to all sections of people, particularly puja committees, to ensure an environment friendly Puja and achieve …
Environ, a group for environmental management for sustainable development, has appealed to all sections of people – especially the puja committees – to ensure celebration of an environment-friendly Durga Puja and to achieve the real meaning of Swachh Bharat. In this context, Dr Amarjyoti Kashyap, president of Environ, has suggested …
A unique three-day summit on sustainable development of mountain states in India, held in this Arunachal Pradesh capital, called for special steps for disaster risk reduction and optimal utilisation of mountain agricultural resources. Given the disastrous earthquake in Nepal in April this year and the 2013 cloudburst in Uttarakhand, disaster …
GUWAHATI: The Kamrup (Metro) district administration will take strict action this time against those who violate pollution norms during the Durga Puja celebrations. To encourage puja committees to adopt environment-friendly measures, the administration has also decided to award them. "Cleanliness and zero pollution have been our prime targets besides security …
The New Delhi-based Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently directed the Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) authorities to place on record complete documents to show as to how many trees they have cut and how many trees they have planted as afforestation in their extended township. The NRL …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Kashmira Kakati Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 06/10/2015 regarding coal mining in the reserved forest area situated in Makum forest (Tinsukia, Assam) in contravention of the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
Hospital employees in cahoots with scrap dealers making a mockery of biomedical waste handling rules More than a month after The Sentinel exposed how nearly 80 per cent of hospitals, diagnostic centres and laboratories in the State are flouting norms and disposing off potentially infectious waste in a haphazard, improper …
The National Green Tribunal has slammed Assam government for delay in preparing a project report on measures to curb growing wildlife casualties due to vehicular movement on the national highway passing through the Kaziranga National Park. The green panel took exception to the fact that it had directed the state …
GUWAHATI: Conservationists have hit upon a novel plan to monitor the movement of wildlife from their natural habitat in the Kaziranga National Park to nearby human habitations during flood. The Wildlife Trust of India and the Elephant Family, two environmental organisations, have engaged young volunteers from nearby villages to monitor …
The Kamrup (Metro) district struggled to check an outbreak of dengue with over 100 confirmed cases being reported so far. No deaths had been reported till Wednesday evening, the state health department said, adding that Kamrup (Metro) was the worst-hit. None of the patients from the district had shown signs …
Punjab and Haryana figure on the list of major states in the country that are set to miss the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) by three-fourths till the September 2015 global deadline for targets. As per the commitment on MDGs made in 1990 by all …
Rampant erosion by the Bahini and the Basistha river in Bangaon (Manjhipara) area of Beltola has now raised concern of the local residents. The river is now eroding the right embankment rapidly. It may be mentioned that, the Bahini and Basistha river flows together through Bangaon for which the force …
670 km stretch of East-West Corridor The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) seems to be out of step with present-day concerns over climate change and its impact. Only this can explain NHAI's hemming and hawing over re-plantation of more than 1.36 lakh trees it got chopped down in the …
A review meeting on centrally sponsored schemes for the district was held in the conference hall of DC office on Monday. The issues related to projects regarding electrification of the district was discussed in the meeting. Speaking on the issue, Sushmita Dev, MP Silchar, said that for electrification of entire …
