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 …
Assam is reeling under severe power crisis as the shortfall in availability of power during the peak load hours is around 230 MW and it is around 170 MW during the off-peak load hours, forcing the Assam State Electricity Board to take recourse to frequent power cuts. However, the situation, …
The Panch Jampani Upabhokta Bandh Samiti ( PJUB) has urged the authorities concerned for early completion of Dhansiri Irrigation Project and avail waters to the farmers. In a meeting held under the chairmanship of Sukumar Wary, discussed the mater and urged the irrigation department to take necessary steps. A ten …
Contrary to the strict vigilance and protective measures taken by the authorities of Orang National Park for the conservation of the one horned Rhino a fierce encounter took place inside the park between a group of armed poachers and forest staff on the night of April 21, while a female …
The Jorhat district administration has asked the tea garden managements to play a more proactive role to control diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases which are threatening to assume an epidemic form in several tea gardens and adjacent areas in the district. In a marathon meeting held at the conference hall …
The Centre proposes to deploy four Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSD) and a Hydraulic Surface Dredger (HSD) on Brahmaputra river in addition to the ones currently operating. Four more CSD and one HSD units are under construction for deployment in the Brahmaputra River National Waterway, said Union Minister for Shipping, TR …
Arsenic and flourides are found in the underground water in Barak valley. In order to make underground water free from arsenic and flourides all necessary preventive measure have been adopted by the State government. The PHE Minister Rihon Daimary disclosed the fact while inaugurating Kumbhirgram TE water supply scheme. PHE …
The Forest department of the State has undertaken an ambitious project of bamboo plantation to strengthen the economic foundation of the State. Talking to mediapersons recently at Nagaon, Rockybul Hussain, Forest Minister told that his department would plant bamboo on 2000 hectares of land around Guwahati through the Bamboo Mission. …
Acute power shortage has once again gripped the State, causing miseries to the consumers besides hitting trade and industry hard. While insufficient generation of power coupled with a decrepit transmission and distribution (T&D;) network has been at the root of the problem, a spurt in theft of tower parts and …
Today was Earth Day, but a vital part of Assam's natural landscape had nothing to rejoice amid the customary functions and meets. Missing from the Earth Day celebrations was any information about the status of the region's wetlands, even though they sustain large communities and play a major role in …
Barpeta district administration organised a health mela on the Pashehim Paka Azad Memorial High School premises in Bhaktardaba from April 6 to 8 last. The mela was recently inaugurated by Minister of Agriculture Pramila Rani Brahma. In her inaugural speech, Brahma stated that the present government in the State led …
The four-day workshop on biotechnology organized jointly by the Biotechnology Department of Guru Charan College and Jagadish Bose, National Research Talent Search, Kolkata and sponsored by DoNER began today in the auditorium of the college. Prof. GD Sharma, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Assam University, inaugurated the workshop. In his keynote address, …
Joint Director of Health Dr A Neog said that seven persons had died of diarrhoea in the last 15 days in Jorhat district, though the unofficial toll has been put at something between 13 and 17. Dr Neog said that deaths from gastro-enteric reasons had occurred in Naginijan Tea Estate …
The Forest Department is looking to the Father of the Nation to put across a powerful message to protect the environment as it observes Earth Day here tomorrow. Quoting Mahatma Gandhi's words
As the monsoon season has come nearer the Lakhimpur district Water Resource Department has yet to repair the embankments, which were breached by the flood in the year 2007. It is alleged that the said department has failed to take proper initiative to complete the repairing works. It is reported …
The Indian Society for the Study of Animal Reproduction, Assam branch, in collaboration with the State AH and Veterinary Department and World Bank project is organising a State-level seminar on
