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 …
Sericulture farms in India’s northeastern state of Assam, are suddenly witnessing a rush of female workers. Improved connectivity of villages is a major reason for this transformation. Women self-help groups (SHGs) involved in sericulture, a major cottage industry in the region, are happy with the new roads built through forest, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Chowdhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/02/2020 regarding identification of sites for setting up of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility and the issue pertaining to protection of elephant corridor by Northern alignment of the railway track …
Field trial of a patented fluoride removal method, based on precipitation–adsorption, has been carried out in some villages of Assam, North East India, with groundwater sources containing 1.8–20 mg/l initial [F– ] at small community (220 l) and household (15 l) levels. Original Source
‘Rivers of Hope’ captures the struggles of the riparian communities to survive around the raging rivers in Assam and Uttar Pradesh. The photo series beautifully highlights the daily lives of those living around the Saralbhanga and Sharda river basins, their resilience to survive, their hope and commitment to solve the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Chowdhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/08/2019. The issues discussed were shifting of the solid waste mangement plant near Deepor Beel and encroachment of the wetland, Guwahati, Assam. Nalin Kohli, Additional Advocate General for the State of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aabhijeet Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/07/2019. The applications seek reconstitution of the Committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in pursuance of order of the Tribunal dated 16.10.2017 for Subansiri Lower …
PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed by the DMO Dr Kaling Dai, a team of doctors and officials in carrying outsource reduction activities followed by awareness programme, fogging and …
GUWAHATI: Eminent doctors of Assam and other North-Eastern States have come forward to fight against air pollution and to create awareness regarding the rising air pollution and its ill effects. Many renowned doctors joined hands at the launch event of Doctors for Clean Air at NEDFi House. It was led …
Some traders in areas that usually escape inundation invested in solar gadgets before the arrival of the monsoon in June The sun has created a flood of business opportunities in the monsoon-mauled Assam. The deluge this year has so far killed 55 people — five drowned on Saturday — and …
A total of 57 animals were rescued out of which four died on arrival at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC). Morigaon: A large section of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary here has been inundated, as incessant rains continue to lash the northeastern state. With their home partially submerged, rhinoceroses …
The flood waters showed a receding trend in Assam, however, the toll rose to 62 on Sunday. Northeast India and Bihar continued to battle flood fury on Saturday as the death toll due to rain-related incidents crossed the 150-figure mark while flood-like situation prevailed in seven districts of Punjab. The …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Illegal Coal Mining in Forest Areas in Assam, 19/07/2019. As per information received from State Government of Assam, Coal Mining has been going on by the Coal India Limited in Digboi Forest Division of Tinsukia District in Assam. Illegal coal mining in the form …
Thee spread of Japanese Encephalitis during the flood has made the condition more challenging as death toll due to JE has also climbed to 82. Guwahati: The flood situation remains grim in Assam on Wednesday with death toll climbing to 20. More than 57 lakh population across 30 districts of …
The staff and security personnel are performing their duties using mechanised and country boats to deal with any kind of eventualities, they said. With over 150 anti-poaching camps in the Kaziranga National Park affected by the Assam floods, the authorities are working round-the-clock to check poaching at the UNESCO World …
The flood situation in Bihar, Assam and other northeast states has turned worse with the death toll rising to 46 on Tuesday. Bihar and Assam have been the worst hit with nearly 68 lakh people affected across the two states. The incessant rains in the last 10 days have submerged …
Haryana ranks at the bottom in terms of average health expenditure (2012-2017) among seven states that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) examined to assess the progress towards attaining sustainable development goals (SDGs) as regards “good health and well being”. The average health expenditure was just 3.29 per cent of …
An 82-member special protection force trained to combat poachers and understand animal behaviour was deployed in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Sunday. Among the 82 personnel of the Special Rhino Protection Force (SRPF) are eight women. “The SRPF is basically a tiger protection force named after the rhino since …
The Assam government Thursday stopped transportation of four elephants to Gujarat for the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad due to prevailing heat wave in North-West India. The Gauhati High Court in a PIL had earlier this week asked the government to pass an appropriate order by Thursday considering the safety …
GUWAHATI: Voice of Environment, an NGO, has started a signature campaign as part of its mass sensitization on making Kamakhya Temple premises a plastic-free zone during Ambubachi Mela 2019. The campaign is led by environmentalist Moharana Choudhury. Advocate Kanhaiya Poddar requested everyone to collaborate, support and join the cause for …
Animal rights activists in Assam and elsewhere in India have decided to petition the Supreme Court against the proposed “torturous train trip” of four juvenile elephants from the State to Gujarat for a religious event in Ahmedabad. NGOs such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) too have …
