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 …
Heavy rains, inundation, and floods continue to wreak havoc in India, with the death toll rising in Assam, Bihar and West Bengal this week. Train and rail services of the Eastern Railway have also taken a hit, with many lines damaged in the rains. Heavy rains, inundation, and floods continue …
Nitish Kumar undertakes aerial survey The flood situation affecting 70 lakh people in Bihar’s 14 inundated northern districts continued to be grim on Wednesday, with the death toll up rising to 72. The State government has commenced relief and rescue operations with the help of the Army, Air Force, 27 …
13 districts submerged; situation improves in north Bengal; 14 trains cancelled The flood situation continued to be grim in Bihar and Assam on Tuesday while a break in the rains offered respite for the northern districts of Bengal. The toll in Bihar rose to 56 with 69.81 lakh people affected …
The Red Horns Division under the aegis of the Gajraj Corps moved to the aid of people of Lower Assam affected by floods amidst heavy deluge. Based on a call for help from the civil administration and people, the Division launched multiple teams in areas of BTAD and Karbi Anglong …
GUWAHATI: With his entire crop land lying ravaged in floods, Hiloram Pator, a peasant from Aambagan area in Morigaon, is considering moving to the state capital, around 58 km from his village, in search of a different livelihood. His wife Rukmini says, "The suicides by the two farmers who lost …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs. Union of India & Others dated 09/08/2017 regarding wildlife casualties due to vehicular movement on the National Highway-37 passing through the Kaziranga National Park. Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Assam submits that Wildlife Institute of India has …
GOLAGHAT (Dhekial), Aug 3: The members of Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) Golaghat District Committee staged a protest near the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Golaghat on Thursday against the construction of the big dam of Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project. The AJYCP carried out a mass rally which was started …
In recent years, the Indian Renewable Energy (RE) sector has witnessed high grow rate – driven by the Government of India (GOI) commitment to increase RE capacity to 175 GW in 2022 and the assurance to increase the proportion of non-fossil fuel in India’s fuel mix to 40 percent by …
This document outlines the key challenges being faced by states to meet their Renewable energy targets for 2022. It draws out key recommendations emerging from the state action plans. In November 2013, NITI Aayog (at the time, known as the Planning Commission of India) initiated a stakeholder-driven analysis of the …
The deadly Hepatitis has been taking a heavy toll on lives across the world with an estimated one million people falling to the disease every year. In India around 40 million are affected by Hepatitis B. The incidence of Hepatitis B and C is also increasing in the Northeast region. …
The Union Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has finally come up with the statement that it is not in favour of the report submitted by the Assam experts of the Project oversight Committee (PoC) on the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) and accepted the report of …
Central team arrives to assess ground situation The total damage caused by the recent wave of floods in the State has been estimated at Rs 2,939 crore. Details of the damage have been shared with the 7-member inter-ministerial Central team that arrived here on Tuesday. According to Chief Secretary VK …
Twenty-one elephants have died due to electrocution between April last and February this year, Union Environment minister Harsh Vardhan said today. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, he said that two tiger casualties have also been reported in 2017 due to electrocution. In 2016-17, upto February 9, 21 elephant …
3 pending projects to be completed soon will improve State's power scenario: Pallab Lochan Dispur’s efforts to generate adequate power to meet demand have yielded little fruit despite thousands of crores sunk by the previous Congress government. Low power generation by its own power projects has forced Assam Power Generation …
Both humans and animals are at the receiving ends due to the growing man-animal conflicts over living spaces across the State. Reasons attributed to this disturbing situation are deforestation as well as encroachment of wildlife zones which have created paucity of ‘green covers’ for animals, and the upshot is animals …
In a unique gesture, the Duliajan-headquartered Oil India Limited today sent out a green message by presenting neem saplings instead of the customary bouquets to dignitaries at a function that the PSU organised here to mark the launch of its startup initiative. An OIL spokesman said OIL CMD Utpal Bora …
The All Assam Water Resources Contractors’ Association (AAWRCS) has appealed to the contractors across the State to lend their helping hands in the protection of breached embankments in their respective areas. The statement assumes significance in the wake of the recent onslaught of flood in the State, creating massive havoc …
The flood situation is still in a critical condition as the water of Ranganadi is flowing through the breached portions of its embankment in Bogoleejan, Jainpur and Aamtola. The worst affected areas are Bogoleejan, Hatilung, West Telahee, Malowal and Shantipur. The district administration in a press briefing today stated that …
Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday disclosed that while Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 44 lives, 87 persons have died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in the State this year in the State so far. The hospitals across the State have recorded 305 and 1111 cases of …
Amidst heavy floods in several parts in Golaghat, a girl studying in Class X lost her life after suffering from the deadly Encephalitis disease. According to report, the daughter of Kolia Das from flood-hit Rajanakhat village in Golaghat had been suffering from fever. Later, she was admitted at Swahid Kushal …
