Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Guwahati: Flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Monday with three more persons losing their lives, taking the death toll to 34 in the current deluge in which over 11 lakh people have been affected. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two persons were killed at …
GUWAHATI: Flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Monday with three more persons losing their lives, taking the death toll to 34 in the current deluge in which over 11 lakh people have been affected. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two persons were killed at …
GUWAHATI: All Assam Congress Committee (APCC) on Tuesday organized a volunteers' meet on Global Climate Change and its impact on Assam. What is unique about the meeting is that it is held in boats on the Brahmaputra river in the Baghbar area of Barpeta district in the middle of flood …
The flood situation in Assam turned grim following incessant rains in the catchment areas of Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam since August 16 and according to official records, around three lakh people of 13 districts of the State have been affected so far. The flood report, released by the Assam …
The flood situation in Assam worsened today with over 27,000 people affected in more than 70 villages across the state. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its daily flood report that an estimated 27,200 people are affected as of now in 72 villages across Barpeta, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Morigaon …
Guwahati: Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 43 lives and affected 311 people so far in nine districts of Assam this year with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi directing health department officials to effectively tackle the spread of the disease. Lower Assam districts of Barpeta, Kamrup (Rural), Darrang and Nalbari districts have been …
The Japanese encephalitis (JE)-related death toll in the State has shot up to 29. The number of persons affected by this mosquito-borne disease, which is yet to have a curative treatment, has also shot up to 224 in the State. Sources in the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project The Beki Noi Niyantran Aru Baan Sahajya Samiti(BNNABSS), a lower Assam-based organisation, which has been voicing apprehension over construction of a mega hydropower projects in Bhutan, has expressed concern over Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone for …
A good number of brick kilns have come up in different parts of Assam. With some of these brick kilns located close to the city and the towns, many concerns have been raised over the pollution emanating from them. Pollution Control Board (PCB), Assam sources said that the State has …
After encroachment of land by illegal settlers, unabated erosion is now posing a great threat to the 500–year–old Jania Xatra in Barpeta district. The Baki River is now only 300 metres away from the Naamghar of the Xatra set up centuries ago by Sri Sri Purushotam Thakur Dev. More than …
GUWAHATI: There is no let up in the problem of land erosion caused by the Brahmaputra and its tributaries in Assam. Official records stated that the State lost 46,939 bighas of land due to erosion caused by the rivers in 2012. The district of Sonitpur in upper Assam lost 29,025 …
GUWAHATI: The State government has signed a loan agreement with World Bank and Government of India for 320 million US Dollars in New Delhi on Monday. Sources said the loan is for improvement of State highways and district roads under the Assam State Road Project. The project would be implemented …
The three waves of devastating floods in India's north state of Assam this year have left nearly 1.8 million children, along with their families, displaced, an assessment done by an NGO Save the Children, said Monday. The NGO found that the first round of flooding affected the districts of Barpeta, …
GUWAHATI: Altogether 1.8 million children have been affected in the floods and struggling daily to meet their basic needs such as food, water, medicare and education during the past three months in Assam, as per an estimate of Save the Children’, an internationally acclaimed NGO. “Out of the total affected …
Central team arrives to assess damage GUWAHATI: The agricultural sector appears to be the worst affected by the devastating floods in the State this year and this is evident by the fact that the total agricultural damage stands at around Rs 900 crore. This figure was arrived upon after an …
Guwahati: The death toll in the Assam floods Thursday rose to 100 even as the waters started to recede in most of the 27 affected districts except Dhemaji. However, the rising water level of the Jiadhal river submerged several villages in the morning. The surging waters have also affected parts …
Guwahati: Forest officials in most rhino habitats in Assam have been working through the night to save wildlife severely affected after flood waters submerged vast areas of sanctuaries. The flood season is crucial for the animals in protected areas as poachers take advantage of the situation to hunt, particularly the …
With floods continuing to wreak havoc from Sadiya to Dhubri and Dhemaji to Barak Valley and reports of fresh breaches in embankments coming in, thousands of people have become homeless in the State due to the current wave of floods. In the last 24 hours, 4 people died in Dibrugarh …
Seven persons have lost their lives in the flood fury that affected 14 districts across Assam. So far about 2.5 lakh people have been affected due to floods that have forced the authorities to shift over 32,000 people to relief camps. Those killed in this second wave of floods this …
Over 2.44 lakh people have been affected by floods in 14 districts across Assam in the past few days, with the authorities shifting over 32,000 people to relief camps, official sources said here on Monday. According to reports, one child drowned in Goreswar circle in Baska district adjoining the Bhutan …
