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, July 29 – The number of people who have died of encephalitis in the State has shot up to 147. Of them, 44 died of confirmed Japanese Encephalitis (JE). The number of districts affected by the disease has also soared up to 16, sources in the Health Department said. …
Though the Government has decided to revive the Chandrapur Thermal Power Station (CTPS) by converting the project into a coal based power station, the delay in receiving the coal linkage delayed the implementation of the project. Meanwhile, the clearance from the Environment and Forest Ministry is yet to be received …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested Minister for Railways Mamata Banerjee for inclusion of a slew of projects in the Railway Budget for the year 2011-12. In a letter to the Railway Minister, Gogoi requested Banerjee for new lines for strengthening the Railway infrastructure in the Northeast and Assam, which …
Jorhat, Jan. 3: The Assam State Transport Corporation has allotted 15 new buses for rural routes across the state as a New Year gift for people living in the remote areas. The buses will start plying with immediate effect. The ASTC has set guidelines for the base stations and buses …
Dhubri, Sept. 20: Two digital global positioning system (GPS) towers installed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) at Jogighopa river port in Bongaigaon district were swept away by the rising water of the Brahmaputra last week.
The Northeastern region had witnessed a 30 per cent shortfall in power production in the current 2009-10 financial year owing to shortfall of monsoon. This was stated at the 8th technical coordination committee (TCC) meeting here on Monday by Ashok Pal of North Eastern Regional Load Dispatch Centre (NERLDC), Shillong. …
Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today assured the State Government of a thorough assessment of the cumulative impact on downstream Assam by the proposed hydro-electric projects on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra in Arunachal Pradesh. The assessment will be done by a third party. Taking part in a …
MANOJ ANAND The Assam government on Wednesday declared drought-like situation in 14 out of 27 districts due to erratic monsoon that recorded far less than normal rainfall across the state this year. In this regard, a formal notification was also issued by the state revenue department after a review meeting …
The State Government will bear the cost of diesel used by the farmers for pumping water to their paddy fields for plantation purposes, in view of the present dry weather condition. This was announced by Revenue Minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman while taking part in the debate on supplementary demand for …
In an unprecedented endeavour, a world record number of 4,47,874 saplings were planted in Sreeram reserve forest of Bilasipara subdivision in Dhubri district on Saturday
BONGAIGAON, April 20: Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB), Ministry of Home Affairs, engaged in guarding the Indo-Bhutan international border conducted a patrolling and seized huge quantities of timber of about 8,000 cubit feet worth Rs 4 lakh after receiving specific information, stated a press release.The booty was seized in a place …
