Counter affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the matter of Pradeep Singh Shekhawat Vs State of Assam & Others dated 30/01/2025. The application complained about the illegal constructions, including the illegal construction of road to Bhuban Hill, within the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary located …
- 100KW capacity plant will soon come up on the campus, biogas unit also on the cards. Silchar: The National Institute of Technology, Silchar, will soon start work on producing clean solar energy to meet its energy needs. The institute was converted into an NIT from its earlier incarnation, the …
‘According to a report, the construction of the 2.5 km long road from Kalinagar to Niz Fulbari (Sealtek) Tarinipur of package no AS-03-63 that has tender value of Rs 1 crore 3 lakhs 88 thousand has been completed up to 65 per cent’ SILCHAR: People of Katigorah constituency alleged irregularities …
SILCHAR: Though there has been significant increase in facilities for providing drinking water to more and more habitations during the period 2005 - 2010 by the two divisions of public health engineering department in Cachar district, the question about the quality of water has been raised in competent civil circles. …
Guwahati: The flood situation is improving in Assam but at least 13 districts are still under flood waters, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said Sunday. The death toll related to floods and landslides had gone up to 124 till Sunday. While 108 persons have died due to floods, the …
Rampant felling of trees without any resistance from the forest department have unsettled the habitats of birds and animals SILCHAR: Serious concern has been expressed at the unabated deforestation in the valley of Barak, threatening the flora and fauna. The recently concluded international seminar organized by the Department of Ecology …
THEY WERE subjected to inhuman exploitation since Independence. And now that they are dying, the quibble over whether it was due to starvation, malnutrition or disease offers no dignity in death — or hope for their kin. In the past one month, the news of deaths in Bhuban Valley Tea …
SILCHAR: The five-day district-level workshop organized by Cachar Forest Development Agency on the theme ‘Propagation and commercial cultivation of bamboo and its value addition’ under National Bamboo Mission, 2011–12 was conducted on the premises of Rajiv Gandhi Open Institute here. The inaugural function of the workshop which began on Saturday …
Aizawl: The State-owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO) will set up three power plants in Mizoram, generating a total of 1,526 MW, officials said here on Monday. The two sides signed a Memorandum of Agreement last month
SILCHAR: At the block-level convention on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Binnakandi under Lakhipur subdivision organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra, Cachar, recently, around 100 job card holders present were briefed about the main objectives of the programme which, as Saswati Deb, district youth coordinator, said was to …
GUWAHATI, Despite a slew of schemes launched by the Assam Government to improve the health sector in the State, the maternal mortality rate continues to show an upward trend as per official records. In Assam, according to a scheme launched by the State Government on nutrition, every pregnant woman who …
The State Water Resources Department (WRD) has proposed revision of the Brahmaputra danger level (DL) for Dibrugarh town so far as the flood vulnerability of the town is concerned. The town has at present 104.24 metres set as the DL for the river. Sources in the WRD told this newspaper …
Jorhat has become the latest district in Assam to face the flood fury with nearly one lakh people being affected in the last two days, officials said today. Lakhimpur in Brahmaputra valley and Cachar and Karimganj in Barak valley have been already hit by floods. In Jorhat district, Bhogdoi river …
SILCHAR, May 4: The Forest Department of Cachar has decided to plant herbal plants on 400 hectares in the Dholai area of the district for which the first installment of Rs. 60 lakh has been sanctioned by the state government. This was revealed at the meeting of the District Development …
State Minister for Urban Development Dinesh Prasad Gowala recently urged the farmers of Cachar district to seek assistance from the Agriculture and Irrigation departments in view of the prevailing drought-like situation. At a district-level meeting at Silchar, Gowala to said that the Agriculture and Irrigation departments should jointly face the …
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 …
