Silchar

Judgment of the Supreme Court regarding decision to construct a commercial airport in Silchar, Assam, 06/05/2024

Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of Tapas Guha & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/05/2024. The Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Union Government decided to build a commercial Airport at Silchar in Assam since the existing defence airport is not suitable for domestic …

WRD sits over protection plan Erosion-hit residents in panic

SILCHAR, April 25: Residents along river side areas of Aryapatty and Dhakaipatty are stirred by fresh panic as the erosion by river Barak is slowly but steadily advancing, threatening their houses. It was in the end part of September last year that the residents on the other side of the …

Progress of development projects reviewed

SILCHAR, Feb 4: The progress so far made in respect of schemes and projects came in for review at the district development committee meeting held today under the presidentship of Gautam Ganguli at the Cachar DC conference hall today. Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, Sarva Shiksha Abhyan, PMGSY and implementation of other …

Union Minister inaugurates automotive project near Silchar

The National Automotive Testing and R&D; Infrastructure Project (NATRIP) was inaugurated by Vilasrao Deshmukh, Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, at Dholchora, 30 km from the city, recently. The model inspection and maintenance centre being developed at Jaffirbund will be India

New thermal power plant delayed

The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and the Power Trading Corporation (PTC) of India Limited have formed a joint venture company Barak Power Private Limited (BPPL) to set up a 250MW thermal power plant at Silchar. However, the project has been delayed because BHEL is yet to get the in-principle …

Barak river erosion turns serious

The erosion by Barak river has expanded by a range of 5 km near Panchgram, which includes the villages like Kalarpar, Das Colony, Katakhal and Tukargram. People from these villages, like Satyendra Singha, Biswas Singha and Birendra Singha, have discovered cracks in their RCC buildings. Altogether, 20 families have been …

Drought-hit farmers urged to seek Agri dept help

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 …

Slew of projects announced for Barak Valley

Dinesh Prasad Goala, Minister of Urban Development and Housing recently announced new projects to be implemented in Barak Valley soon. Goala said that there will be a new water supply scheme worth Rs 8.15 crore in the Lakhipur sub division of Cachar district. There will be storm water drain both …

PHE plants inaugurated by Daimari

Rihon Daimari, PHE Minister, today inaugurated two power plants at Kumbhirgram tea estate and another at Bahadurpur in Cachar in the presence of high officials of the Department, MLAs and the general public. Addressing the gathering at both the places, the minister in said the two plants each with a …

Experts brainstorm on how to control Barak flood

Government attitude towards flood victims condemned Embankments which were breached during the last devastating floods in 2007 in Barak Valley have become a cause for concern among the people as the rainy season is not far off. MN Dutta, aditional chief engineer of the Water Resource Department of the valley, …

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