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 …
Incessant rainfall in catchment areas during the last week have led to a rise in the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, inundating vast tracts of farmlands and villages in several districts of both Upper and Lower Assam. The water-level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries was maintaining …
GUWAHATI: The Assam Government has announced a special scheme of Rs 10 crore for the development of inland water service and road communication in Dhubri district which recently witnessed one of the worst ferry mishaps in the State. State Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain, while addressing a press conference here on …
Producers of oranges in Bhutan have found a lucrative market in Bangladesh and are using the Meghalaya route for exports, leaving Indian traders with inferior varieties Largescale export of Bhutan oranges, known for its sweet taste, to Bangladesh over the past few years has left a sour taste among traders …
Kokrajhar: The Indian Confederation of Indigenous Tribals People (ICITP), North East Zone, expressed serious concern that the Bodoland Territorial Council is no exception to the threats faced by the forests of BTC and Assam, as a result of the ongoing illegal influx from Bangladesh and other neighbors in the State. …
Dhubri, March 21: The North East Craft and Rural Development Organisation, an NGO, has been demanding an alternative road along the Mora Gadadhar river which flows on the northern side of the town. The main connecting road from Bepari Patty More of Gauripur (on NH 31) to Dhubri town was …
Dhubri, March 11: An anti-dam seminar was organised today by Sodou Asom Unnayan Parishad at Gouripur Library Auditorium to air its grievances against the construction of Subansiri dam. The general secretary of the organisation, Amar Rajkhowa, addressed the meeting as appointed speaker. He came down heavily on Dispur and Delhi …
To unearth the priorities in Assam to cope with floods effectively, the prime objective of this research study is on assessment of the adaptation measures, structural and non-structural, to floods in three districts of Assam, viz. Dhemaji, Jorhat and Dhubri representing North Bank Plains, Upper Brahmaputra Valley and Lower Brahmaputra …
India has declared itself free from bird flu (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza). The declaration was made here on December 29, 2011, and notified to the OIE (Office International des Epizooties, which later became the World Organisation for Animal Health). However, states have been advised to keep up the vigil, according …
Dhubri, Jan. 5: A Rs 14-crore project to protect villages along downstream Koimari to Moisa upto Chilarai bridge under Agomoni revenue circle of Dhubri district has been sanctioned by the Centre, while another anti-erosion project worth Rs 2 crore to protect Gou Jhapusabari border village has been sanctioned by the …
The government today announced that the country is free of bird flu disease, but continues to keep a watchful eye on vulnerable areas. Bird flu, also know as avian influenza, is a flu that affects birds. The virus that causes the bird infection can mutate to affect humans. "The declaration …
NEW DELHI: The government today announced that the country is free of bird flu disease, but continues to keep a watchful eye on vulnerable areas. Bird flu, also know as avian influenza, is a flu that affects birds. The virus that causes the bird infection can mutate to affect humans. …
Guwahati: Over 15000 birds were culled in Assam’s Dhubri district following the detection of avian influenza in Agomoni area of the district. Rapid Response Teams had culled the birds in 14 villages of Agomoni area after the avian flu virus was confirmed about a fortnight back, state Animal Husbandry and …
Guwahati: The animal husbandry and veterinary department in Assam has ordered the culling of wild and domestic birds to stop the spread of avian flu in Dhubri district. Personnel from the rapid response team culled nearly 4,500 birds at Bhamundanga, regarded as the epicenter of avian flu in Dhubri. “About …
GUWAHATI: With the inclusion of Assam in the green revolution map, the State is making rapid strides in the agri sector. The scheme for Extending Green Revolution to Eastern India was introduced under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) in 2010-11. It was aimed at increasing agricultural production through use …
Guwahati, Aug. 7: The leather industry and beef processing units in neighbouring Bangladesh are encouraging smuggling of Indian cattle through the porous Indo-Bangladesh borders, including the stretch of international border in Dhubri district. The Union home ministry has said the leather and tannery industries and processed beef units in Bangladesh …
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. …
GUWAHATI, July 27 – The Census of India-2011 Provisional Population Totals (Rural-Urban Distribution Assam) which was released on Monday has recorded a decadal urbanisation growth of 27.61, which is much lower than the corresponding figure of 38.24 per cent of the previous decade. The urban population of Assam now stands …
Dhubri erosion displaces hundreds - Concrete roads proposed for island; erosion threatens NH31 About a hundred families of Ward 3, located along the bank of the Brahmaputra, have been displaced here since last night. Unabated erosion by the Gangadhar also engulfed huge areas near National Highway 31 near Beer Chilarai …
Migratory birds visiting this region in winter fall prey to poachers because of the lack of conservation measures to protect the habitats of the feathered guests. A local NGO, working for preservation and protection of birds
