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 …
DIBRUGARH, Aug 4: Japanese encephalitis (JE) has claimed at least four lives in Dibrugarh district. According to official sources, four persons died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district since January. Twenty persons were found suffering from the disease during this period. On the other hand, seventy-four cases of Acute …
GUWAHATI, Aug 4: State Water Resources Department Chief Engineer Tuhin Chakrabarty informed the Gauhati High Court that due to paucity of funds, no major maintenance work on the Dibrugarh Town Protection Dyke from Maijan to Mohanaghat could be executed since 1977.
Resentment prevails among the river engineers here over the persistent pressure from a powerful lobby in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for use of geo-bags to resist Brahmaputra erosion in Palasbari-Gumi and Dibrugarh. It needs mention here that the State Government is working on a scheme to protect Palasbari, Bankuwal …
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 …
The erosion and flood-hit citizens of the districts of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia have decided to drag the State government to Court if the former failed to respond with immediate remedial measures. A general convention held at Natya Mandir in Amollapatty here involving representatives of various non-governmental organisations, youth organisations and …
DIBRUGARH, May 18: Scientific disposal of biomedical waste eludes Dibrugarh despite the setting up of an incinerator at Assam Medical College (AMC) here. The only institution currently using the facility is AMC itself. The cotton gauge, syringes and other material used in treatment of patients pose a danger to others …
The Assam Power Projects Development Company Pvt Ltd (APPDCL), a joint venture company on Tuesday signed two small hydro power implementation agreements with two companies. The projects are to be implemented under the public private partnership (PPP) mode and commissioned by April 2012. Pahumara small hydro power project of 2 …
DIBRUGARH, May 17: The Centre should declare flood and erosion as a national problem, asserted the Axam Xahitya Xabha (AXX) today. In a press meet here today, AXX president Rongbong Terang referred to his visit to Nagaghuli and Mohanaghat with others and said that the State Government should act immediately. …
DIBRUGARH, MAY 16: Insecurity plagues the personnel who are supposed to protect the forests of Dibrugarh Range. The weakness of forest protection machinery is reflected by the strength of the staff. For thousand of hectares of forest land, there are just twenty-two personnel including the Range Officer. There are three …
Call it red-tapeism or lukewarm response, the delay in executing the proposed geo-fabric technology to arrest erosion along the banks of the Brahmaputra is allowing the river swallow vast stretches of the land near Rohmoria yet again. After the recent massive erosion at Nagaghuli and Panbari, the river is now …
DIBRUGARH, May 10: Erosion in certain parts of Rohmoria has worsened at certain areas during the last couple of days, a report of the Rohmoria Erosion Resistance Struggle Forum (RERSF) said. The organization said that they would have no alternative than to launch an agitation if measures to counter the …
DIBRUGARH, May 9: Monsoon every year brings reminders of the proximity of the Brahmaputra to Dibrugarh. Large chunks of land disappear under water, rousing fears about the fate of the town. Erosion has become a reality for the people of the area since the 1950s. The great earthquake in the …
Assam Congress has called for declaring erosion as a national problem. In a letter to Union Minister for Water Resources Paban Kumar Bansal, Congress Lok Sabha Chief whip Paban Singh Ghatowar said erosion is one of the major problems of Assam. The State has lost 4 lakh hectares of cultivable …
