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 …
From our Correspondent TEOK, Aug 28: Union Minister of States for Chemical and Fertilizer Bijoy Krishna Handique inaugurated the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) under Kaliapani Development Block yesterday. Handique inaugurated the scheme
From our Correspondent JORHAT, Aug 9: Due to the failure of the Government-sponsored water supply schemes in north-west Jorhat, the residents of this tribal-dominated area have been deprived of drinking water facilities for a long time. The majority of the 30-odd villages under Dhekorgorah Development Block within Dergaon Legislative Assembly, …
JORHAT, Aug 2: The current wave of floods has caused the inundation of thousands of hectares of agricultural land in the district. According to statistics, updated till July 30, available with the District Agriculture Office here, a total 24,349 farming families of 219 villages spread across the three subdivisions have …
Though there was a slight fall in the level of water in major rivers, the overall flood situation in the State remained grim today also with the Brahmaputra flowing above the danger level at three places. The mighty river is flowing above the warning level at three other places and …
Severe erosion threatens north-west Jorhat villages JORHAT, July 22: About 20 km from here, the residents of Neol Gaon and 33 other villages under Dergaon Legislative Assembly Constituency in north-west Jorhat are waging a grim struggle against severe erosion which is threatening to uproot them. The Brahmaputra river, which flows …
JORHAT, July 21: The Jorhat district committee of the Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) has begun the first of a series of tree plantation programmes to clean and green the environment the youth body planted saplings at the side of the Mallow Ali on Saturday and the event was …
Fresh wave of floods this year is creating havoc in many parts of upper Asom, particularly in Jorhat, Lakhimpur and Dibrugarh districts. The Central Water Commission said the Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level at Nimati Ghat in Jorhat. CWC sources said water levels of the Brahmaputra will cross …
Jorhat: It's a reversal of roles in the man-animal conflict. Villagers at Koibartagaon in Assam's Sivasagar district were on Monday caught while preparing to eat an eight-month-old leopard. This is not the first time such an incident has taken place in upper Assam. Since April, the state, which has some …
The All Assam Students' Union today queered the pitch for the speedy execution of the anti-erosion works by the Brahmaputa Board to protect the geographical area of Majuli. Office-bearers of All Jorhat District Students' Union (AJDSU) have also expressed serious displeasure over the nature of work done by the central …
In a bid to resolve the worsening power crisis in the State, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has chosen 54 interior villages of Asom including six in Jorhat to be powered by alternative source of energy. In Jorhat district, the Forest Department has began the contract …
A marauding herd of elephants is devouring standing ahu crops, the only means of livelihood for the flood-hit farmers of Majuli, giving the residents of the river island no other option than to witness the devastation in silence. Sources said that the elephants have been wreaking havoc in the saporis …
The Forest Department will provide solar lights for electrification of six remote villages in the district. A meeting was held today between the Jorhat Deputy Commissioner and Forest officials to discuss the Centre-sponsored project. Preliminary details regarding the implementation of the project were discussed in the meeting. The use of …
Workers of the Lohporya Tea Estate here caught three Leopard cubs today. Later they were handed over to the Forest Department which released them at a safer spot. Assistant Conservator of Forests Gunin Saikia said in view of the increased man-leopard conflict in which many leopards had been killed in …
The man-elephant conflict in the district seems to have no immediate solution in sight. Recurrent incidents of depredation caused by marauding herds of jumbos in forest and riverine areas have taken a toll on life and property. Even as there are reports of incursions by elephants in the riverine areas …
Terrorized by leopards, workers of the Tinsukia Division of Meleng Tea Estate in the district has decided to temporarily stop work today. Sources said that the workers had gone to the division in the morning when Nagen Munda (40) who was in front was mauled by a big cat while …
