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 …
Jorhat, Jan. 4: Do not kill endangered turtles just because they taste delicious with rice, sang a group of youths, standing in a semi-circle, strumming a guitar, hours after rescuing seven of the species from a local market in Jorhat. The group belongs to socio-cultural organisation Replica, which works in …
GUWAHATI: The Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha has expressed alarm at the fact that the indigenous people of Assam are slowly losing their land rights. Assam Sanmilita Manasangha working president Matiur Rahman said, “It is the responsibility of the State Government to protect the land rights of the sons of the soil. …
Jorhat, Oct. 31: The Jorhat District Tobacco Control Cell, in association with traders’ organisations, has decided to install hoardings carrying messages of harmful effects of tobacco in shops in the district to boost the anti-tobacco campaign. The traders have also agreed to distribute stickers to be put on passenger-carrying transport …
Guwahati, Oct. 27: Assam’s power sector will substantially improve with the involvement of Asian Development Bank (ADB) as it will help meet the increasing demand and bring down the transmission and distribution losses. A report brought out by the ADB on India-ADB Development Partnership recently said the electricity sector in …
Jorhat, Sept. 28: Project Rupantar, an ongoing corporate social responsibility project of Oil India Limited, Duliajan, to develop and support self-help groups, has been selected as one of the 12 best case studies amongst corporate initiatives carried out in the global oil and gas industry. The project will be showcased …
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 …
Nagaon: In what should send alarm bells ringing, the drinking water sources in 571 rural areas in Assam are fluoride contaminated. This situation has been confirmed by the State government to the Union government about two years ago. It is also reported that the Nagaon district has the highest contamination …
Borholla (Jorhat): With peace and normalcy gradually returning to Assam, small-scale ventures like dairy farming are increasingly gaining popularity in the region. This is not just engaging the youth in the socio-economic development of the region, but is also promoting a sense of entrepreneurship. Take the case of Mamu Begum, …
JORHAT, Aug 9 – At a time when different species of local birds have become endangered in the region, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited and the State Forest department have decided to set up a bird conservation center near Jorhat-Mariani road at Cinnamora here, in which the local …
Jorhat, Aug. 2: The veterinary department here has brought out a leaflet of dos and don’ts for people residing in areas where pigs are reared to prevent the spread of Japanese encephalitis. The disease has killed more than 90 people in the two districts of Sivasagar and Jorhat so far. …
The PWD in Majuli is planning to construct concrete roads on the island and plant vetiver grass along them to check the perennial problem of flood and erosion. Vetiver grass, which is native to India and whose roots grow much deeper than the normal grass, is famous for its soil-binding …
Jorhat, July 3: Tea gardens in Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Jorhat districts may soon turn to rainwater harvesting in response to change in climate and have sought help from IIT Guwahati. The chairman of the North Eastern Tea Association (NETA), Bidyananda Barkakoty, said a primary study carried out by IIT …
Artificial floods in Jorhat district have threatened the existence of a tea estate with the garden authorities today appealing to the district administration to bail it out of the crisis. More than 50 per cent of the 174 hectares of Haru-charai tea estate, 16km from here, has been inundated by …
Jorhat, June 27: The Majuli island administration will get a big boat (locally called ferry), which will be put to service during floods and will be run as a passenger boat between Majuli and Jorhat at other times. Majuli sub-divisional officer (civil) Krishna Baruah told this correspondent that the inland …
JORHAT: Floods have again caused havoc in north-west Jorhat as the Sholmora Nahatiya embankment along the southern bank of the Bhogdoi river was washed away at two places this morning. The embankment was broken near the Sholmora Bridge and at Nahatiya area. The river water entering through the broken parts …
The flood water of the river Bhogdoi washed away the Sholmora Nahatiya embankment along the southern bank of the river situated in North West Jorhat at two places today around 11-45 am. The embankment was broken near the Sholmora bridge and at Nahatiya area. The water of the river coming …
The CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology here will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Agricultural Research Development Agency (Arda), Thailand, to carry out joint research for development of the northeastern region. Arda is Thailand
The Assam forest department is likely to revive a project where saplings will be distributed to parents of children born in government hospitals in a bid to increase the green cover in the state. The unique project launched in Jorhat district had to be withdrawn only four years after it …
Demanding permanent solution of the problem of artificial flood in Jorhat town Asam Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad of Bhogdoi unit conducted a road blockade programme on NH-37 near Bhogdoi bridge here today. They also shouted slogans and submitted a memorandum to Jorhat Deputy Commissioner. Last week, the citizens of Jorhat …
