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 …
Chaos in Jorhat town is a common picture during the last few years. Once a planned town Jorhat has now turned out to be a haphazard mix of residential, industrial and commercial zones herein. It is because of the lack of implementation of a new master plan since the last …
JORHAT, Nov 28: Jorhat would soon be free from the menace of artificial flood and water logging. Especially the water logging problem of Kakotigaon and Bamungaon area of Tarajan areas of Jorhat would soon be history with MLA Rana Goswami announcing an allotment 89 lakhs and 90 thousand for the …
- Centrally-sponsored project at AAU department explores use of by-product Jorhat: A project sponsored by the central department of science and technology at Assam Agricultural University (AAU) to explore the use of flyash in the agricultural sector has shown
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today staged a massive protest meeting at Gerukamukh demanding a halt to construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project at Gerukamukh. The protest meeting which was attended by several State-level leaders of BJP, besides the former president of the party Rajnath Singh, was participated by …
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will help conserve the endangered eastern swamp deer, found only in Kaziranga National Park, and considered more vulnerable than the rhino. With a population of only about 600
Jorhat, Oct. 6: The West Jorhat Town Development Committee has made an appeal for diversion of the proposed four-lane highway from the Mohbandha area to Lahdoigarh citing environmental degradation, growth impediment and largescale unemployment as reasons. The secretary of the committee, Md Abdul Aziz, said while the committee welcomed the …
Jorhat, Sept. 27: A large number of cattle has died from suspected pesticide poisoning in the Meleng-Boguriguri area under Teok revenue circle in Jorhat district in the past week. Jorhat deputy commissioner R.C. Jain said according to the report received by him, 39 cows had died of pesticide poisoning.
Murmuria (Jorhat), Sept. 26: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which has, in recent times, landed the government in a soup for its manner of implementation, has turned out to be a boon for tea garden labourers bearing the brunt of a herd of elephants for a …
- NRL creates valley as part of commitment to maintain ecological balance Jorhat, Sept. 23: Butterflies are flying to the valley specially created for them; not in ones and twos but in hordes. This is courtesy the initiative of the authorities of Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and the efforts of …
- Dairy project involving 74 villages hopes to keep jobless youths away from wildlife crime Jorhat, Sept. 13: A dairy project involving 74 villages dotting Kaziranga National Park is hoping to wean jobless youths away from poaching and end the milk drought in Upper Assam. As part of the joint …
Jorhat, Sept. 1: Tea and organic compost have changed the fortunes of Meleng Grant villagers living on the periphery of Gibbon wildlife sanctuary in Assam
Jorhat, Aug. 31: A Rs 55.04-crore project will supply purified water of the Brahmaputra to Jorhat homes and wash away fears of arsenic contamination in every gulp. DoNER minister Bijoy K. Handique had announced the project after he took charge of the ministry in May last year. The plan was …
JORHAT, July 29: Three persons were trampled by wild elephants at Majuli late last night taking the toll of those killed by elephants to six in the district this year. A Forest Department official said that a couple
Woes of Bhogdoi Part-1 JORHAT, July 28: Government apathy and illegal settling of human habitation along the embankment of Bhogdoi River is posing a serious threat to the existance of the dyke. Even though the State Government has been releasing crores of funds for construction and strengthening of riverside embankments, …
JORHAT, July 16: The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) submitted a memorandum to the Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) seeking emergent steps to stop depredation by wild elephants in the three districts of Jorhat, Golaghat and Sivasagar. The youth body suggested that since the elephant herd, for the last …
