Order of the Gauhati high court in the matter of Syeda Mehzebin Rahman Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/06/2021. The matter related to assistance in the form of food grains and other materials to people living in slums and other areas. The High Court directed the Secretary, District …
Inadequate awareness about and attention to potential health problems, including health issues of the elderly that can be treated or prevented, is adversely affecting the people in Kamrup district. The findings of a study conducted by the city-based multi-specialty hospital chain, GNRC Hospitals, feature data analysis from records of the …
Guwahati: At a time the government's priority is conservation of wetlands across the state, a reply to an RTI application filed by environment activist Rohit Choudhury has revealed a startling fact. The state-level steering committee on wetlands has not met even once, said the state public information officer (SPIO) and …
With the recovery of four more bodies today, the death toll mounted to 36 in Assam floods that affected about 10 lakh people in 13 districts and rendered majority of them homeless, reports PTI. Two more deaths were reported from Krishnai and Kukurkata areas of the worst-hit Goalpara district, while …
As it was feared, the death toll in the flashfloods of Assam-Meghalaya on Wednesday jumped to 69 with rescue teams recovering 24 bodies from two sub-divisions Krishnai and Boko, devastated by cloudburst in Garo Hills of Meghalaya on Monday, inundating a vast area of western Assam. More than 30 people …
Over 9,000 cases of HIV have been detected so far in Assam, the State government said today. In a written reply in the Assembly on behalf of the Health Minister, State Agriculture Minister Nilamani Sen Deka said that as on March 31, 2014, a total of 9,110 cases of HIV …
Guwahati: Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 43 lives and affected 311 people so far in nine districts of Assam this year with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi directing health department officials to effectively tackle the spread of the disease. Lower Assam districts of Barpeta, Kamrup (Rural), Darrang and Nalbari districts have been …
GUWAHATI: Even as the Kamrup (Metro) district administration continued its eviction drive to clear river channels and water bodies, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday asked the additional chief secretary of the Guwahati Development Department (GDD) to constitute a committee to study the flood problem in the city and suggest …
The Japanese encephalitis (JE)-related death toll in the State has shot up to 29. The number of persons affected by this mosquito-borne disease, which is yet to have a curative treatment, has also shot up to 224 in the State. Sources in the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) …
The Kamrup (Metro) district has recorded at least 19 cases of Japanese Encephalitis and two cases of dengue since June. With the monsoon here, there are fears of more such outbreaks. Dengue has been confirmed in two patients, one of whom was also diagnosed with Japanese Encephalitis on Friday. "The …
GUWAHATI, June 25: A total of 105 people in five districts of the State have been affected by floods. These districts are Lakhimpur, Darrang, Sonitpur, Kamrup and Udalguri. Flood has been reported from five revenue circles and 33 villages. The revenue circles affected are Nowboicha under Lakhimpur district, Dalgaon under …
The Government of Assam today launched the Rs 1,474 crore Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Low Income States (RWSSP–LIS) in seven districts of Assam. The World Bank is supporting this project with an International Development Association (IDA) credit of Rs 737 crore (US $240 million). IDA is the …
A good number of brick kilns have come up in different parts of Assam. With some of these brick kilns located close to the city and the towns, many concerns have been raised over the pollution emanating from them. Pollution Control Board (PCB), Assam sources said that the State has …
– Eminent aquatic animal exerts have stressed the need of a comprehensive study to find out the exact cause of pollution in the famous Deepor Beel Bird Sanctuary located in the Kamrup (Metro) district so as to protect the water body from further degradation. This was stated by Dr MM …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), an organization spearheading peasants' rights in the state, has threatened to approach the National Green Tribunal if the state government fails to close down three cement factories located within a 10-km radius of Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary here. The area has been declared as an …
GUWAHATI, August 25: Over 6000 saplings were planted by the officers and jawans of 175 Bn CRPF, in Rani Kamrup and different parts of Kamrup and Guwahati city under the drive My Earth My Duty. 175 Bn CRPF personnel started the campaign on July 15 last at Battalion Headquarters at …
A total of 27 people have been detected with acute encephalitis syndrome in Kamrup (metro) district this year. In Kamrup district, however, 19 cases have been reported with one individual succumbing to Japanese encephalitis. According to sources in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), all the people detected with acute …
At least four persons, including one in Guwahati, have died due to the unprecedented hot weather conditions prevailing in Assam these days. The maximum daytime temperature has broken 20-year record in Guwahati city. The Kamrup (Mertropolitan) district administration has declared three holidays from tomorrow in all government and private schools …
The prevailing hot weather conditions in Assam and other parts of the North-east have hit the people hard, with five persons reportedly killed due to heat stroke today in different parts of the State. The deaths were reported from Guwahati, Nagaon (2 deaths), Gohpur and Hailakandi. In the city, the …
The size of the scam related to the grabbing of agricultural land by land sharks in Kamrup district has the potential to emerge as the biggest of the kind in the country. The monetary worth of the scam is around Rs 1,000 crore and it involves around 5,000 bighas of …
Guwahati, April 5: To mitigate the artificial flood in Guwahati city, the Kamrup metropolitan district administration has been taking various steps. The district administration has observed that improper dumping of garbage/waste and contamination of water of the natural drains like Bharalu, Mora Bharalu, Bahini etc. by public and commercial establishments …
