Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in matter of Himangshu Nath Vs Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 12/09/2022. An application on the worsening air quality affecting the city of Guwahati and the resultant health effects was filed before the NGT. The NGT said that …
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) will soon issue notification prohibiting distribution of plastic carry bags free of cost to the customers within Guwahati Municipal area. “Minimum price of carry bags depending upon their quality and size will be charged as and when the notification is issued by the Corporation,” an …
GUWAHATI: Use of plastic bags and other plastic materials will be banned in Guwahati from June 5. The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is on a mission, a mission to make Guwahati a plastic-free city from June 5. Defaulters will be heavily fined and punished, said a GMC official. However, this …
The famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam finds itself in an interesting quandary, where human livelihood clashes with animal habitat. A petition filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by RTI and environmental activist Rohit Choudhury on 17 December 2011 alleged that the Assam government had wrongly issued permits to …
GUWAHATI, May 10 – There was no improvement in the power scenario of the State for the eighth consecutive day today. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today reviewed the scene and directed the Power Department to take immediate steps for improving the dismal power situation. The State today had a shortfall …
The State is facing a shortfall of 403 MW in power supply during the peak load hours today. Its off peak load hours’ shortfall was 232 MW during the day. The shortfall faced by the State in power supply these days is due to the reduced generation in the hydel …
NewDelhi:The Indian Veterinary Research Institute has not found any trace of anthrax in the blood samples of the rhinoceros that died at the National Zoological Park in the Capital on Saturday. A scientist involved in the investigation said on the condition of anonymity that the blood smear examination and the …
BOKAKHAT, May 2 – Camera traps have recorded the presence of 118 tigers in Kaziranga National Park in the last three years, reports PTI. The annual monitoring of tigers in the KNP using camera traps during 2009, 2010 and 2011 recorded a total of 118 adult, sub-adult and cubs, according …
‘Only commuters can comprehend the hassle that Guwahatians have to go through engaging the service of an auto...’ Necessity, so the saying goes, is the mother of invention. Well, one of the latest inventions to have gestated out of necessity is the flying car, set to hit the roads as …
Jorhat, April 29: Asam Sahitya Sabha, the premier literary organisation of the state has decided to join the anti-tobacco campaign of the state tobacco control cell. Sabha general secretary Paramananda Rajbonshi told The Telegraph over phone from Guwahati today that since tobacco is consumed as part of social traditions in …
GUWAHATI, April 26 – The declaration of tea as the National Drink of India is long overdue as no other drink can come even closer to tea in the country, observed the chairman of the Tea Board, MGVK Bhanu. He also said that the declaration of tea as the National …
GUWAHATI: While Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma keeps talking about reforms in the health sector, the people of his own constituency have to breathe polluted air because of mushrooming of air-polluting industrial units. After Sonapur and Rani, it is now the people of North Guwahati who have come out on …
GUWAHATI: Every household in Guwahati is expected to have round-the-clock supply of safe and clean water by 2016. The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has tied up with the Central government, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Asian Development Bank for total funding of Rs 2,713 crore for …
GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) today set an example of sorts when it sealed the plush Dona Planet in Guwahati for flouting car parking norms. GMC had issued a notice to the management of Dona Planet, asking them to make adequate parking space and comply with all parking norms. …
GUWAHATI: Pertinent development project proposals came up for discussion at the crucial sixth meeting of the State Board for Wildlife, Assam (SBWL) held in Guwahati. In this meeting, the Board was apprised of all the initiatives taken by the Assam Government for improving wildlife protection in the State. The Board …
Guwahati, April 19: The city has just acquired two reasons to be more confident about its glass of water. The state public health engineering minister, Gautam Roy, today inaugurated a laboratory of the department of public health engineering to test water-carrying pipes and a few mobile water treatment plants. The …
GUWAHATI, April 17 – The wetlands of Assam face serious threats, and without urgent interventions not just the environment but nearby human settlements too will have to suffer grave consequences. This belief has been shared by several experts who have studied the State’s wetlands over a long span of time …
Guwahati, April 17: Dispur will carry out a concerted and coordinated drive against illegal saw mills between the last week of April and the first week of May as part of its effort to preserve the forest cover of the state. This was among several important decisions taken at a …
GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) seems rather upbeat about the proposed introduction of the monorail system in Guwahati. Talking to mediapersons in Guwahati today, GMDA chairman Robin Bordoloi said, “Scomi Engineering Berhad, Malaysia, is carrying out a survey in Guwahati to examine the feasibility of the monorail system. …
GUWAHATI: The presence of arsenic and fluoride in ground water in Guwahati is a serious matter as the effect of arsenic is drinking water is a slow poisoning action on human body. However, removal of arsenic and similar toxic element from drinking water is possible in various ways. To create …
Tremors were felt along India’s entire eastern coast after a powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and a series of strong aftershocks struck off the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra Wednesday afternoon, triggering fears of a devastating 2004-type tsunami across the Indian Ocean region. Indonesia said it was checking for damage and …
