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 …
GUWAHATI, Feb 26 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today launched a ‘say no to plastic bags’ campaign, underlining the urgent need for mass awareness on the adverse effects of plastic bags in order to make the campaign a success. Taking part at an environmental awareness programme organized by the Pollution …
GUWAHATI: Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) termed the parking fees as illegal. From now onwards no parking fees would be collected from the vehicle owners by the leasee. According to sources, GMC has abolished the parking fees and if any leasee collects parking fees from the vehicle owners then it will …
Real estate developer Kamrup Housing group has said it will invest about Rs.220 crore in developing two housing projects in Greater Noida and Guwahati. “We are developing a housing project in Guwahati. We have already acquired the land and received all necessary approvals from the authorities. It will require an …
GUWAHATI, Feb 21 – Tea industry has called upon the Assam Government to reduce the land revenue rates and cess on green leaf. The industry has also requested the Government to waive the interests and penalties on the outstanding dues. In a memorandum to the State Government, the Tea Association …
Real estate developer Kamrup Housing Projects will invest about Rs 220 crore to develop two housing projects in Guwahati and Greater Noida over the next 3-4 years. “We are developing a housing project in Guwahati. We have already acquired the land and received all necessary approvals from the authorities. It …
Guwahati, Feb. 16: The National Green Tribunal has directed the state government not to grant permission to any new stone-crushing unit and other industrial units within the no-development zone of Kaziranga National Park. The bench of the National Green Tribunal comprising chairman Justice A.S. Naidu and expert member G.K. Pandey …
The Indian government will soon start work on a new rail link to Bangladesh that would ease surface transport in the mountainous northeastern states, a railway official said on Tuesday. India will build a 15-km railway track linking Tripura capital Agartala with Bangladesh’s southeastern city of Akhaurah, which is also …
GUWAHATI, Feb 13 – Governor JB Patnaik has taken the initiative for launching of a white revolution in the State and as per the programme, the scheme will be launched in Tinsukia district and it will be spread to other districts of the state in a phased manner. Official sources …
Guwahati, Feb. 12: Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh today took strong exception to corruption in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Act scheme and urged governments not to make the flagship programme a hotbed of corruption. “NREGA is not a scheme to buy Boleros and Pajeros, it is to …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi met Union Minister for Railways Dinesh Trivedi at Rail Bhawan here today and urged him to incorporate a slew of proposals in the forthcoming Railway Budget 2012-13, an official release said. Chief Minister Gogoi while stressing the need for 'good connectivity from Assam, so critical for …
Guwahati, Feb. 5: The Union power ministry has called a meeting on Wednesday in Delhi to break the impasse over the 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project. There has been no work at the project site since December 16 — the longest halt to the project — thanks to the continuing …
Despite rapid urbanization, the herpetofauna population of Guwahati has not been severely affected. There are some 63 species of herpetiles in this Assam city. "This is good news and can be termed as one of the best average populations," said herpetofauna researcher Jayaditya Purkayastha after release of his book "Urban …
Dispur has decided to draft a new legislation to ban construction of multi-storied buildings in some areas like Sonapur, Chandrapur, Rani and Deepor Beel to save greenery as well as execute projects to attract tourists. An Assam government official told The Telegraph that chief minister Tarun Gogoi had already instructed …
GUWAHATI, Jan 24 – A state-level convention will be organised in the city on the demand for abandoning all the mega dam projects in the NE region and neighbouring Bhutan with a two-day programme on February 25 and 26. This decision was taken at a meeting of the several national …
GUWAHATI– Accusing the State Government of totally failing to address the concerns of the farmers – especially in the matter of ensuring due remunerative prices against their produce – the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today demanded that the Government set up paddy purchasing centres in all the 2,400 panchayats …
GUWAHATI, Jan 17 – The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has assured people that the task of cleaning the drains of the lanes and by-lanes of the city would be completed well ahead of the monsoons season, to check the problem of waterlogging. Countering the allegations that it is due to …
GUWAHATI: In an effort to reduce pollution in the crowded streets of Guwahati, Rickshaw Bank Project of Centre for Rural Development (CRD) in association with Electroplus launched a solar-electric rickshaw called the Deep Bahan for urban transport today. CRD director Dr Pradip Kumar Sharma said that Deep Bahan, with its …
GUWAHATI: North East Girl Students’ Association (NEGSA) is organizing a symposium on “Problem and Prospect of Big River Dam in North East India” on January 13 at State Museum Auditorium in Guwahati. NEGSA president Munmi Dutta said, “The seminar is organized to discuss various aspects of big river dams 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. …
GUWAHATI, Dec 16 – State Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi today said that there has been a 24 per cent increase in the demand for power in the State from a time when per capita consumption was one of the lowest in the country and that Assam has initiated several initiatives …
