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, Sept 29 – Assam has only 8.3 per cent of its around 27.52 lakh farmers covered under the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) between 1999-2000 and 2010-2011 fiscals. Of them, 4.2 per cent were covered during the past three years. Experts feel that the authorities concerned should campaign further …
GUWAHATI, Sept 29 – The Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) is going to purchase additional 100 MW of power from the spot market “at even higher prices” to bridge the gap between demand and supply of power. The APRCL has also stated in a statement here that it is …
Gauhati High Court today directed the Brahmaputra Board to submit a status report on steps taken for the protection of Majuli island from floods and erosion. The board will have to furnish the report before the court on or before November 22. The interim order was passed by a division …
GUWAHATI, Sept 16 – Guwahati and its adjoining areas are likely to suffer a crisis in the form of groundwater depletion, if efforts are not made to optimise the use of the resources. Both State Government and citizens must take steps that would help recharge groundwater, which has been exploited …
Guwahati: Leading the protest against ‘India-Bangladesh Land Pact’ that was signed on September 6 in Dhaka in presence of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina, the All Assam Students Union (AASU) on Thursday brought out a protest rally in the city. The agitating AASU leaders …
The overpowering stench of municipal waste hits one hard on entering Boragaon. Women and children from the nearby squatter’s colony squabble over the garbage unloaded by trucks from Guwahati, the sprawling business hub of northeastern India and a million-plus city of Assam. A sole adjutant stork, an endangered bird, meditates …
The National Institute of Infotech & Management (NIIM), Shillong is holding the 2nd National Congress on Indian Landslides with a two-day programme from tomorrow at the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) here. The main theme of the congress is seismicity and landslides and its subthemes include state specific case studies …
KAZIRANGA, Sept 12 – An issue intrinsically linked to Kaziranga National Park’s long-term conservation interests has been left unaddressed by the forest authorities and the State Government with the result that the situation is deteriorating every passing year. Animal corridors connecting Kaziranga with the hills of Karbi Anglong are rapidly …
Guwahati, the sprawling million plus city of north eastern India has grown at the cost of vital wetlands. While the rich legally bought the water-bodies, the poor ‘illegally’ encroached on them. With major storm water basins in the city disappearing, every monsoon, Guwahati reels under flashfloods. The June 22 police …
GUWAHATI, Sept 4 – Transit through Bangladesh will be on top of the agenda for talks during the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s two-day visit to Dhaka from September 6. The Government of India will also formally thank Bangladesh for its role in dealing with militancy. Highly placed official sources …
The State Government is planning an urban transport authority for regulating public transport in Guwahati. The draft legislation for the purpose is under preparation. The State Government is also contemplating introduction of dedicated bus corridors for the exclusive use of public transport buses in the existing city bus routes of …
Kolkata Government-owned Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has decided to set up 10 more steel-processing units across the country, once its expansion programme of ramping up hot metal capacity from the present 14 million tonne (mt) to 24 mt per annum is completed by 2013. Union steel minister Beni Prasad …
GUWAHATI, Aug 22 – The constant practice of raising the levels of the city roads has led to the sinking of the plinth levels of the houses located along these roads and water logging even is some newly built areas. Countless number of individual houses built with lifelong savings, have …
Guwahati: The North East Dialogue Forum (NEDF) today organized a Civil Society Consultation on the First Draft Recommendations for the State of Assam’s Strategy and Action Plan on Climate Change. Discussions were held on the thematic areas which are proposed in the climate plan with more emphasis on areas like …
At least seven people were swept away and thousands displaced by flash floods in Assam Monday, officials said, adding that army soldiers and Indian Air Force helicopters were being deployed to rescue trapped villagers, officials said. A government spokesperson said heavy rains triggered massive flooding in the eastern Dhemaji district, …
At a time when artificial floods during rains wreak havoc in Guwahati, when many places in the city are facing acute water crisis and the groundwater level in many places is receding, focus should now be given on rainwater harvesting. Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC) scientist Biman Baruah, …
SILCHAR : Tripura was a princely state during the British-raj and gateway to Shillong and Calcutta through Sylhet and Commilla, now in Bangladesh. Tripura was annexed to India in 1949. During the pre-independent days, the Maharaja of Tripura did not permit the Britishers to open tea gardens in Tripura. JC …
Assam’s bamboo sector is all set to notch another achievement, with a local manufacturing unit gearing up to produce high-density scrimber boards. Rhino Bamboo Industry, an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, will manufacture the boards from December this year, having successfully created the boards using the pulp of the locally available …
The Centre is inching towards signing an MoU on wildlife cooperation with Bhutan. A source said a draft MoU highlighting the areas of cooperation and the way for implementation had been prepared. “It will take some time but this is going to happen. Relations with Bhutan have always been at …
GUWAHATI, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is no longer in the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger. During the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) held recently, it was decided to remove Manas Wildlife Sanctuary from the list citing significant improvement in preservation. “The removal of the ‘in danger’ …
