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 …
Under the second phase of the Basic Service to the Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) would construct 1,028 housing units for the urban poor families at Amingaon. The project is second biggest of its kind in the …
Though the government has chalked out the most modern plans on paper for development of the capital city Guwahati, the ground realities in many parts of the city present the picture in contrast. Water supply has been a major problem for the people of Nabagiri locality in Chandmari area of …
In the world famous Kaziranga National Park altogether 68 rhinos, 11 elephants and five tigers had died in the year 2010. During the same period several poachers were also killed by forest officials. The District Forest Officer revealed that in the year 2010 poachers killed five rhinos in Agortoli and …
The Bogibeel Bridge Project, which was supposed to be completed by April 2009, is yet to see the face of completion. However, December 2014 has been set as a new deadline for the completion of the project to which the Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway authorities today assured that it would …
Jorhat, Jan. 25: Five more educational institutions of Jorhat district will be declared tobacco-free on Republic Day, giving a further boost to the anti-tobacco campaign. The announcement will be made by the Jorhat deputy commissioner, who is also the chairman of the Jorhat District Tobacco Control Cell. TheJorhat cell
A sensitization programme on Disaster Management was organized jointly by the North Eastern Council, Shillong, North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat and Disaster Management Cell of the district administration at the District Training Hall here recently. Eminent scientist Dr Ranju Dowarah of NEIST and former Chief Research …
The Asian Development Bank has kickstarted the Assam Urban Infrastructure Project and identified two towns, Guwahati and Dibrugarh, for assistance. Sources said the idea behind the starting the proposed project was to provide a good opportunity for the Assam government and ADB to start a long-term strategic urban development partnership, …
A think tank, comprising experts from around the world, including India, is meeting in the city tomorrow to find sustainable solutions to various problems related to the Brahmaputra. The think tank, christened Core Professional Group for the Brahmaputra, is a registered body of international and national professionals seeking to address …
Guwahati, Nov. 28: Four popular mobile theatre groups are spreading messages of the Assam Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) all across the state. From differently-abled students to dropout children, child workers to students at tea gardens, the SSA covers a host of issues through its various schemes. These schemes constitute the …
Guwahati, Nov. 28: The Assam forest department will organise a public hearing before burning the rhino horns lying in state forest treasuries, to ensure full transparency in the disposal process. The public hearing will be held on December 14 on the Assam Forest School campus at Jalukbari here. The principal …
IIT Guwahati has developed an emergency management information system for Assam, a web-based tool to aid the disaster management authorities at the block level by equipping them with all kinds of information for rescue and relief. This was revealed today by the head of the Centre for Environment, IIT Guwahati, …
Driven by the responsibility of minimising the environmental hazards, especially emitted by the construction sector, Shine Realtors Private Limited, a city-based real estate developers, today laid the foundation for the first-ever green housing complex in the North East region in city's Gotanagar area. "This would be the first such complex …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today sent a huge bundle of papers containing signatures of one lakh people of the State, who want all mega dams in the Northeast to be stopped from coming up, to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by post, along with a memorandum. The KMSS today …
