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 42 wagons loaded with timber seized in Guwahati this month is part of a 118 wagon loads of timber consignment from Dimapur railway station heading to New Delhi, sources said. If the price of timber of the 42 wagons seized by Customs authorities on July 10 in Guwahati is …
The total length of the under construction Four-lane Highway of the East-West Corridor in Assam is 670.65 km and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is implementing the project. This was stated by PWD Minister Ajanta Neog in the State Assembly today. She was replying to a question of …
A large number of people in Guwahati city use the public transport system everyday to get to work etc. This paper aims at studying the characteristics of the existing public transport system in Guwahati city and identifying the problems and issues in the system.
GUWAHATI, June 30 (PTI) - After the initial jitters and bureaucratic delays, the Assam Forest department is now upbeat over the prospect of more translocation of the highly endangered one-horned rhinos among its forests once important tranquilisers are obtained. "Yes the drugs have finally arrived in New Delhi and our …
The government has ordered a CBI probe into the seizure of 20 kg of tiger parts and skeletons worth Rs 5 crore from Guwahati airport, which were allegedly meant for flourishing traditional medicine market in China and Far East Asia. Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh has directed a CBI …
Shillong, June 21 (IANS): Assam's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport appears to have become one of the main transit points for smugglers to transport wildlife products to China and Far East Asia. In less than a week, customs seized tiger skeletons and pangolin scales worth more than Rs.5 crore (over …
GUWAHATI, June 20: Customs officials on Sunday seized a huge consignment of tiger bones and other animal parts estimated at a whopping Rs.10.66 million and destined for use in traditional medicines in China, an official said. A customs official said the seizure was made from the Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport …
Fast-growing Guwahati has seen haphazard development and faces a mismanaged network of too many buses. But now three new satellite townships and two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors are set to give its landscape a makeover. "Guwahati's disadvantage is its narrow roads, with the mighty river Brahmaputra on one side …
GUWAHATI, June 13: Poor public transport is causing a lot of problems to the residents of Bhetapara, Ganeshpara, South Guwahati, Dhirenpara, Manpara, Datalpara, Fatasil Ambari etc, prompting the Dakshin Guwahati Nagarik Aikya Mancha to demand city bus service along the AK Deb Road from Bharalu area to Bhetapara. At present, …
Participants of an orientation programme on understanding the environment impact assessment (EIA) process in the country were told by noted environment lawyer Ritwick Dutta here today that the upper echelon of the country
