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 …
Four poachers were killed in a gunfight with wildlife rangers at the famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam today, three days after seven poachers were arrested on the fringe of the sanctuary, officials said. A wildlife warden said a group of six poachers entered the park early today and fired …
The Orang National Park in northern Assam, believed to have about two dozen tigers, is under threat from encroachers. The encroachers have been particularly targeting the south-eastern portion of the park with the authorities resorting to lathicharge and lobbing of teargas shells to drive them away.
First it was official incompetence, now it is the weather. The already delayed rhino translocation programme could be further affected by frequent rains in the areas where the animals are located and their proposed destination in Manas National Park. A senior official of the Forest Department told The Assam Tribune …
Timely steps to ensure regular cleaning of the drains could have given some relief to the lakhs of people of Guwahati city who have to face severe water logging problem even after a brief spell of rain, observed voluntary organisation Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG). The SGBG pointed out that …
Residents of the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden had a miraculous escape after a power cable snapped last night over the campus during the storm that lashed large tracts Guwahati and adjoining areas. Zoo DFO, Narayan Mahanta said,
Guwahati: Encouraged by the recent finding of highest tiger density in famous Kaziranga National Park, the Assam Forest Department has constituted the country
Facing the challenge to clear silt and clogged drains ahead of the monsoons, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is now focusing on clearing the silt chambers across the city. The corporation is spending Rs 1.2 crore from its own resources for de-siltation of the water channels and major drains for …
Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today called on the Government of India to announce financial aid and relief to the affected people of the recent thunderstorms that left a trail of destruction in the State. Making a Special Mention in the Rajya Sabha, Biren Baishya said that thunderstorms in Assam in …
A joint study carried out by Aaranyak, a society for biodiversity conservation in Northeast India, and the Assam Forest Department, has shown that Kaziranga National Park has the highest density of wild tigers in the world. The report is the result of a study carried out during January-March 2009.
A thunderstorm followed by heavy rain wreaked havoc in Assam late Saturday night, claiming six lives and injuring at least 50 across the state. Officials said Nagaon district with three deaths was the worst-hit. Three others, one each in Guwahati, Goalpara and Dhubri districts, died in the storm, that damaged …
Villagers in Majuli have jumped in to rescue stork nests destroyed by torrential rain and storms, probably stung by the well-acquainted pain of losing one
The local authorities on Tuesday requisitioned the services of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to carry out rescue operations in Guwahati after heavy rains in the past three days led to large-scale inundation of numerous residential localities in the Assam capital. At least six boats of the NDRF were …
Guwahati: Authorities Tuesday deployed paramilitary troopers to carry out rescue operations in Assam's main city of Guwahati hit by massive flooding, triggered by heavy rains since Sunday. Troopers of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), using rubber boats and rafts, rescued more than 200 people from various city areas reeling …
The Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Surajmal Garg and Justice Ranjan Gogoi after hearing the PIL No. 81/09 filed by Ketaki Bardalai and Dr Santwana Bordoloi today directed the Commissioner of Guwahati Municipal Corporation and Commissioner of Municipal Administration Department, Govt. of Assam to …
Voluntary organization Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG) has made an appeal to the authorities concerned to take urgent measures like cleaning the city drains once a week, to save the Guwahatians from flash flood during the monsoon. It has also called for coordination among the departments concerned and suggested that …
