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 …
As against the daily requirement of 243 million litres of drinking water in the city, the existing arrangement supplies 73 million litres. The shortfall is expected to be over once the four water supply projects namely South Guwahati (West), South Guwahati (Middle), South Guwahati (East) and North Guwahati are completed. …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today underlined the need for concerted effort to conserve green cover, and to take measures to combat climate change. Speaking at a function to observe the 60th Vana Mahotsav, he announced that a new coordinated body involving forest, tourism and industry would be formed to utilize …
With the rapid growth of urban localities in the city, the gap between the demand and supply of water has been widening. Avas Foundation, a city based NGO, has drawn up an action plan for raising awareness in the city regarding the need for economical and judicious use of water …
Members of different public organisations of Guwahati have expressed concern over irregularities in garbage collection system in many parts of the city, even after introduction of a new scientific method of garbage collection and disposal. Alleging that the members of the private firm engaged in garbage collection in Guwahati are …
State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said that till date only 26 malaria deaths have been reported in the State this year and the Government is making a concerted effort to keep it below the 50 mark.
The state of the global climate and implications emerging from climate change were deliberated upon by a number of resource persons and scholars who took part in a symposium, Our Planet in Crisis, organised by the Gauhati University in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Social Sciences today. In her …
The population of one-horned rhinoceros in the famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam has registered a considerable increase as per the latest census carried out by the Assam Forest and Wildlife Department with the help of experts from different wildlife NGOs. An official source in the national park, a …
At least nine villagers have been swept away in flash floods in Assam caused by heavy rain and release of excess water from a dam in neighbouring Bhutan, reports PTI. Five members of a family, including three women, were drowned in Gangadhar river in Dhubri district when their boat capsized …
The unique partnership between the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) and the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) covering a health initiative has completed a year and covered close to 1.5 lakh persons on the chaporis of the Brahmaputra in 10 districts who were earlier without sustained …
The Assam Government has almost resigned to the fate that waterlogging in Guwahati city cannot be totally prevented and now the focus is on ensuring quick discharge of water to reduce the miseries of the citizens. Large-scale encroachment on the hills in and around the city and resultant silting of …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) on Monday submitted memorandums to the Task Force, Draft State Water Policy and the Water Resources Department demanding incorporation of suggestions put forward by the civil society groups in the final draft of the water policy. KMSS has stated that providing drinking water is …
Though the rainy season is approaching, Assam is still not fully equipped to deal with the problem of floods and to mitigate the sufferings of the people of the affected areas. Of course, the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recently held a high-level meet with the concerned Ministers and officers to …
Dr Bikul Das of Assam, who has been studying stem cell biology for past several years in two of the renowned institutes of the world, has been awarded a US $100,000 grant by the Gates Foundation to support his research to explore the role of stem cells in management of …
