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 State Assembly today passed the Guwahati Water Bodies (Preservation and Conservation) Bill, 2008, which aims at saving the city from flash flood by preserving, protecting, conserving, regulating and maintaining Sarusola, Borsola, Silsako and Deepor Beels of the Guwahati metropolitan development area. The legislation seeks to develop these wetlands as …
In an ambitious bid to provide much-needed thrust to the State's horticulture sector, a national-level horticultural expo is being planned by the Assam Agriculture Department. The event would take place from February 10 to 14 next year at the Sankardeva Kalakshetra, where some permanent landscaping would also take place. The …
Though the State Government has announced as well as initiated a number of measures to remove the flash flood-related woes of the Guwahatians, scores of residents of this premier northeastern city are still aggrieved. To them, the Government has not done anything scientific to remove their woes permanently. Whatever the …
That the HIV/AIDS scenario in the State has undergone a sea change with concerted government and non-Government efforts was confirmed on Monday when Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi launched a book that recounts the real life narratives of people who have acquired the dreaded disease. The book, titled Positive in Rhino …
In order to contain the monkey menace in and around the city, the Forest Department is planting saplings of fruit-bearing trees in Basistha area. Sources in the Forest Department said that about a thousand saplings of different fruit-bearing trees had been planted in the area, and plans were afoot to …
A free dog vaccination camp was organised by Blue Cross Society, Assam recently on the occasion of "World Zoonosis Day' in the Teaching Veterinary Complex, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara. The World Zoonosis Day is celebrated to create awareness about the diseases communicable to animals to human …
Aiming to monitor the ambient air quality situation of the State, the Pollution Control Board, Assam has submitted a proposal to the Central Pollution Control Board for installation of 24 new stations, under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme, (NAMP) covering all the district head quarters, including four locations of Special …
Confusion marks the fate of India's proposal to include endangered Majuli Island in World Heritage Site List, with the 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee, winding up inscription of new sites yesterday. At least 19 cultural sites and eight natural sites were added this year. The 96 km long …
In an ambitious project to augment the health services in the country, the Union government will equip the Golden Quadrangle with effective health care facilities in the form of extensive trauma care project. The State sharing a considerable part of the Quadrangle would benefit by the plan. The Union Minister …
Mechanisation of the farm sector and efficient diffusion of appropriate technology at the grassroots would be thrust areas for the Assam Agriculture Department. They would involve a team of skilled human resource base, including administrators and agri-scientists. Speaking at a press conference Pramila Rani Brahma, the State Agriculture Minister asserted …
Petrol pumps in the greater Guwahati area will remain closed for 24 hours from 5 am of July 9 in protest against the move of the oil companies to phase out normal petrol and replace the same with the premium brand, which is costlier. The Greater Guwahati Unit of the …
Noted sanitation and drainage expert Dr Binoy Kumar Das is of the opinion that rise in the size of built-up areas is a major cause for the failure of the Guwahati drainage system. Dr Das is one of the architects of the city's 1971 drainage and water supply master plan. …
In a move that is likely to boost rural healthcare facility in Assam, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss will hand over mobile phones to Auxiliary Nursing Midwifes (ANMs) at Guwahati on Tuesday. The occasion is convention of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) that gets underway on …
Guwahati Mechanical Division of the Water Resources Department (WRD) is engaged in resectioning of the Bharalu and the Mora Bharalu rivers since February last at an estimated cost of Rs 1.3 crore under a Guwahati Development Department (GDD)-sponsored scheme. Sources in the WRD said that removal of silt from the …
Pleading that development be given a chance, Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh today said that he is confident that all differences could be amicably resolved through discussion and dialogue. "I have often said that there is no grievance that cannot be addressed through a ballot box and no grievance that …
The petroleum dealers have strongly opposed the move of the oil companies to withdraw the normal petrol from the market to replace it by the premium brand as according to them, such a hasty decision at a time when the sharp increase of the petroleum products put a burden on …
At a time when alleged corruption in construction of dykes and embankments in Assam is in sharp focus, it has now come to light that the Water Resources Department is starved of funds that could be released on time for execution of crucial work. Well-placed sources have revealed that the …
