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 …
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi ton Saturday directed that a committee be constituted to study the flood problem of Guwahati city and suggest remedial measures to solve the problem. Gogoi directed the Additional Chief Secretary of Guwahati Development Department (GDD) V Pyarelal to constitute the committee and the Guwahati …
GUWAHATI: Even as the Kamrup (Metro) district administration continued its eviction drive to clear river channels and water bodies, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday asked the additional chief secretary of the Guwahati Development Department (GDD) to constitute a committee to study the flood problem in the city and suggest …
Police, settlers clash as eviction drive enters eighth day Guwahati: In the wake of worst-ever flood in the city, the administration is working on a Rs 750-crore project to revamp the drainage system of the state capital. “The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is working on a scientific drainage plan …
GUWAHATI: Premchand Shah (60) has no option but to look to the government for financial help after his family's sole bread winner, his 18-year-old son Bivek, drowned in the overflowing Bharalu river during one of the worst flood the city experienced on Friday. Nine persons, including Bivek, were killed in …
Can a family make do with two litres of potable water a day? The residents of a number of areas in Guwahati get only two litres of potable water, supplied by the administration, a day. Barring Anil Nagar and Pub–Sarania, flood waters have receded in most of the areas in …
Unabated encroachment on the hills around Guwahati city is said to be one of the main reasons for the waterlogging problem in the city and unfortunately, because of the failure of the Government to protect the hills, encroachment increased alarmingly in the last five years or so. Interestingly, a good …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday convened a high–level meeting to discuss the post–flood scenario in Guwahati. As an immediate measure, as many as 377 areas in the city have been declared landslide prone and measures initiated to bring about awareness in these areas. Gogoi asked the Kamrup metropolitan district …
The Assam government has earned severe criticisms from the people and the civil society members for the unnecessary delay in cleaning up the Bharalu and Bahini rivers in the city and the misuse of funds allotted for the purpose. The locals have urged the authorities concerned to speed up the …
It wont be long before the dry spell is over and the rains come down on Guwahati. And once this happens, the city will once again come in the grasp of the ever increasing mosquitoes with the fear of a rehash of last year’s Dengue outbreak. If last year’s case …
The Gauhati high court on Monday asked the state government to set up a high-level committee to examine the steps taken by it and the Brahmaputra Board (BB) to check erosion in Majuli and also asked it to file a detailed report on the matter within March 31. The HC …
GUWAHATI, February 19: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday clearly said that land pattas will not be given to those families who are residing in forest and wetland areas of the city. “They will be relocated to other areas,” he added. Addressing a press conference held here, Gogoi said, “State …
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is undertaking multi-state mega mock exercises, covering the eight states of the NE region, on March 10 and 13 next to assess the gap in the earthquake preparedness plans of the region. Disclosing this at a media sensitisation workshop here today, NDMA member T …
The roadside vendors and haphazard parking of vehicles have been creating serious problems for the common people since ages and the traders and commuters are sore over the failure of the civic bodies to deal with the problem. It is mostly observed that the city footpaths are being used by …
Growing dust pollution has emerged as a serious health hazard in the city besides subjecting the citizens to a lot of inconvenience. A toxic haze formed by dust particles and vehicular emissions can be seen looming over the atmosphere over a long time across the city’s roads and streets, and …
It is getting bad to worse for Guwahatians! Billed as the gateway to the North East, Guwahati continues to reel under the ill-effects of noise pollution and drunken-driving, something which is yet to draw the attention of those at the helm of affairs. Needless to say that the State Government …
Cities across the world have started recognising the need to address urban climate vulnerabilities. In Asia, the role of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN), a nine-year initiative (2008-2017) supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, has been significant. Over the years, ACCCRN has worked in ten cities in four …
The Gauhati High Court on Saturday asked the Assam government to strictly follow the directions passed earlier on prevention and control of AIDS. It was hearing a suo motu PIL it had registered following media reports on five persons contracting HIV after being given contaminated blood at a hospital. A …
The Axom Sarba Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) Mission, along with UNICEF, Assam are jointly hosting the International Learning Exchange on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Schools on November 12 and November 13 at Guwahati. In an interaction with the media in a city based hotel today, it was said that …
This synthesis report covers the key findings from the ACCCRN project work in India from 2008 through 2013. This report summarizes research done as a part of ACCCRN in the areas of urbanisation and risk, future scenarios for urban areas in India, and climate change challenges. It also summarizes case …
The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) on the haphazard establishment of mobile phone towers in Guwahati. The court has asked the GMC to furnish a reply within December 18. The court was responding to a PIL on ‘‘mobile phone tower radiation’’ filed …
