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 …
At least four persons, including one in Guwahati, have died due to the unprecedented hot weather conditions prevailing in Assam these days. The maximum daytime temperature has broken 20-year record in Guwahati city. The Kamrup (Mertropolitan) district administration has declared three holidays from tomorrow in all government and private schools …
The prevailing hot weather conditions in Assam and other parts of the North-east have hit the people hard, with five persons reportedly killed due to heat stroke today in different parts of the State. The deaths were reported from Guwahati, Nagaon (2 deaths), Gohpur and Hailakandi. In the city, the …
As part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN), TERI has made an assessment of the risk and vulnerability of the city of Guwahati (Assam, India) and has prepared a detailed City Resilience Strategy (CRS). The focus of TERI's assessment is to facilitate adaptation initiatives and mainstream them …
GUWAHATI, May 22: Addressing a press meet in the city today, president of Guwahati Sanmilita Nagarik Adhikar Suraksha Mancha (GSNASM) Dr Hiren Gohain said that, Commissioner of Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and Assam Government, without the consent and support of general public, has taken certain decisions which looks good on …
Breeding centre to release birds into area spread over Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh A 30,000 square km area, spread over nine districts of Assam with Majuli at the centre, has been selected as the safe zone to release vultures, which are being hand-raised at the Vulture Conservation and Breeding …
If a high intensity earthquake hits Assam, Guwahati city will be mostly affected but the affect of the earthquake will be devastating especially in the areas perched on the small and large hills dotting the city. This has been revealed by a survey recently conducted by an eight–member group from …
The Union ministry of new and renewable energy has approved a Rs 1028.47-crore master plan submitted to it by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to make Guwahati a solar city. A senior GMC official said the ministry recently approved the master plan of the solar city project, which was submitted …
In a development which will go a long way in disaster management and mitigation, the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), located at Umiam, Ri–Bhoi district of Meghalaya will develope an atlas to depict both disaster hazards and vulnerability for Assam. The project is part of the “Remote Sensing and …
Guwahati, April 5: To mitigate the artificial flood in Guwahati city, the Kamrup metropolitan district administration has been taking various steps. The district administration has observed that improper dumping of garbage/waste and contamination of water of the natural drains like Bharalu, Mora Bharalu, Bahini etc. by public and commercial establishments …
GUWAHATI, March 24: According to the State Forest Department sources, about 18 per cent of reserve forest area in Guwahati has been illegally encroached upon. Around 65,894 families have encroached upon 71 per cent government land area in 16 hills in Guwahati’s Jalukbari, Gotanagar, Lankeswar, Fatasil and Gorchuk areas. Out …
Guwahati: The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in association with the Ministry of Food Processing and Industries, Government of India, is organizing the LIVESTOCK and POULTRY INDIA Summit in Guwahati on February 22 (Friday). Pork , fish, eggs, meat and milk form part of the staple food of the people …
GUWAHATI: As a special case, the Government of India has sanctioned Rs 161 crore for constructing roads in Assam with 250 and above inhabitants under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). “In other parts of the country, roads are built under PMGSY in areas with a population of 500 …
GUWAHATI: Guwahati Municipal Corporation’s (GMC) ambitious urban social plantation project has hit a roadblock. Due to the ‘indifferent attitude’ of the Guwahati Development Department (GDD), this project has not been able to take off. A GMC official said, “Guwahati has become a concrete jungle. Due to rapid growth of population …
GUWAHATI: Hitakalpa, a social organization, has expressed resentment at the fact that despite repeated appeals, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has taken no initiative to improve the drainage system in Guwahati. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati today, Hitakalpa president Bani Bikram Sarma said, “The drainage system is unplanned. Every year, …
Special fiscal and incentive packages for industrial growth in North East “have so far failed to trigger major investment flow in the region in the manner it was conceived,” said Paban Singh Ghatowar, minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). He said in the absence of secondary sector, the …
It was another chilly day for the people of Guwahati, as well as the entire State, as the cold wave continued even today. In Guwahati, the maximum temperature was recorded at 15.8 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature was recorded at 5.7 degree Celsius. Yesterday, the maximum temperature was 15.2 …
The Central Government has included a proposal for construction of a 285-km-long two-lane alternative national highway to connect Barak Valley with Guwahati via Harangajao-Turuk and Nellie, in its Modified SARDP-NE Programme. This was disclosed by Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Ajanta Neog in the State Assembly here today. She also …
Gauhati High Court today asked the Kamrup (metro) district administration, GMC and the GMDA to submit action-taken reports for solving the city’s hills encroachment problem by April 1 next year. A division bench of Chief Justice A.K. Goel and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh issued the directions during hearing of a …
Gauhati High Court (GHC) Chief Justice AK Goel and Justice NK Singh has asked the Kamrup (metro) Deputy Commissioner, Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to submit a report within three months on the steps that would be taken by their respective …
London: Indian cities, New Delhi and Mumbai, are among the places that are most prone to multiple environmental risks, says a report. Among other cities, Guwahati and Bareilly have also been classified as places facing such risks, according to the report prepared by private firm Atkins along with University College …
