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: In view of the increasing number of public complaints related to land grabbing and other land related issues, the district administration of Kamrup metro has decided to address the issues by holding public hearings in every revenue circle of the district on the first and 15th day of every …
Shillong, Aug. 1: The Shillong bench of Gauhati High Court has filed a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) in relation to reports that 15 miners were trapped inside a coalmine in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district. On July 27, Justice T. Vaiphei and Justice Anima Hazarika, in their order …
GUWAHATI, July 26 – The overall power situation in the State saw a slight improvement on Wednesday with the shortfall during the peak load hours reduced by around 100 MW compared to Tuesday, sources in the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) said. On Tuesday, the peak load hour shortfall was …
July 25: The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is trying to make rainwater harvesting mandatory in its new building bylaws for the city, a source said. “The new building bylaws are in process and will take at least a couple of months to draft. In general, there will be some …
GUWAHATI, July 18 – The State Assembly today unanimously passed an official resolution that called upon the Union Government to accord national problem status to Assam’s problems of flood and erosion. The resolution also called for an economic package for the development of education, health, agriculture, power, PWD sectors and …
GUWAHATI, July 17 – The State Government is going to move a resolution tomorrow for the sake of a consensus in the State Assembly on the issue of declaring the State’s problems of flood and erosion as the national ones. Disclosing this, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Nilamoni Sen Deka told the …
GUWAHATI, July 17 – The Water Resources Department has drawn up seven proposals worth Rs 104 crore for tackling the Guwahati flash flood issue. Disclosing this at the State Assembly here today, Minister of State (Independent) for Water Resources Rajiv Lochan Pegu said that none of the proposals has been …
Despite widespread concern about death of a large number of wild animals during the annual deluge, floods are a boon for survival of the flora and fauna in Kaziranga National Park. According to environmental experts, unless there are floods in Kaziranga National Park, the eco system will stop regenerating and …
Shillong: At least 10 workers were feared dead in a coalpit in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district because of unscientific mining. Last Friday, 25 miners got trapped in a 100-m deep coal mine at Nengkhol village in the district when they accidentally punctured the wall of an abandoned mine, which …
Guwahati, July 11: The team sent by the Centre to assess flood damage in Assam today split into three groups and visited different affected districts, where the crop loss in the current wave has been pegged at Rs 993 crore. Till date, 125 persons have perished in the floods, which …
Shillong, July 9: In the wake of the assault on RTI activist and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi, the National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to Information (NCPRI) today demanded a strong and effective Whistleblowers’ Protection Bill to protect RTI users and anti-corruption crusaders. Akhil was assaulted while he …
Guwahati, July 9: The Tea Board of India has decided to institute awards to encourage small tea growers of the region to grow and manufacture good quality tea. The awards will be instituted on the lines of those prevalent in South India to encourage small tea growers and manufacturers there …
Yet again, floods have caused death and destruction across Assam. A hundred lives have been lost, more than two million homes came under water, scores of houses have been swept away, and hundreds of cattle have perished. We saw the Prime Minister and Congress president touring parts of Assam, looking …
GUWAHATI, July 5 – The flood-related death toll has shot up to 100 in the State this year. So far, 16 people are reported to have been missing from 11 districts. Of the 27 districts of the State, 21 are still affected by flood, said the official flood bulletin of …
In 2004, when Assam was struck by its last major flood, the state and Central governments announced a series of measures to strengthen control and protection measures. Several hundred crores of rupees have since been literally sunk into the Brahmaputra. Over the last two weeks, Assam has been devastated by …
GUWAHATI, June 29 – The landslides taking place in the city hills are mainly man-made. The soil of the city hills lack the binding capacity and due to the greed and ignorance of the land hungry people who are occupying the hills the natural slope of repose is not maintained …
GUWAHATI, June 29 – Asking the State government to make drain cleaning a regular exercise in Guwahati city, the Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG) has said that the government must ensure that adequate funds are released for the purpose and also that the money is utilized properly for carrying out …
GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim with four more deaths in different areas of the State, taking the toll to 35 even as the water levels in many rivers have started receding. About 10.80 lakh people in the State’s 2,084 villages have been affected in the …
Guwahati, June 29 (IANS): The deadly Japanese Encephalitis has claimed three lives in Assam in the past few weeks, health officials here said on Thursday. So far, one person has died in Sivsagar district in Upper Assam, and two others have died in Guwahati. Joint Director of Health Services (Kamrup …
Jorhat, June 27: Flood control measures undertaken by the Brahmaputra Board in Majuli went for a toss today after the Red River breached an embankment at Sonowal Kachari, submerging vast areas of the river island. The embankment at upper Majuli was among the last sentinels guarding the island from the …
