Order of the Gauhati High Court in the matter of In Re-Dima Hasao Tragedy Vs The Chief Secretary, Assam & Others dated 28/01/2025. Pursuant to the order passed by the Gauhati High Court dated January 27, 2025, the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition was being registered. The matter related to …
A pilotless aircraft will keep a vigil on the Kaziranga National Park where animals are in disarray after a large part of the world famous sanctuary was flooded, and also to help deal with poaching. Secretary of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, Rajesh Gopal, said here on Tuesday the step …
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, July 15: The city was awakened by a “moderate intensity” earthquake just after midnight last night although there were no reports of any damage to human life or property. The quake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, occurred around 1.25am, an official from the Shillong Seismological Centre said. The …
Deluge Worse Than The One In 2004, Govt Bracing For Another Wave, Pegs Damage At 11,316cr Guwahati: Assam is no stranger to floods. But this deluge is the worst it has seen in many years. The first wave of floods—from April to June—claimed 126 lives. More than 700 animals in …
Many Run Over By Trucks While Fleeing. It’s a wildlife catastrophe. The flood toll at the Kaziranga national park has risen to 573, with several animals being run over on NH-37 by speeding trucks in the last one week while trying to reach elevated ground to escape the Brahmaputra’s swirling …
Jorhat, July 6: Kaziranga National Park has blamed the shortage of manpower, which has hampered rescue operations, leading to the death of more than 500 animals during the recent floods. The toll may go up, as several parts of the park are still submerged.The floods have also damaged several roads …
Guwahati: The severe floods in Assam have resulted in the killing of a number of animals and inundation of large areas of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, including the world-famous Kaziranga. The animals which lost their lives in the annual scourge include two highly endangered one-horned rhinos, senior Forest Department …
GUWAHATI, June 29 – Expressing grave concern over the unabated killing of marooned wildlife near human settlements during the current wave of floods, public activist Prof Deven Dutta today questioned what prevented the government authorities, the Forest Department and the police in particular, from protecting the straying animals as also …
KOHORA, June 12 – A strategic meeting was held today at the Forest Convention Centre here to ensure proper implementation of effective precautionary measures during the monsoon floods in the Kaziranga National Park so that death of wild animals can be minimised compared to last year. The meeting, presided over …
DIPHU: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), was introduced with an objective to provide legal guarantee of 100 days of wage in a financial year to every rural household, whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work at the minimum wage rate as has been prescribed …
Guwahati: The death of a female elephant undergoing treatment for paralysis in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district Wednesday has again brought to light the human-elephant conflict in the region. “Conflict is a fact of life in areas where people and elephants coexist, especially due to agriculture,” said Abhijit Rabha, chief conservator …
The famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam finds itself in an interesting quandary, where human livelihood clashes with animal habitat. A petition filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by RTI and environmental activist Rohit Choudhury on 17 December 2011 alleged that the Assam government had wrongly issued permits to …
GUWAHATI, May 10 – There was no improvement in the power scenario of the State for the eighth consecutive day today. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today reviewed the scene and directed the Power Department to take immediate steps for improving the dismal power situation. The State today had a shortfall …
Diphu: Various organizations and NGOs of the district in their press release on Wednesday demanded an immediate halt of illegal extraction and excavation of forest resources under Marat Longri Wildlife sanctuary area of Karbi Anglong district. In their joint meeting held at KSYC conference hall, the organizations after a meticulous …
GUWAHATI: For implementation of the Total Sanitation Campaign in Assam, National Coordinator of New Delhi’s Sulabh International Social Service, Rupal Roy, met Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday. Roy briefed the Chief Minister as to how this sanitation programme should be carried on in the State. The Total Sanitation Campaign is …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has sought a report from the Ministry of Environment and Forest on industrial units functioning in the vicinity of the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Asking the ministry to conduct a survey in the park's vicinity, the Tribunal also expressed its displeasure on the …
Mission Double Cropping will be the buzzword of the Agriculture Department under the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council for the current fiscal year. Karbi Anglong with its 10,434 sq km geographical area is the largest district in Assam and the second largest district in India. The net cultivable area of the …
Coming to the rescue of the endangered one-horned rhino and other threatened species in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed both the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the State Government not to grant fresh approvals or renew permission to any stone crushing …
Guwahati, Feb. 16: The National Green Tribunal has directed the state government not to grant permission to any new stone-crushing unit and other industrial units within the no-development zone of Kaziranga National Park. The bench of the National Green Tribunal comprising chairman Justice A.S. Naidu and expert member G.K. Pandey …
The Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd may be forced to shut down its Nagaon paper mill at Jagiroad in Morigaon district if it fails to extend its agreement with the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council on bamboo supply, the main raw material of the paper industry. The 30-year-old agreement will expire in …
