Karbi Anglong

Order of the Gauhati High Court on rat hole mining in Karbi Anglong district, Assam, 28/01/2025

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 …

KAAC launches challenging drive for potable water

HOWRAGHAT, July 17: The Public Health Engineering Department (PHE), Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) in active support of Sum Ronghang, former KAAC CEM and present EM of PHE Department is launching a belligerent drive with the aim to supply potable water for the people of the district. As a part …

No new land policy implemented by KAAC: Ronghang

HOWRAGHAT, July 6: With the rest of the State the week-long Vanamohutsava organized by the Karbi Anglong Environment and Forest department is under way here. On the occasion, a function was held at Phulani where local MAC and EM for Environment and Forest Department, KAAC, Hemari Teron, local MLA and …

Malaria deaths on the decline in State

"Assam, till June this year, has recorded only 64 deaths caused by malaria, which is the lowest in the last one decade. Of the 64 deaths, 34 have been reported from Karbi Anglong. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma disclosed this before mediapersons today, asserting that the State would soon manage …

KAADC donates Rs 50 lakh for States flood-hit

The Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council donated a sum of Rs. 50 lakh to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund on Saturday to assist flood-affected people of the State, an official release said. Calling on Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at his office chamber in Dispur, a delegation led by the Chief …

Service with a smile

Interview with M. Angamuthu, Deputy Commissioner, Karbi Anglong. A woman seeking information at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Diphu. Karbi Anglong is the first district in north-eastern India to get ISO 9001:2000 certification. When he took over as the Deputy Commissioner of Central Assam's Karbi Anglong district in September 2006, …

Organic growth

Innovative development initiatives and good management practices have given a new image to the autonomous hill district of Assam. PHOTOGRAPHS: RITU RAJ KONWAR Ginger fields in Karbi Anglong. The district produces the best organic ginger in the world. For years, Karbi Anglong was in the news for all the wrong …

Malaria claims 27 lives in State

Though malaria is yet to strike all parts of Assam in epidemic form, 27 deaths due to the disease have been reported from different parts of the State till date with the hill district of Karbi Anglong being the worst affected with 18 deaths. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said …

Project for tribals launched in Karbi Anglong

About 1,500 Karbi and Khasi residents of the Umsarang area of Chinthong Development Block in Karbi Anglong took part in the Thesere Apaibiri (orchard) Project launched by the voluntary organisation

Tribals should not be deprived of right to forest land : ATSU, ADSF

All Tiwa Students' Union (ATSU) central committee, Autonomy Demand Struggling Forum (ADSF )and Tiwa People of Amri and Duaramla mouza submitted a memorandum to chief executive member Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, Diphu though the range officer, Au guri range, Auguri recently, as stated in a press release. ATSU, ADSF and …

District-level health society meet on malaria held

A district level health society meet on Malaria was held under the presidentship of KK Kalita, principal secretary of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council who is also the chairman of the district health society in his chamber today. This was stated in a press release. Dr DKD Bharali, Joint Director …

A device that turns away wild elephants

Bolu Nayak doesn't have to buy food for his family anymore. Wild elephants have stopped destroying this poor farmer's land in Lungsung village in Assam's Nagaon district. Crop in his 2.2 hectares are safe, thanks to conservationist Shimanta Kumar Goswami and the

Training on bamboo cultivation and management held at RFRI

Bamboo farmers and self-help groups from Karbi Anglong and other districts of Asom attended a training programme on bamboo cultivation and management held at the Deovan-based Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI) near Sotai on Monday. RFRI scientists and other experts delivered talks on bamboo nursery and propagation, commercial cultivation, management …

Agonising end for jumbo trapped in pit for 5 days

Picture of the elephant which was stuck in a swampy pit at Daldoli in Assam's Karbi Anglong district for five days. The animal died on Sunday. Picture of the elephant which was stuck in a swampy pit at Daldoli in Assam's Karbi Anglong district for five days. The animal died …

Pilot project adopted for milk production in Karbi Anglong

The economy of Karbi Anglong is basically agrarian and hence the economic development of the district is dependent on agro-based activities. The Animal husbandry, veterinary and dairy development programmes come next to the agriculture. This provides alternative occupation to the jhumia families and farmers. The cooperative movement which started in …

Food security mission scheme in Karbi Anglong

The ambitious National Food Security Mission (NFSM) scheme has taken off in Karbi Anglong. As a part of its first experience, transplanting of rice under the NFSM scheme has been started in several areas in the district. Especially 10 hectare of paddy field of Langparpan and Borjan areas have been …

Increase in summer paddy cultivation area likely

The ongoing implementation of the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) in the State is expected to result in substantial increase in the area of summer paddy, and consequently, greater production. The projection for summer paddy extension is 3.75 lakh hectares as against the existing 3.13 lakh hectares (2006-07), an increase …

3 rhino poachers held, ivory seized

The Assam Police today arrested three suspected wildlife poachers involved in illegal trade in wildlife organs from a hotel in Diphu, the district headquarters town of Karbi Anglong hill district, and recovered five pieces of ivory from their possession. Karbi Anglong additional superintendent of police (ASP) N.N. Goswami, who led …

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