Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Guwahati, Nov 2 (IANS): A trans-national elephant smuggling syndicate was busted in Assam with the arrest of five persons, even as conservationists claimed close to 100 wild Asiatic jumbos were captured and sold in Nepal and various Indian States in the past five years. "The ring leader of the elephant …
Kokrajhar, Oct. 6: For Kesab Basumatary and Jwngsar Basumatary, students of Bashbari High School, it is not just another rally they are participating in. This time it is call of the hour to make those living in the forests
Guwahati, Sept. 21: The Centre has agreed to include Assam in the green revolution scheme and has asked the state to prepare an action plan. Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and West Bengal are included under the scheme, called Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana programme.
Kokrajhar, Sept. 2: Assam transport minister Chandan Brahma inaugurated the multicrore-rupee Balapara-Salbari flow irrigation scheme yesterday. Built at the cost of Rs 3.76 crore, the scheme at Balapara in Chriang district was initiated in 1988 but the work stated in 1991 only. After 1992, the work had stopped because of …
KOKRAJHAR, June 30: Eminent citizen AK Jain, who has been deputed to strengthen the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MG-NREGA) in Kokrajhar district expressed satisfaction over the progress of the scheme in Kokrajhar district and rated it as one of the best in Assam. …
KOKRJHAR, June 4: The illegal encroachment in Lumsung reserve forest under Holtugaon Division in Kokrajhar district is going on unabated in a well organized manner. The eviction is not easy task. Large part of the reserve forest has already been destroyed. The satellite data pictures of Eco Task Force (ETF) …
KOKRAJHAR, May 30: The 135 Battalion of Eco Task Force (ETF), mostly drawn from retired defence personnel, is continuing its laudable efforts for reviving the deflated Chirang reserve forest under Holtugaon Division in Kokrajhar district. The ETF which has taken up the re-plantation in the reserve forest started their works …
KOKRAJHAR, May 28: The 135 Battalion of the Eco Task Force (ETF) of Army, presently engaged in the re-plantation in Chirang reserve forest in Kokrajhar district, has seized at least 15 cubic feet of timber which was illegally brought from deep inside the Chirang reserve forest at Lumsung today at …
KOKRAJHAR May24: Though the BTC Forest department has taken some steps against illegal felling of trees and encroachment in reserve forests in BTC, the syndromes continue unabated in the eyes of the department. The valuable sal logs are smuggled without much resistance for which the famous reserve forest virtually turns …
KOKRAJHAR, May 24: Prominent NGOs in the State, working for conservation of forest and natural resources, have made an appeal on Sunday to come together and offer help to the concerned departments for conservation of forest. The NGOs also resolved to urge the civil administration to give utmost attention to …
KOKRAJHAR, March 28: Despite various political parties being in hot campaign in the district for BTC elections, the Assam Science Society, Kokrajhar district committee in association with UN Brahma Vocational Girls
The growing risks involved in farming muga, the unique organic silk of Assam, have made many farmers of this precious golden silk, to change over to rubber plantation. This development is particularly discernable in three Lower Assam districts. While the trend has been assuming a general character among the muga …
In a bold attempt to rehabilitate hand-raised clouded leopards, two cubs looked after by the Bodoland Territorial Council, International Fund for Animal Welfare and Wildlife Trust of India in Kokrajhar, were transferred to a forest rehabilitation site last morning. The relocation was supported by the Eco-Task Force of the Indian …
