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 …
Kokrajhar: Deep within the graveyard of butterflies, there moves a flutter of hope. And the awestruck nature-lover, bewildered at the miraculous triumph, captures a quick moment of the blithe spirits flight for posterity. Kushal Choudhury, a young lepidopterologist and lecturer Kokrajhar Science College, has spotted a rare breed of swallowtail …
The National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), Nagpur, has undertaken an ambitious project to assess the State
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Bodoland Bamboo Development Board (BBDB), Kokrajhar, and International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), Beijing, recently at the conference hall of BTC Secretariat here for establishment of a bamboo shoot processing centre at Central Institute of Technology (CIT), Kokrajhar. Speaking on the …
KOKRAJHAR, May 7: The felling of valuable trees at Ripu and Chirang Reserve Forests in Kokrajhar district and smuggling is continuing unabated despite BTC Forest Department has taken initiatives to check it. The Dotma-Serfanguri-Shialmari road is one of the vital transporting road of illegal timbers carried from Eastern Range of …
The Asian Waterfowl Census in wetlands of BTAD coinciding with the International Wetland Day recently has revealed interesting data. This year the annual counting exercise was undertaken in Diplai enabling the sighting of 1112 birds, and Sareshwar, where 3258 birds were spotted. In Dhir beel a total 3955 birds were …
KOKRAJHAR, Dec 19: Hundreds of butterflies of different varieties are being killed due to vehicular movement at Bismuri-Sarpang (Bhutan) Road daily, which pass through the thick Chirang Reserve Forest in Kokrajhar district, but no measures has been adopted to protect the varied species of butterflies. Kushal Choudhury of Kokrajhar Science …
KOKRAJHAR, Sept 29: In a major breakthrough, the Bodoland Forest Protection Force of the Forest Department under Kachugaon forest division and local NGOs including Green Forest Conservation and Green Leaf Society unearthed a major illegal timber business recently approximately worth Rs 1 crore in a raid at Jhalabila area under …
In order to create awareness on environment among the rural public, a programme on "National Environment awareness and Plantation' was held at Hatidhura senior Madrassa, under Tamarhat PS in Gossaigaon subdivision of Kokrajhar district recently. The programme was organised by Reform Society, an NGO of Oxiguri, Hatidhura. The purpose of …
Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) executive member Mano Kumar Brahmo today visited the countrys's biggest National Rural Employment Gurantee (NREGA) project at river Swrmanga in Kokrajhar district. The construction of the left and right embankment of river Swrmanga at a cost of Rs 46.22 crore is well in progress. Brahma along …
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 …
Every year the Brahmaputra and its tributaries bring death and destruction to Assam. Yet, there is no long-term plan to tackle floods in the State. AS 50-year-old Madan Kalita, was trying to reach a safe place on a small country boat with his wife and son through the surging floodwaters …
