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 …
On the whole, around 90 per cent progress has been attained so far in implementing the about Rs 140-crore Matmora protection project in Dhakuwakhana subdivision of Lakhimpur district. Implementation of the entire project is expected to be completed by mid-October next.The project, treated as a pilot one for its being …
Sushanta Talukdar Such projects in upper reaches of Arunachal rivers may hit areas downstream in Assam GUWAHATI:The Assam Assembly's House Committee, which studied the impact of the construction of big hydro-electric dams in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra in Arunachal Pradesh on the areas downstream in Assam, has recommended …
Soil and water are two very scarce important natural resources without which crop production is not possible. Soil degradation due to erosion and the depletion of ground water resources are the two major environmental problems threatening agricultual production and productivity in the riverine belt of Assam.
LAKHIMPUR, May 31: Flood-prone Lakhimpur district was today hit by the third wave of floods following heavy rainfall in the foothills of the Himalayas in Arunachal Pradesh affecting more than 25,000 people. The rising waters of Ranganadi and Singora rivers, tributaries of the Brahmaputra, have inundated 50 villages under Naoboicha …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has expressed his gratitude to Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for a plethora of new projects and trains her budget has offered to Assam and the NE region. An official press release said here that the Chief Minister has lauded Banerjee for setting up the Trans-Asian …
New Delhi: Highways minister Kamal Nath may have been harping upon exceeding the target of laying 20km of new roads in the country every day but his ministry has been dragging its feet since August 2009 over repairing a bridge in Assam, leaving staterun hydel utility NHPC stranded with vital …
In order to check poaching of rare animals, officials of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve have procured advanced device to detect traps laid by poachers in the protected forest. "To nail down the poaching activities, we have been armed with deep search metal detectors (DSMD) to detect iron clamps and traps used …
Bringing good news for wildlife enthusiasts concerned over dwindling big cat population in the country, at least 15 tiger cubs have been sighted in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. Not only that, the survival rate of the cubs has also increased, they said.
The Lakhimpur district authority has released Rs 31.73 lakh for development of rural roads for Telahi Developmental Block under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) for Assam 2008-09. Rs 10.65 lakh has been sanctioned for the brick soling of the Gohain Tekela PWD road to Majguri under the Telahi …
A total sum of Rs 192.42 lakh has been released for 12 GPs of Dhakuakhana sub-division by the Lakhimpur deputy commissioner under the NREGA Programme. The fund was released through the DRDA for various rural development works by Jayant Narlikar, DC, Lakhimpur. Earlier, Rs 132.35 lakh were released by the …
