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 …
After five human kills, the Chief Wildlife Warden BK Patnaik declared the Lakhimpur tiger a maneater here on Thursday. The Chief Wildlife Warden, earlier in the day, has said that all options were being kept open in dealing with the rogue cat. The Forest department was forced to take the …
LUCKNOW: Scanning of the water birds for possible strain of bird flu (H5N1) has started in the state. The effort has been undertaken to discover the virus that causes bird flu and water birds are said to be the potential carriers of the same. The state forest department has handed …
The sanctioning of a pilot project for construction of an embankment at Matmora in Lakhimpur district using the latest geo-fabric technology is a welcome departure from convention. Over the years, the recurring floods and erosion in the State have made it amply clear that the dual menace is unlikely to …
LUCKNOW: Finally, a lifeline is in sight for the two-and-a-half-year-old stray tiger cub who was sentenced to death by the state forest department last month. The cub, declared man-eater by the department after it claimed its first human victim in Bara Banki on December 23, now becomes a key figure …
In Northeast India, traditional home gardens have been maintained as a part of rural survival over generations, with a complex vegetational structure harbouring diverse types of local plant species with multiple functions. Nonetheless, significant difference in species selection for traditional home gardens may primarily be due to altitudinal/climatic regime and …
In what may be termed an early warning to an apocalyptic ecological disaster, the waters of Ranganadi dried up completely on its downstream course near North Lakhimpur, thanks to the blockade by the hydro-electrical power plant dam by the NEEPCO. The dam, which is located in Yazali, inside neighbouring Arunachal …
The flash floods that occurred in the three rivers in the Rupa subdivision in West Kameng district in western Arunachal Pradesh on Monday night and Tuesday morning washed away 100 metres of the Bomdila-Tawang road, with the authorities saying it would take
Though there was a slight fall in the level of water in major rivers, the overall flood situation in the State remained grim today also with the Brahmaputra flowing above the danger level at three places. The mighty river is flowing above the warning level at three other places and …
Terming the State Government as most inefficient in view of the unabated ravages of flood and erosion at Matmora, Majuli and various other places, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) today said it would burn effigies of Water Resources Minister Bharat Narah throughout the State on July 28. In a …
Built on the logic of "development', big dams have wreaked havoc on indigenous communities in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh with regular flooding. By pursuing predatory development the central and state governments are equally culpable of visiting disaster on the region.
NORTH LAKHIMPUR, July 22: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is witnessing a trouble time here when 4 ward members of 1,3, 4 and 22 wards of Tinthengia gaon panchayat under Karunabari Anchalik panchayat have alleged of massive corruption in the scheme at the implementation phase. In a complaint …
In view of devastating floods affecting Lakhimpur district and nearby areas, the North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) with the help of Gramin Mahila Vikash Kendra, a leading NEDFi assisted NGO of the district organised camps in three different locations of the district with close association of the district …
Residents of Bihpuria in Lakhimpur district have decided to take the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) authorities to the court. A public meeting, organised by the voluntary organisation Dikrong Upatyaka Suraksha Samiti (DUSS), took the decision yesterday resenting the alleged attempts made by the Central Sector power company to …
