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: Assam continues to be plagued by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) with 24 positive JE cases and seven casualties reported so far till Monday. Assam witnessed 863 deaths due to JE from 1996 to 2007. In 2001, 160 succumbed due to JE. The following year, 472 JE cases were reported. …
Gogoi orders DCs to ensure there is no shortfall of essentials for flood victims Guwahati: Nearly 80 per cent of Assam has been engulfed by floods which has affected 20 out of the total 27 districts, claimed 42 lives and affected 18 lakh people, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) …
The flood situation in Assam turned grim following incessant rains in the catchment areas of Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam since August 16 and according to official records, around three lakh people of 13 districts of the State have been affected so far. The flood report, released by the Assam …
With the onset of monsoon in the northeast, Assam has been hit by the first wave of floods affecting over 60,000 people in nine districts of the state.At least one person has been washed away in the fresh wave of deluge. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority on Monday said …
Guwahati: Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 43 lives and affected 311 people so far in nine districts of Assam this year with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi directing health department officials to effectively tackle the spread of the disease. Lower Assam districts of Barpeta, Kamrup (Rural), Darrang and Nalbari districts have been …
The Nalbari district administration has imposed a ban on the use of polythene bags and plastic carry bags in the district from Tuesday considering the adverse effect of such items on the environment. The district administration on Tuesday also took out an awareness rally from the Deputy Commissioner’s office to …
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Dr Najarul Islam has said that the Food Security Ordinance 2013 to be implemented in the State soon, will cover a population of 2.52 crore of 52 lakh families. Addressing an awareness meeting organised by the Nalbari District Congress Committee at the Nalbari Natya …
Assam state pollution control board (PCB) assured to frame guidelines to curb illegal mushrooming of brick kiln industries, after intense protest outside its state head office here on Saturday by Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) activists and the people. They demanded action against unauthorized brick kilns that have spoilt agricultural …
The three waves of devastating floods in India's north state of Assam this year have left nearly 1.8 million children, along with their families, displaced, an assessment done by an NGO Save the Children, said Monday. The NGO found that the first round of flooding affected the districts of Barpeta, …
GUWAHATI: Altogether 1.8 million children have been affected in the floods and struggling daily to meet their basic needs such as food, water, medicare and education during the past three months in Assam, as per an estimate of Save the Children’, an internationally acclaimed NGO. “Out of the total affected …
Floodwaters in the plains belt of Garo hills in western Meghalaya have gradually receded but not without leaving a devastating impact on agriculture, the mainstay of the inhabitants of the area. Around 21,000 households were affected but only half of these were severely impacted. “The floodwaters have started receding and …
Indian Air Force, Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are being engaged in relief and rescue work The flood situation remained grim in the State on Monday with more new areas submerged across 16 districts, including some parts of Guwahati city, marooning nearly 14 …
GUWAHATI: Assam has a total land area of 78,438 sq km. Of this, 30.16 lakh hectares are available for agriculture. But Assam’s agricultural land is decreasing gradually. The trend of converting agricultural land to non-agricultural land is responsible for this to a large extent. It has been noticed that in …
Baleswar (Nalbari), July 19: A char island can boast of an interrupted supply of electricity, something which few cities or towns in the mainland can do. Setting an eco-friendly example and not waiting for the Assam State Electricity Board to oblige, the residents of Baleswar have embraced solar power to …
Nalbari: There are no electric poles on the tiny island village of Baleswar in Assam’s Nalbari district of Assam. Even then, you can see people using fans and lights, charging their cell phones and even operating computers! All thanks to solar power. Setting an eco-friendly trend, the villagers of Baleswar, …
Shillong, July 9: In the wake of the assault on RTI activist and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi, the National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to Information (NCPRI) today demanded a strong and effective Whistleblowers’ Protection Bill to protect RTI users and anti-corruption crusaders. Akhil was assaulted while he …
Guwahati: Assam’s flood situation deteriorated on Sunday as incessant rains breached embankments inundating several villages, vast tracts of cropland and affecting nearly two lakh people. The current deluge has so far claimed eight lives in the state and nearly two lakh people have been affected, official sources said. Altogether 14 …
Seven persons have lost their lives in the flood fury that affected 14 districts across Assam. So far about 2.5 lakh people have been affected due to floods that have forced the authorities to shift over 32,000 people to relief camps. Those killed in this second wave of floods this …
GUWAHATI: The flood situation continues to remain grim in the lower Assam’s Tihu revenue circle, Paschim Nalbari, Sarthebari and few other places as the Mora Pagaldia river’s water level showing no signs of receding. To take stock of the flood situation, State Agriculture Minister Nilomoni Sen Deka, on the instruction …
NALBARI, June 17 – Minster of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department, Gautam Roy has said that the State Government has taken special steps to make drinking water sources free from arsenic contamination by 2013-14. Talking to this Correspondent, the Minister added that as arsenic contamination in drinking water sources is …
