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 …
Looking at the present flood situation in the State, the Sivasagar district administration has asked the District Disaster Management Cell, SDRF, Water Resources Department and also the security forces, Assam Police as well as State Fire Service to remain alert and to be prepared for urgent rescue and rehabilitation operation …
Due to the incessant rain since the last few days under Demow Circle Office in Bokota Mouza the water level of Desang and Deroi has increased and around 17 villages have been highly affected by floods. Due to the rise in the water level of the Desang and Deroi rivers, …
Sivasagar district recorded continuous 12-hour heavy rainfall since Saturday night till Sunday afternoon. The heavy rainfall has further swelled the rivers of the district. As per the latest report of the District Water Resource Management Department, a total of 25 villages under Sivasagar Revenue Circle were still under flood water. …
The flood situation in Sivasagar district seems grim as the water level of all the major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, has been rising up to the danger level in recent days. The percentage of rainfall also seems rising and in the last few days, rainfall has been continuing in the …
Guwahati: Helicopters and boats have been pressed into service to evacuate people marooned in the flood in Assam, where about 1.57 lakh people have been affected. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) sources said 229 villages have been submerged in Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Morigaon, Jorhat, Dhemaji and Sivasagar districts. As several …
Already 16 lives lost, Sivasagar worst hit district, Centre nixes Health department’s belated vaccination proposal Guwahati, June 21: The knee-jerk reaction of Assam government to yearly outbreaks of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) seems to go by the old saying ‘Chor gole buddhi, boroxun gole jaapi’. This vain groping around for a …
Guwahati: Over 40,000 people have been affected and 1,000 hectares of crop land inundated by flood waters following pre-monsoon rains for the past one week in Assam, officials said on Sunday. Four districts — Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Sivsagar and Charaideo — have been inundated by flood waters, the Assam State Disaster …
The flood situation in some parts of Sivasagar district has deteriorated due to incessant rains in the district. With the rise in the water level of Brahmaputra river, the flood waters of the river Desang simultaneously, has created havoc in the greater Desangmukh area under Konwerpur Mouza inundating more than …
Guwahati: Health experts are unable to ascertain the reasons behind the abnormal rise of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) among adults in the state. This is in sharp contrast to the global trend of more and more children getting afflicted with the vector-borne disease. According to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), …
Though the use and sale of polythene is officially banned in Sivasagar, these are openly used by fruit and vegetable vendors, fish and meat sellers and grocers and sweet sellers. Despite the ban imposed by the Sivasagar district administration, illegal use of polythene bags goes uncontrolled in almost every shop …
Despite ban on mining of stone along the Dikhow river, illegal stone mining is a thriving and lucrative activity in Sivasagar district. Facilitated by corrupt politicians and officials, indiscriminate stone mining has ravaged Dikhow river. Indiscriminate and illegal mining of stone along the Dikhow river has not only led to …
Even as 26 districts out of 27 in Assam continued to reel from Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Dima Hasao remained free from the outbreak with no new positive cases or any deaths reported from the district till Tuesday. As for the rest of Assam, two more adults succumbed …
After blue, its now black. The colour of the water of river Dikhow has turned blackish these days. The incident of change of water colour of the river has created a curiosity among the conscious section. The Pollution Control Board in the district had undertaken steps towards testing the river …
The ban on digging of earth for making bricks and roads without prior environment clearance (EC) by the National Green Tribunal almost two months back has raised questions about how far it is being implemented in the State in general and Dibrugarh district in particular. The Supreme Court had passed …
NAZIRA: With the help of a few corrupt officials of forest department, a few stone quarries are illegally running at Bihubor of Nazira sub–division. It may be mentioned that Bihubor is famous as a natural reserver of stone and almost all the places of Upper Assam are dependent on Bihubor …
The flood situation in central and lower Assam turned critical, with the water level of the Brahmaputra rising alarmingly and flowing above the danger mark in most places. The situation continued to be grim in upper Assam too. The death toll in the current wave of the flood has gone …
SIVASAGAR: With the rising water levels of mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries causing unprecedented havoc in Assam, ONGC conducted relief operation to help the flood affected people of the State. ONGC has so far taken a slew of initiatives to give respite to the people hit hard by nature’s fury. …
Centre to take measures to rebuild damaged infrastructure, wipe away misery of the people Announcing a Rs 500-crore package for flood-hit Assam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Centre will take measures to rebuild damaged infrastructure and wipe away the misery of the people. After making an aerial survey …
Guwahati, June 29 (IANS): The deadly Japanese Encephalitis has claimed three lives in Assam in the past few weeks, health officials here said on Thursday. So far, one person has died in Sivsagar district in Upper Assam, and two others have died in Guwahati. Joint Director of Health Services (Kamrup …
Jorhat, June 26: The flood situation in Assam continued to be grim with more than 20,000 people in nearly 50 villages at Dikhowmukh in Sivasagar district left inundated today after the Brahmaputra breached embankments in at least two places last night. Official sources said two children died because of the …
