GUWAHATI, June 18: Even as water levels in some rivers have started receding, the flood situation in the State continues to be grim with the death of a person in the current wave. While one person at Thelamara in Sonitpur district has been missing since Saturday, the body of a …
GUWAHATI, June 18: Even as water levels in some rivers have started receding, the flood situation in the State continues to be grim with the death of a person in the current wave. While one person at Thelamara in Sonitpur district has been missing since Saturday, the body of a …
Against the backdrop of an escalating man-elephant conflict triggered by degraded habitats of the Chirang-Ripu Elephant Reserve in BTAD, local communities have joined hands with voluntary organisations and the Forest Department to restore vast stretches of fragmented wildlife habitat. Over 300 villagers participated in a forest restoration drive along the …
GUWAHATI: Assam continues to reel under intense heat wave. Possibilities are high that the current spell of heat wave might continue till Friday or Saturday. However, the death toll due to the heat wave has risen to 30. Most of the deaths were reported from Golaghat, Tezpur, Baksa, Rangia, Goalpara …
Assam has been susceptible to the effects of climate change, and this has dramatically impacted the lifestyles and livelihood options of thousands of marginalised women and their households in the remote areas of the State. This has been revealed by a study conducted by the Guwahati-based Centre for Environment Social …
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 …
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, July 5 – The flood-related death toll has shot up to 100 in the State this year. So far, 16 people are reported to have been missing from 11 districts. Of the 27 districts of the State, 21 are still affected by flood, said the official flood bulletin of …
GUWAHATI, May 28 – Several small hydroelectric power projects are under execution in the State, while several others are in the pipeline. These projects are expected to provide relief to this power-starved State in a considerable way. The projects are being implemented by the Assam Power Project Development Company Ltd …
GUWAHATI: BJP MLA Ranjit Kumar Das has expressed concern over the dam in Kurisu river in Bhutan and in this regard he has written a letter to the Chief Minister of Assam. Talking to The Sentinel, Das said, “The dam in Kurisu river in Bhutan constructed for power production is …
RANGIA, Dec 12: Bhairabeswari Debalaya, an ancient Hindu shrine, and its surroundings at Gurmow village under Goreswar Revenue Circle in Baksa district have the potentialities to boost the tourism sector in the State. Remnants of the ruined temple found scattered at the site reveal that there was a sacrad stone …
The Assam Power Projects Development Company Pvt Ltd (APPDCL), a joint venture company on Tuesday signed two small hydro power implementation agreements with two companies. The projects are to be implemented under the public private partnership (PPP) mode and commissioned by April 2012. Pahumara small hydro power project of 2 …
BARPETA, Jan 28: Chouki, a small but beautiful place situated along the Indo-Bhutan border in Baksa district, has grown into a tourist spot nowadays. Thanks to the efforts of Manah Chouki Khongkha Eco-Tourism Society, an NGO, in turning the place to a tourist hot spot. Chouki was earlier infested by …
The erosion by Beki river has been creating devastation in some parts of Barpeta and Baksa districts for the last few years. Severe erosion since 2004 has targeted the Barpeta Dairy Farm, among others, and almost 800 bighas of land out of 1800 bighas of land of the farm have …
