Birth Rate is a crude measure of fertility of a population and is a crucial determinant of population growth. It gives the number of live births per thousand population in a given region and year. The Birth Rate at all India level has declined drastically over the last five decades …
Forests provide a number of goods and services to the people. The dependence is very high especially amongst the tribals who live close to nature and collect food, fuelwood, timber, bamboos, medicinal plants and other non-wood products from the forests. However, with the increasing socio-economic standard of the people, their …
IMPHAL, July 31: A 10-member Bangladeshi parliamentary delegation visited the Tipaimukh dam in Manipur on Friday following the opposition in Dhaka over the hydel project
India yesterday assured Bangladesh that there would be no diversion of water flow due to the Tipaimukh hydropower project on the Barak river in Manipur. The assurance came during a meeting between Indian Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and the 10-member Bangladesh parliament delegation at the Shram-Shakti Bhawan that houses …
The Mapithel Dam Affected Ching-Tam Organization (MDACTO) chairman, Rantha Shaiza, addressing a press conference in Imphal today, said that they were not against the construction of Mapithel dam, their only demand was that the Government of Manipur give appropriate compensation without any discrimination to the people affected by the dam. …
India yesterday assured Bangladesh of not building any irrigation project downstream of the Tipaimukh hydro power structure in Manipur. Indian ministries of power, external affairs and water resources conveyed the message to the parliamentary delegation from Bangladesh in an hour-long interaction at the South Block of the Secretariat Building in …
Unsettled Bill ? The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has decided to quit India and hand over its HIV programme to the government ? Since 2003, the foundation has spent $260 million or Rs 1,300 crore on the AIDS programme in India ? There has been criticism that much of …
Sunamgonj in Bangladesh, a few kilometres from the border with India, looks stirred up. On June 21, the town citizenry gathered at the public library to listen to five speakers from India's northeastern state Manipur and a social activist from Dhaka. The meeting continued till well past 11 pm. The …
According to the website of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) which is in charge of the Tipaimukh Project, this project will be one of the largest Hydro Electric Project in Eastern India to date and will be located 500 meters downstream of the confluence of the Tuivai …
Residents of Laipat Louhonbi, Keirenphabi, Khangabok and a few other villages in Thoubal, home district of Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, have come to the rescue of swallows, whose population is dwindling. The villagers have banned catching or killing swallows and even other birds, considering the fact that they …
Shillong: Obliging Manipur government's request, the Centre has appointed the state-owned National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) as the implementing agency for the 1500 MW multi-purpose Tipaimukh hydro-electric project in Manipur, official sources said here on Wednesday. Power giant North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) had earlier been awarded the project …
The Northeastern States are amongst the top consumers of tobacco products in the country with Mizoram earning the dubious distinction of having the largest number of tobacco product consumers in India. Sixty-one per cent of the population in Mizoram uses some form of tobacco products. In India, 57 per cent …
Bangladesh protests dam in Manipur sunamgonj in Bangladesh, a few kilometres from the border with India, looks stirred up. On June 21, the town citizenry gathered at the public library to listen to five speakers from India
As per Institute of Water Modelling Water in Surma-Kushiara-Meghna can reduce by 10% in June, 23% in July, 16% in August and 15% in September. Kushiara-Bardal wetland will dry up in monsoons. The reservoir will trap nutrient-rich silt, affecting the productivity of crops downstream. Excess erosion in the first 100-150 …
IMPHAL/AGARTALA, July 13: A 10-member Bangladesh parliamentary delegation is expected to visit the Tipaimukh dam in Manipur this week in the backdrop of concerns over the project
NEW DELHI, July 12: Rural electrification works are being taken up in four districts namely Chandel, Senapati, Tamenglong and Ukhrul under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Sources from the Ministry of Power said that out of 495 un-electrified and de-electrified villages in Manipur, 93 villages were covered under …
IMPHAL, July 8: Manipur Forests and Environment Minister Th Debendra today said the government had identified 29 villages in reserved forest areas of the State where encroachment was reported and 2,799 houses were constructed in the areas. During the question Hour, the Minister informed the Assembly that the area covered …
