Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subrata Debnath Vs State of Tripura & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to a dumping ground of Agartala Municipal Corporation under the name of ‘Waste Processing Center’ with the object of processing waste materials and …
AGARTALA, Aug 2: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has found another gas reservoir of nearly 726.6 MW capacity near Palatana combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) based power project in south Tripura last week. The ONGC authorities had not yet officially announced the success, but admitted that at least …
Agartala: Designed on the lines of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the Tripura Government would on Friday launch a special employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor. "Rs 30 crore would be spent initially to benefit 48,000 families in the towns of the state including 22,000 at Agartala," …
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 …
With the detection of swine flu cases in neighbouring Bangladesh, Tripura has formed Rapid Response Teams (RRT) in all districts and prepared a clinical protocol as a precautionary measure. Principal Secretary Health Y P Singh told reporters that isolation wards have been set up in district hospitals and sufficient n-95 …
The electric utility business has historically consisted of centralized, large-scale power plants, supplying electric power to load centers such as cities and industries through a power transmission and distribution network. A number of independent and government studies have shown this centralized grid to be unsustainable in the long term, and …
Agartala: Outbreak of gastro-enteritis coupled with viral fever and malaria has taken a worst turn in some areas of West and North Tripura districts, claiming at least three lives in a week. According to a report, a few tribal dominated localities under Kanchanpur sub-division in North Tripura along Tripura-Mizoram border …
While water bodies around Tripura's capital Agartala are fast drying, the state government plans to bring water from a river 70 km away-------- Laxmi Das is hurrying with earthen pots through the nar
AGARTALA, June 25: Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey has demanded speeding up of rural electrification and restructuring Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (R-APDRP) to revitalise the ailing power distribution system in the State. Addressing power ministers meeting in New Delhi yesterday, Dey asserted that the State
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today cleared the execution of the 100 MW Tripura Gas- based Power Project in the Central sector. North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) would implement the project. Briefing newsmen, Cabinet Spokesman and Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram said that the Project is …
New Delhi, June 19 The Centre has cleared the implementation of a 100 MW gas-based power project in Tripura. The project would be set up by the State-owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd (Neepco) at a cost of Rs 421 crore, according to a decision taken by the Cabinet …
KAILASHAHAR, June 17: Tripura tea gardens are facing a shortage of labour with the expansion of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme in all four districts, thus absorbing about 20-22 per cent tea workers. General Manager of Laxmi Tea Co Ltd of the Tripura Group of Gardens J C …
The efforts of ONGC, Tripura Asset to quadruple its gas production target to 6 MMSCMD by 2012 got a major boost with the conversion of 933 sq km Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) area to the oil giant. This will facilitate the Asset to further intensify the exploration activities in the …
Supratim Dey / Kolkata/ Guwahati June 15, 2009, 0:29 IST Germany has come forward to fund a 15 million euro Tripura government project for socio-economic development of tribals and forest resource management. The project, which would be implemented by the state government over a period of six years, would be …
AGARTALA, May 20: The Tripura government has decided to launch a special employment guarantee scheme assuring 50 days of work for each urban poor replicating the Centre
The Barak Basin of northeastern India covers the states of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. The rich and diversified vegetation of the region is facing perturbation in recent years and large tracts of forest are being converted to non-forest. In this study, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra (Vegetation …
Flowering of bamboo is a botanical enigma. The factors responsible for this are still not clearly established. Bamboos flower only once and die after flowering to regenerate from seeds1. The strange phenomenon of simultaneous flowering in bamboo clumps in vast areas is called gregarious flowering and causes ecological havoc. (Correspondence)
The Centre is working on a package to ensure the return and rehabilitation of 5,000 displaced Bru tribal families from Tripura to Mizoram at the earliest. A high-level team of the Union Home Ministry, led by Secretary (Border Management) Vinay Kumar, visited both the States early this week to work …
AGARTALA, May 1: The searing heat, coupled with severe shortage of water and power-cut, has affected the normal life in Tripura for the last few days. Adding to the woes, Agartala Municipal Authority had stopped water supply in a large area of the capital town from yesterday. Though the government …
