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: Left-ruled Tripura on Thursday strongly opposed the central government’s proposal to provide direct transfer of food subsidy in cash to people, currently accessible through the public distribution system (PDS). To check the leakage and diversions, an alternate model of direct transfer of food subsidy in cash to the consumers …
Agartala: State-owned ONGC’s proposed gas-based fertiliser plant in Tripura would meet the growing shortage of urea in the eastern and northeastern states of India and neighbouring Bangladesh, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Wednesday. ONGC in association with Tata Chemicals and the Tripura government would set up a Rs.5,000 …
AGARTALA, Oct 2 – Puja revellers here can hope to enjoy load-shedding free Durga puja this year even though the first unit of Palatana power project does not get operational before the biggest Hindu carnival. To ensure uninterrupted power supply during puja days, Tripura State Electricity Corporation (TSECL) is arranging …
Agartala, Sept. 27: Only 55 vultures are left in Tripura — a revelation that is being contemplated with concern by environmentalists here. The disturbing statistic was revealed through a survey conducted by a 10-member team of experts under the Tripura forest department. Tripura chief wildlife warden Ajit Kumar Bhowmik said …
Agartala: As many as 100 people, including 24 children, fell ill on Tuesday after consumption of food on the occasion of Biswakarma puja in Kanchanpur of North Tripura along Tripura-Mizoram border. Official sources here on Wednesday confirmed that all of them were rushed to a local hospital following complaint of …
Agartala, Sept 16 (IANS): The CPI-M-led ruling Left Front in Tripura has called for a 12-hour shutdown in the State on Sept 20 to protest diesel price hike, foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and disinvestment in profit-making public sector undertakings (PSUs). Accompanied by Left Front leaders, CPI-M (Communist …
Agartala: To reduce dependency on conventional energy, the Tripura government Wednesday announced ambitious plans to make Agartala a ‘solar city’, replacing at least 10 percent of usual power use by solar energy. “Agartala city would be the first ‘solar city’ in northeast India within the next few years,” Tripura’s Urban …
SILCHAR, Sept 12 – With mercury level increasing day by day, loadshedding has become a regular phenomenon in entire Barak Valley and the worst suffers are the student community and the old people. It is not only hampering the day-to-day life but is also adversely affecting the business community. Loadshedding …
SHILLONG, Sept 11 – The Centre is planning to double the fish production in North-eastern region and aims at increasing its per capita availability to 15 kg by 2020. “We have a daunting task of achieving per capita availability of 15 kg of fish in the region with a total …
Agartala: Tata Chemicals will set up a Rs 5,000 crore, gas-based urea plant in northern Tripura in association with State-owned ONGC and Tripura government, officials said here on Tuesday. ONGC Chairman Sudhir Vasudeva held a meeting with Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in New Delhi on Monday and discussed the matter. …
- Dumbur lake to be transformed from hydel power reservoir to birdwatchers’ paradise. Agartala, Sept. 5: Long reviled as the vale of tears, Tripura’s lush green Raima valley, crisscrossed by the sprawling 42 square km Dumbur lake, now holds out the hope of emerging as the crucible of hope for …
Agartala, Sept. 5: Every 48 years or so, the Northeast bears witness to a bizarre natural phenomenon. At this time, a particular species of bamboo flowers, all at once, across a wide area. This mass flowering is invariably followed by a famine, caused by rats, which multiply on the abundance …
Agartala: The 726 MW first commercial power plant of state-owned ONGC at Palatana in southern Tripura will start generating electricity this month-end, company officials said here Monday. ONGC, the Tripura government and infrastructure and financial service company IL&FS; have jointly floated the ONGC-Tripura Power Company Limited (OTPC). The plant will …
Tripura has given land rights to more than one lakh tribal families under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. An official of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTADC) said the Government was making special efforts to improve lives of the …
North East Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) plans to add 950 MW to its existing power generation capacity in the region in the next five years. "We are already generating 1,130 MW in the region. Seventy per cent houses are powered by NEEPCO. We shall add 950 MW by the next …
AGARTALA, Aug 22 – Keeping in mind of the future need, Tripura Government has decided to construct a four-lane bridge over the river Feni in Sabroom subdivision, official sources said here on Wednesday. Not only the 15-long meter bridge over the river Feni, the Government has also planned to construct …
AGARTALA, Aug 9 – Tripura Industries Minister Jitendra Chowdhury called upon potential investors to set up gas-based industrial units in Tripura as natural gas is available at a very attractive price. Chowdhury, who was speaking at a business conference on oil and gas in Kolkata, said the price of natural …
Agartala: To ensure development of forest-dwelling communities, the Tripura Government has designated as many as 62 locations in remote parts of the state as ‘Forest Village’, said state Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury. In such locations the state government had already extended development projects for 1508 people of 236 tribal families …
Agartala: The state government has provided 86 mandays to each job seeker under the national flagship programme-NREGA during 2011-12 FY while the national job generation figure stood only 42 mandays While unfolding report cards in the field of Rural Development and Forest departments, RD Minister Jitendra Chowdhury on Tuesday said …
Agartala: Perched on hills and remote areas of Tripura, 45 villages and 797 localities were lit up with solar energy in the last five years, a minister said on Friday. Debroy said, solar energy treatment plants would be set up in 100 schools in remote areas this year and 1000 …
