North Tripura

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding a dumping ground located at Debendra Chandra Nagar run by the Agartala Municipal Corporation, Tripura, 15/05/2025

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 …

3,000 families marooned in Tripura floods

6 dead in landslips due to heavy rain in past four days Flash floods marooned at least 3,000 families in Tripura, where incessant rain triggered mudslides that have killed six people, including three of a family, in the past four days. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb declared financial assistance for …

4,000 rendered homeless due to Tripura floods, highway inundated

Around 4,000 people from 800 families were rendered homeless due to floods at Dharmanagar, the headquarters of North Tripura district, while the arterial Assam-Agartala National Highway remained water logged cutting the state off from the rest of the country. Due to incessant rain since Tuesday night, entire Dharmanagar town and …

Seasonal characteristics of aerosol black carbon in relation to long range transport over Tripura in Northeast India

This study presents the characteristics of aerosol black carbon (BC) from a rural continental site, Agartala, located in the North-Eastern part of India using two year measurements from September 2010 to September 2012. Diurnal and seasonal variations are examined in relation to the unique geographical location, changeable meteorological conditions and …

Tripura explores possibilities for carbon trading

Indo-German Development Cooperation (IGDC) project of Tripura has begun to assess land based climate finance possibilities in tribal dominated Dhalai district of Tripura besides, identifying existing land use systems the villages. In the aegis of 17th CSE media study on Fragile Ecosystem in Tripura revealed that under carbon finance they …

1 killed, 200 houses damaged in storm

Kailashahar(Tripura): One person was killed and at least 200 houses damaged as hail storm accompanied by rain hit many parts of Unakoti and North Tripura district, official sources said on Thursday. G Orang (65) died on the spot at Samrurchhara village of Unakoti district when his bamboo made thatched house …

100 hospitalized for food poisoning in Tripura

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 …

Tata Chemicals to set up urea plant in Tripura

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. …

One killed, 175 injured as tornado hits Tripura

A farmer was killed and 175 injured in Tripura when a tornado, accompanied by rain and hailstorm, hit the state, destroying more than 1,000 houses, uprooting trees and disrupting communication, officials said on Tuesday. Authorities have stepped up efforts to provide relief to those affected by the tornado that struck …

Palatana power project to start generation by June: ONGC

tHE 724-MW gas-based thermal power project is a JV between ONGC and Tripura Power Corporation ONGC-Tripura Power Corporation (OTPC)'s 724-MW gas-based thermal power project at Palatana in South Tripura district would start generation by June, a top official of state-owned oil major ONGC said today. The first phase of the …

Tripura declared ‘malaria-prone’

Tripura has been declared ‘malaria prone’ following the detection of 346 positive cases of Plasmodium Falciparum (PF) in the State during the last one month, official sources said on Thursday. Health minister Tapan Chakraborty said that medical experts have advised the State government to use second generation drugs instead of …

ONGC to set up gas-based fertilizer plant in Tripura

Agartala: State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will set up a Rs 5,000 crore, gas-based fertilizer plant in Tripura to meet the growing shortage of urea, the most commonly used soil manure in the northeastern region. “ONGC has already initiated the process to set up the natural gas-based urea …

Rs 400 crore land scam surfaces in Tripura

AGARTALA: North Tripura district administration has launched investigation into the report of illegal trade of land in 18 tea estates in the state that accounted for loss of government revenue of Rs 400 crore, officials said here on Monday. According to the report, the initial investigation revealed that about 12,880 …

Quake alert for ‘vulnerable Tripura

Agartala, Nov. 2: The Union department of disaster management has raised the hackles of the Tripura government by warning about possible earthquakes and their likely disastrous effects on the state. What has become a source of major concern is that North Tripura and Dhalai districts have been identified as “most …

Tripura tea growers nurture rubber hopes

- Unions, land laws obstruct foray into trade Calcutta, Aug. 21: Tea cultivators in Tripura, hit by reducing profit margins over the years, are pushing for a shift to the economical and less labour intensive rubber plantation. However, a stringent land lease law and active labour unions in the state …

23% drop in malaria cases in Tripura in 2 years: Official

Agartala: Tripura has witnessed a 23 per cent drop in the malaria cases as compared to 2009, a top health official said on Sunday. Citing that four deaths had been recorded in hospitals this year, Director of Family Welfare and Preventive Medicine department Dr R K Dhar said there has …

Malaria claims 15 lives in remote areas of Dhalai

Agartala: Malaria has turned into an epidemic in remote hamlets of Dhalai district in North Tripura claiming 15 lives over a month, officials said here today. The health directorate sent a contingent of specialist doctors in the affected areas and had been holding health camps in the locations besides, mobilising …

48 people fall sick after leakage of ammonia gas in Tripura

Gas leakage incident raises eyebrow in Tripura Agartala, May 10: As many as 48 people have fallen ill, some of them critically, following leakage of ammonia gas inside a cold storage in Half-long flour mill and most of them had been hospitalised. Subdivisional magistrate, who issued closure of the mill, …

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