Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the sudden rift occurring in the Ranitola hills about eight kms from Narsinghpur in Cuttack district has been hailed as a divine miracle by the locals, a scientific study has established it as a natural phenomenon. There is no divine hand to create a smooth passage to …
Long infamous for heroin, opium, and other poppy products, the Golden Triangle, the mountainous, thickly forested intersection of Laos, Myanmar (formerly Burma), and China, is now becoming known for another plant: Hevea brasiliensis, the Par
Alarmed by devastations caused downstream by surging waters released from dams in Bhutan, a reconstituted joint technical team (JTT) with the modified term of reference (ToR) has been mandated to include some rivers flowing from Bhutan into Assam, for further studies and recommendations for remedial measures. A joint group of …
About 21,750 people of several riverbank areas are likely be landless and homeless as erosions by the Jamuna, Padma and Ganges rivers will devour 2,178 hectares of land in 17 districts of the country this year.
Three major rivers of the country---the Jamuna, the Ganges and the Padma---devoured 1,58,780 hectares of land, rendering about 20 lakh people homeless since 1973, a research organisation working with river and water resources said here on Wednesday. A study report of the Centre for Environment and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), …
At least 4kms of area and 1,000 bighas of cropland of Pakuria union in Bagha upazila went into the gorge of the river Padma in last two weeks as erosion by the river intensified during the monsoon this year. Local people said erosion has taken a serious turn following the …
Japan will aid US$9.1 million Bangladesh under World Food Programme to provide food assistance to the ultra-poor living in areas to floods, riverbank erosion, coastal cyclones and tidal surges. The United Nations World Food Prgoramme (WFP) yesterday welcomed the Japanese contribution of US $9.1 million. WFP will use the Japanese …
SHILLONG, July 13: To address the problems being faced by the people of Balat village, officials of Union Water Resource Ministry visited the village on Saturday to asses the quantum of destruction caused by the Balat river leading to evacuation of more than 21 families recently. Union Minister of State …
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi July 10, 2009, 0:15 IST The diplomatic tug of war between India and China over the $60 million loan from the Asian Development Bank, or ADB, for Arunachal Pradesh has entered a new arena: Japan. Both India and China are trying to win over Asia
The study of land-use pattern using remote sensing is a popular tool for researchers after the advent of high-resolution multispectral imagery. While most of the study deals with monitoring of vegetation, soil moisture and bare lands using visible, SWIR and TIR bands, little effort has been given to integrated study …
Centre today formally admitted that China had recently objected to Asian Development Bank (ADB) funding of an irrigation project in Arunachal Pradesh, describing it as
The Assam Government has sent out a red alert across the flood-prone districts, following a breach of embankment on the swelling Brahmaputra river in Upper Assam on Wednesday. State Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman said at least 80 villages have been engulfed by gushing waters, rendering over one lakh people homeless …
An investigation was conducted to evaluate the changes in soil quality over time under different systems of nutrient application in the erosion prone soils of rainfed areas of kandi belt of Jammu. The soils had been under three nutrient management systems, viz., nutrient application through inorganic, organic and integrated (organic+inorganic) …
Shifting cultivation is a dominant land use system in humid tropical high lands where steep slopes is a potential barrier for rain water harvesting for agriculture. It is the main stay of the economy of the hill people. As per Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India report, the 22.78 …
A minor phase of the Majuli Island protection project executed by Brahmaputra Board is expected to be completed next year, chairman of the Board Rajen Nair said. The Project is part of the long-term project sanctioned in 2005. The Brahmaputra Board prepared Detailed Project Report amounting to Rs.86.56 crore for …
BARPETA, June 19: Safakamar residents have alleged the Gobardhana Development Block in Barpeta district for misappropriation of funds from the Calamity Relief Fund which was released to construct a boulder spur bund along the Beki river to prevent erosion. The river Beki had eroded the northern part of Barpeta at …
