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 …
In a significant policy shift, Assam Government has prioritised erosion over floods, identifying it as a more dangerous threat, even as Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi called for special packages for erosion-affected areas and border area development. Erosion is a more serious threat than floods. The damages caused by floods are …
DIBRUGARH, Sept 8: Thousands of people participated in the demonstration organized by the Rohmoria Erosion Resistance Struggle Forum (RERSF) at Dibrugarh today, to protest the failure of the Centre and the State Government to keep their promises made at various times. The River Brahmaputra has been eroding huge chunks of …
Rice makes up 20 percent of the typical Haitian's diet, and that percentage is growing. In 1981 Haiti imported 18,000 tons of rice. Now the country imports close to 400,000 tons annually. Less than a quarter is homegrown. "T
OUR CORRESPONDENT The railway tracks hang over the Kabli Jhora near Madhu Tea Estate. (Anirban Choudhury) Alipurduar, Aug. 28: A section of the railway tracks in Kalchini has been left hanging in the air after the soil beneath it was washed away by the Kabli Jhora, which suddenly changed course …
Erosion by the Madhumati and Nabaganga rivers continue to wreak havoc at different villages under Lohagara and Kalia upazila in Narail, rendering at least 1,000 people homeless in the last two weeks. About 500 dwelling houses at 20 villages under the two upazilas have been devoured during the period leaving …
KT NEWS SERVICE SAMBA, Aug 26: District Development Commissioner Samba, Saurabh Bhagat today reviewed the progress of development in forest, social forestry and soil conservation sector in a meeting of the officers of the departments. It was disclosed that effective steps needs to be taken to protect the forest wealth …
Huzra (Jagraon): After Mattewara, about 120-foot-high dhussi dam here was washed away yesterday night due to strong water pressure. The damage started on Tuesday with little erosion, but by last night a part of the dam was eroded. Repair work has been started. Four villages along the bank, Bhagpur, Kaniya, …
Erosion by the River Jamuna continues to wreak havoc at different villages under Islampur and Dewanganj upazila in Jamalpur, rendering at least 800 families homeless in the last two weeks. About 1,200 houses at 13 villages under the two upazilas have been eroded during the period, leaving around 800 families …
The bank of the Ganga in Bhutni where the river has been advancing steadily. Picture by Surajit Roy Malda, July 28: People living on Bhutni island on the Ganga are facing a dilemma: whether to allow the river to breach the embankment and bring in silt that will enrich the …
KULPI, July 28: Although soil erosion is an acute problem in Malda and Murshidabad, the situation is not much different at Kulpi in South 24- Parganas. People living in the villages of Hara, Mukundapur, Harinarayanpur and Raytala are haunted by the fear of being deprived of shelter. Major parts of …
GALSI (Burdwan), July 24: Indiscriminate felling of trees along the Damodar riverbank has caused extensive erosion in certain villages in Galsi block in Burdwan in the last week. More than a thousand bighas of cultivable land have been washed away and hundreds of houses along the riverbank are under severe …
Severe erosion threatens north-west Jorhat villages JORHAT, July 22: About 20 km from here, the residents of Neol Gaon and 33 other villages under Dergaon Legislative Assembly Constituency in north-west Jorhat are waging a grim struggle against severe erosion which is threatening to uproot them. The Brahmaputra river, which flows …
The 103-year-old school being dismantled in Murshidabad's Shekalipur. The river was only 10 metres from the building on Tuesday. A Telegraph picture Lalgola, July 22: Lying on a cot in the afternoon, Rojefa Bewa had thought she heard claps of thunder. "My sons had just returned from the field. I …
