Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Khroo L Pariat Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 25/02/2025. The applicant through a letter petition complained about dumping of muck generated during construction of road thereby causing damage to river ecology affecting aquatic life, flora and fauna. The …
Gauhati High Court today directed the Brahmaputra Board to submit a status report on steps taken for the protection of Majuli island from floods and erosion. The board will have to furnish the report before the court on or before November 22. The interim order was passed by a division …
SILCHAR: The Union Ministry of Tourism, North East section, sanctioned Rs. 605.42 lakh for tourism develpment in Barak Valley and the two hill districts of Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong. The package as outlined then includes improvement of road from the foot hills of Bhuban Hills to the temple of …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in a meeting organised at the Congress Bhawan here said that the Barak Valley people will get Rs 1000 crore if the electorate gives the Congress party 15 seats in the forthcoming Assembly election. Gogoi said that he is aware about the problems of the Barak …
Smallholder farming systems throughout the world are believed to be potential sinks to remove atmospheric CO2. Smallholder bamboo farming system in Barak Valley, Assam, which forms a part of the traditional homegarden system, holds promise in this respect. Occurrence of bamboo in all homesteads coupled with progressive increase in culm …
Smallholder farming system throughout the world are believed to be potential sinks to remove atmospheric CO2. Smallholder bamboo farming system in Barak Valley, Assam, which forms a part of the traditional homegarden system, holds promise in this respect.
Jorhat has become the latest district in Assam to face the flood fury with nearly one lakh people being affected in the last two days, officials said today. Lakhimpur in Brahmaputra valley and Cachar and Karimganj in Barak valley have been already hit by floods. In Jorhat district, Bhogdoi river …
SILCHAR, June 3: The stretch of National Highway 44 regarded as the lifeline of supply of Barak Valley, Mizoram, Tripura and East Manipur is now being threatened by slow but steady erosion caused by river Barak near Panchgram where the only industry of this valley, Cachar Paper Mill, is located. …
GUWAHATI, March 16: Assam PWD Minister Ajanta Neog today informed the State Assembly that the Centre had already approved Rs 112 crore for the improvement of the 110-km National Highway-44 (Assam portion), considered the lifeline of the Barak Valley, and that the tendering process was under way in New Delhi. …
The tea industry has sought reduction of land revenue rates and cess on green leaf so that the gardens in Assam get a level playing field to compete with the tea gardens of the other parts of the country. In a pre-budget memorandum to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, the Tea …
The tea industry in Barak Valley is passing through hard days. Labour problem, including less number of tea labourers for NREGA scheme, inadequate communication system, power crisis, increased revenue tax for Barak tea garden, cess on green leaf, increased pollution fee, less transport subsidy etc. have put Barak tea industry …
Several civil society groups of the State have urged the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment & Forests, Jairam Ramesh, to seriously address the issue of downstream impact of dams in the State. They were reacting to Ramesh
KARIMGAN: The State Government has stressed the need to increase the agricultural production by adopting latest agricultural know-how. Addressing a gathering, Enamul Haque Laskar, OSD, Irrigation Department stated this. NGO Naba Prayas organised an awareness camp for farmers on irrigation facilities at Sonari recently. In his speech, Enamul Haque Laskar …
The National Automotive Testing and R&D; Infrastructure Project (NATRIP) was inaugurated by Vilasrao Deshmukh, Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, at Dholchora, 30 km from the city, recently. The model inspection and maintenance centre being developed at Jaffirbund will be India
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest, Jairam Ramesh today allayed apprehension over impact of Tipaimukh Dam in Bangladesh, describing them as false propaganda. The Minister who was addressing the Editor
A district-level meeting was organised at the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Cachar to discuss necessary steps to meet emergency situations due to possible earthquakes. The meeting was presided over by Gautam Ganguli, DC, Cachar where other dignitaries were also present. The objective of the meeting was to discuss …
SILCHAR, Sept 4: Barak Valley along with the entire Northeast has been hit by an earthquake for the fourth time in the last 23 days, causing serious concern among the people of this region. According to many, four tremors in such a short time, the last to happen was at …
The efforts of the State to overcome the adverse impact of the drought-like situation have perhaps bearing fruits. About 88 per cent of the targeted 18 lakh hectares of sali paddy area of the State has so far been covered with seedling transplantation. It is expected that the State will …
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 …
