Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raghubir Singh Garia Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 22/04/2025. The matter related to illegal mining of soap stone in village Papon, District Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The complainant, a resident of the village said that illegal mining of soap stone …
The National Bear Conservation and Welfare Action Plan for India focuses on ensuring stable status for all bear species and minimising bear-human conflicts through conservation efforts. Launched last week by minister of environment and forests Jayanthi Natarajan, the plan aims to build a "green lawyer network" and to ban bear …
The Centre today released the National Bear Conservation and Welfare Action Plan at the launch of the 21st International Conference on Bear Research and Management in Delhi. A large population of Asiatic black bears are found in the Himalayan and sub-Himalayan regions of Northeast and the Malayan sun bears are …
PHNOM PENH, Nov 19 – Come 2016 and one can drive all the way from the North-East to Mae Sot in Thailand, with India, Myanmar and Thailand managing to firm up a date for completion of the ambitious trilateral highway project. The projected date of completion was announced by Prime …
Centralised planning during the time Manipur was a union territory saw lopsided investment in the transport and communication and social sectors, while agriculture, which was its productive base, and industry were neglected. Statehood in 1972 was followed by half-hearted attempts at industrialisation and irrigation that were swept away by the …
NEW DELHI, Nov 9 – The Supreme Court on Monday gave four weeks’ time to NHPC, Ministry of Environment and Forest and Union Power Ministry to submit documents in connection with the construction of mega dams in the North-east. The Supreme Court was responding to a writ petition filed by …
North-Eastern Region of the country is primarily disadvantaged on account of lack of physical infrastructure, viz. road, rail and air connectivity. Even the telecom revolution that is changing the lives of people in the rest of the country has not adequately penetrated into the North Eastern states. The basic health …
Conservation of natural resources by traditional societies across the globe seems to have arisen out of the age-old practice of animistic religious belief systems. Such belief systems are fundamental aspects of people’s culture, which strongly conditions their use of natural resources. Arunachal Pradesh, a biodiversity hotspot region in the eastern …
BARIPADA: Already shocked over frequent elephant killings in Similipal and Kuldiha reserve forests, the forest authorities here are in for some more trouble. If sources are to be believed, a group of interstate poachers’ gang from North East region has arrived in Similipal for poaching of wild tuskers. Reliable sources …
GUWAHATI, Oct 10 – The Assam Public Works Roads Department (PWRD) today launched a ‘Green Roads Mission’ for the State in association with Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, and Bitchem Asphalt Technologies Limited. The mission was formally launched by PWD Minister Ajanta Neog in presence senior officials from the …
Human-wildlife conflict in the form of crop-raiding and attack by wild animals has become integral part for communities located at the borders of protected areas. Stratified-random sample of 103 respondents of 5 villages living in the Kitam Bird Sanctuary were interviewed to understand and manage growing concerns.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered about 70 industrial units operating inside the “no-development zone” near Kaziranga National Park in Assam to shut down. It has also imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the state for allowing …
NEW DELHI, Sept 25 – Calling for a strategic approach to develop tourism in the North-east, experts underlined the need for branded hotels, smooth connectivity and skill development, as part of an effective strategy to promote the sector in the region. At a ‘Workshop on Making of North-East Tourism Ready’, …
The Nagaon district in Assam is in a sub-humid region with a greater part of the district comprising alluvial soil ranging from pure sand on the banks of the Brahmaputra to stiff clay. The area is subjected to frequent flooding by rivers during a spell of 4 months in a …
Guwahati, Sept. 24: The northeastern states are facing a shortage of 0.68 million urban dwelling units, with Assam still topping the list despite recording a decrease since 2007. This was stated in the Union ministry of housing and poverty alleviation’s latest report on urban housing shortage for the Twelfth Plan …
- 100KW capacity plant will soon come up on the campus, biogas unit also on the cards. Silchar: The National Institute of Technology, Silchar, will soon start work on producing clean solar energy to meet its energy needs. The institute was converted into an NIT from its earlier incarnation, the …
High interest rates on loans, rising fuel prices, coupled with an unstable political situation in Assam has hit the automobile industry hard in the Northeast, with sales dropping by 18 per cent in August. The trend, though, is similar to the all-India car sales dip of 18.56 per cent in …
Floods and landslides caused by relentless rain in northeast India have killed at least 33 people and displaced more than a million over the past week, officials said on Monday. At least 21 people were killed in landslides and another eight were missing in the mountainous state of Sikkim, said …
Silchar, Sept. 19: The Union forest and environment ministry has granted final approval for acquisition of 3.6 hectares of forest land inside Barail reserve forest in Dima Hasao district to enable Northeast Frontier Railway construct a railway track and a bridge. The approval was granted this month, according to the …
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 …
Great Indian Bustard, White-bellied Heron on the brink The White-bellied Heron, the Great Indian Bustard, the Peacock Tarantula and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper of India are among the 100 most threatened species of the planet and “closest to extinction.” The Javan Rhino and Sumatran Rhino — considered extinct in India — …
