North East

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining of soapstone in village Papon, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, 22/04/2025

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 …

Govt to develop ‘fish sanctuaries’ in State

SHILLONG: The State Government is planning to explore a new domain of tourism with the development of fish sanctuaries across the State. “We are planning to construct 100 fish sanctuaries in the next two years with an aim to promote tourism through them,” Principal Secretary of Fisheries department KN Kumar …

Low-intensity quake in Northeast

Shillong, Sept 7 (IANS): A slight intensity earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale shook India's Northeast late Thursday. The quake occurred around 11.57 pm. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property. According to the Regional Seismological Centre here, the epicentre was in Meghalaya's West Khasi …

Quake jolts Assam, parts of North-east

A mild intensity earthquake shook Assam and parts of the North-Eastern region today. The quake with a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale shook the region at 1:13 PM. The epicentre of the quake was in central Assam’s Morigaon region. There was no report of damage to life or …

Change in drinking water quality from source to point-of-use and storage: a case study from Guwahati, India

To ascertain the quality of drinking water being supplied and maintained at Guwahati, the study was conducted on the status of water supply in city through surveillance of drinking water quality for consecutive 7 days at various treatment stages, distribution network and consumer ends. The performance of five water treatment …

Assessment of drinking water quality in Goalpara district of Assam: Physico-chemical parameters

The study involves the determination of some environmentally important physico-chemical parameters of drinking water in the predominantly rural Goalpara district of Assam.

Tripura gives land rights to tribals

Tripura has given land rights to more than one lakh tribal families under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. An official of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTADC) said the Government was making special efforts to improve lives of the …

ADB aid to Assam power sector

The Asian Development Bank is helping Dispur prepare a master plan for its power sector to create a road map for development. The technical assistance cleared by the bank this month is aimed at carrying out an up-to-date electricity demand for Assam and preparing a master plan for electricity network …

Citizens' group opposes sub-panel on Tipaimukh dam

Imphal: A citizens’ group on Thursday opposed the formation of an India-Bangladesh joint sub-group on Manipur’s Tipaimukh power project. The mega-power project, one of the largest in Northeastern India, is vital for meeting the increasing electricity demand in the region, but has been opposed by environmental groups and opposition parties …

NEEPCO to generate 950 MW additional power in 5 yrs

North East Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) plans to add 950 MW to its existing power generation capacity in the region in the next five years. "We are already generating 1,130 MW in the region. Seventy per cent houses are powered by NEEPCO. We shall add 950 MW by the next …

‘North East biodiversity reservoirs under constant threat’

Shillong: The threat looming over the state’s rich natural resources, documented and non-documented, being wiped out from the face of the earth can be attributed to urbanization and other forms of development thereby paving the way for the depletion of biodiversity in the state, says the Head of Botanical Survey …

Alarming reduction in N-E forest cover

New Delhi: India has lost hundreds of acres of forest cover, mostly in North East but this was largely due to various reasons like shifting cultivation, rotational harvesting and biotic pressures besides tree felling. The largest dip in forest cover was in the North East which lost 550 sq km. …

E&P Firms Seek NE Fiscal Sops

Include exploration & production in NEIIP list, say energy companies. Energy firms such as ONGC, Oil India, Jubilant Energy and Assam Company have urged the government to include oil and gas exploration and production (E&P;) business in the list of industries getting fiscal incentives in the North East. The North …

Lack of contractors hitting northeast projects: ADB

Shillong, Aug 9 (IANS): The biggest hurdle in implementing infrastructure projects in the northeastern States is the lack of competent contractors, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) official said on Wednesday. "One of the biggest challenges for the region is to attract big construction companies to complete the projects within a …

The Assam killings

Devolution of powers seems to provide no solution to the basic conflicts over land and citizenship. (Editorial)

Whose river is it anyway? - Political economy of hydropower in the Eastern Himalayas

The large dams being built on the rivers of the eastern Himalayas have become highly controversial. The hydropower that north-east India is expected to produce is meant almost entirely for use elsewhere. That these dams will be exclusively hydropower and not multipurpose dams and that there will be a great …

Landslide cuts off Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura

SHILLONG: Road links to the northeastern States of Mizoram, Tripura and parts of Manipur and southern Assam remained cut off from the rest of India on Sunday, following massive landslides on a major highway in Meghalaya, an official said Sunday. The National Highway No 44 at Sonapur and Tongseng in …

Special attention to tribal development in the NE region

SHILLONG: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, is currently providing special attention to the issue of tribal development in the Northeastern States. The Ministry releases grants to the State Government under the various Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes. It also releases grants under the Scheme of Grant-in-Aid …

Arunachal, Assam to take up flood issue with NEC

ITANAGAR, July 3 – Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have decided to jointly take up with the North East Council (NEC) the issue of flood control measures at Noa Dihing and Padum Nallah in Lohit district which is posing a serious threat to both the States. Arunachal Finance, Planning and PWD …

N-E projects slow: Minister

New Delhi, July 3: Union minister for road transport and highways C.P. Joshi has asked the ministry to immediately dispatch a special team of engineers, given the tardy progress of road projects in the Northeast, to keep tabs on the quality and pace of the projects. In 2005, the Centre …

States may be able to set own criteria

The Union food ministry has proposed some major changes to Sonia Gandhi’s pet project, the National Food Security Bill, the passage of which has been delayed for long due to differences between the ministry and policy-makers. The ministry’s alternative approach to the bill, also called Plan B, suggests that the …

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