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 …
A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to chair an inter-ministerial meeting on Wednesday to decide the fate of mega hydro-electric projects in north-eastern states, the Congress leaders from Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday registered their strong reservation and protest over the opinion expressed in a letter purportedly written …
Renowned earthquake engineer Prof D K Paul, Dean of Faculty Affairs, Roorkee IIT, said on Friday that the NE dam projects were faultless. As, he said, these projects have been cleared by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). Moreover, it is because of the intervention of the MoEF …
Massive landslides triggered by incessant rains in the past few days have cut off road links between Nagaland and Manipur with several stretches of the NH 39 being washed away or buried under debris. While a major landslide took place in Nagaland capital Kohima, the national highway was also cut …
In unprecedented distancing from the government by a key minister and questioning its development works in the strategic North-East and Bhutan, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has taken up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demands for a review of all hydel projects in the region and a
Ravish Tiwari New Delhi: In unprecedented distancing from the government by a key minister and questioning its development works in the strategic North-East and Bhutan, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has taken up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demands for a review of all hydel projects in the region and a
Jorhat, Oct. 6: The West Jorhat Town Development Committee has made an appeal for diversion of the proposed four-lane highway from the Mohbandha area to Lahdoigarh citing environmental degradation, growth impediment and largescale unemployment as reasons. The secretary of the committee, Md Abdul Aziz, said while the committee welcomed the …
Aizwal /Agartala/Kohima, Oct 6: The Central Government has intensified its efforts to bring about overall development of the northeast region with the local residents
Misgivings still persist in Assam By Barun Das Gupta North-East India has a vast and untapped potential of hydro-power, estimated at 35,000 MW. For decades, it had been a constant grievance of the people of the area that the government was doing nothing to tap it which could usher in …
With only about a week remaining for the formal withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon from it, the North East region of the country has so far recorded deficit monsoon rainfall. However, the Regional Meteorology Centre (RMC) here claims that only two of the NE states - Manipur and Meghalaya
Agartala, Sept 30: The northeastern States have sought a time-bound and assured incentive package from the central government for industrial development in the region, Tripura Industries and Commerce Minister Jitendra Chowdhury said here on Thursday. The demand was raised by the northeast industries and commerce ministers in separate meetings with …
Vernacular architecture is still very popular and constructed widely in North-East India. In this paper, the result of long-term monitoring of two vernacular houses selected one in Tezpur (warm and humid climate) and other one in Cherrapunjee (cold and cloudy climate) are presented. Long-term monitoring work includes the measurements of …
ITANAGAR, Sept 29: To improve the economic status of the people, it is necessary to harness the available agricultural, forest, floriculture and human resources of the region by setting up industries to manufacture value- added items, said Finance Minister Setong Sena while inaugurating a conference on
Faced with criticism over the delay in sanctioning of Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) projects, Union Minister for DoNER and Mines Bijoy Krishna Handique traced the lapse on part of the States in securing the mandatory clearance from Central ministries to delay in sanctioning of projects by the concerned …
Identifying poverty, lack of development, adequate communication facilities, floods and illegal migration from Bangladesh, as bane of the North-east, BJP national president Nitin Gadkari said that the party is brining out its own Vision Document North-east 2025 . A five-member team has been tasked to draft the report, he said, …
IMPHAL, Sept 23: The Governor of Manipur, Gurbachan Jagat said that the present scenario of cancer problem in the State does not appear encouraging. The Governor stated this while delivering his chief guest speech during the observation of the National Rose Day 2010 observed today at the Mini Auditorium of …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi September 13, 2010, 1:13 IST The delay in the withdrawal of the monsoon is not an unmixed blessing though its overall impact on the output prospects for the current kharif and the subsequent rabi is deemed positive. Besides causing floods in the country
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh perhaps said nothing new when he stated that India had environmental concerns. But he echoed the sentiments of Indira Gandhi expressed at the Stockholm conference in 1972 when he added that the environment could not be protected by perpetuating poverty. There was need for a right …
New Delhi: India particularly the Northeastern region is going to be affected seriously by the ongoing climate change which impacts the flow of water in the region, Union Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent Pala on Wednesday said. Addressing the world water week at Stockholm in Sweden where Mr …
