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 …
Agartala, July 25: The northeastern region, comprising eight states, has recorded deficit rainfall during the current monsoon season and this may affect agricultural production, an official said on Sunday.
Schizostachyum dullooa (Gamble) Majumder (dolu bamboo) is a thin-walled sympodial moderate size to large tufted bamboo. The species is distributed in the moist semi-evergreen forests of northeast India (Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram) to Sylhet, Chittagong and Chittagong hill tracts of Bangladesh1. This is a dominant bamboo species in …
Narmada Bachao activist leads massive protest rally Noted environment activists and the spearhead of Narmada Bachao Movement Medha Patkar today led a massive protest rally here demanding immediate halt to construction of mega dam projects in ecologically fragile and tectonically highly sensitive Northeastern region, especially in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, …
Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar with Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi (right) addresses a protest rally in Guwahati on Wednesday. Guwahati: Social activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Wednesday led thousands of protesters in laying a siege to Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pratik Hazela's …
GUWAHATI, July 13: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar today came down heavily on the government for going ahead with the construction work of Lower Subansiri Hydel Project at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border even after the expert committee had recommended immediate cancellation of the project. Talking to newsmen …
Guwahati: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar has raised her voice in support of the growing people's movement against construction of mega dams in ecologically sensitive Northeastern region. She has been invited by Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) to lead a rally against mega dam in the city on Wednesday. …
Agartala, July 12: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will prepare a vision document for the appropriate management and use of national highways for better connectivity in the mountainous northeastern region, a party leader said here today.
In view of surging demands of iron ore in India as well as in neighbouring countries, Assam and Meghalaya should pitch in for better prospecting and also come up with policies which would bring in much needed focus on the mineral. All over the world, the demand for iron is …
Guwahati: Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chief RK Pachauri on Monday called upon Assam and rest of the North East to carry out climate modelling studies to know the impact of climate change. He commented that there should have been much more research on glacier melting in the country. …
Guwahati: Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chief RK Pachauri on Monday called upon Assam and rest of the North East to carry out climate modelling studies to know the impact of climate change. He commented that there should have been much more research on glacier melting in the country. …
Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: The Expert Group constituted to study the downstream impact of the ongoing 2,000-MW Subonsiri Lower hydro-electric power project of the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) at Gerukamukh on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border has recommended that the mega dam not be built at the present site. From the …
GUWAHATI, July 1 ? The All Assam Students? Union (AASU) today demanded immediate steps to thrust aside the under-construction Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP) and also to shelve all the mega-dam hydel projects proposed in the NE region. The demand of the students? body came in the wake of the …
Farming is a multifold activity and the prime occupation of the majority of people living in rural India. It is important to develop an ideal agricultural production plan which can provide at least the minimum requirement of a farm family in terms of food, fuel and fibre. In this article …
Agriculture in the north-eastern region of India has considerable potential to grow and contribute to the overall economic growth and livelihood of the rural population. The climate is favourable to grow a wide variety of crops, particularly fruits, vegetables and spices. Lack of system-specific technologies, poor infrastructure and underdeveloped markets, …
Hill agriculture in India is confronted with the problem of uneven topography, soil erosion, small landholdings, inaccessibility with poor road infrastructure and opportunities of fertile land, high and dependable precipitation in the form of rain, snow and an agriculture friendly climate that can be the best bet for the development …
