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 indigenous Lepchas of Sikkim are using Gandhian methods of protest to prevent construction of hydel projects that will destroy their land and the environment. At a time when politics has been reduced to a numbers game, they know that their minority status is against them. But they are determined …
GUWAHATI, Sept 7: Arunachal Pradesh Home Minister Jarpom Gamlin today said the situation in Arunachal has compelled the State Government to oppose the setting up of the proposed North East Water Resources Authority (NEWRA). Talking to newsmen, Gamlin said:
Sept 3: The Centre has asked the Mizoram to take a speedy decision on an NTPC proposal to set up 460-MW Kolodyne hydel power project in the north-eastern state at an investment of Rs 2,500 crore. Public sector enterprise NTPC has submitted a proposal to the state government to develop …
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), through its multi-disciplinary research programmes had identified several viable alternative land use models and land management practices that can be introduced in areas under shifting cultivation. These models were developed based on their evaluation in terms of their long term runoff, production potentials, …
This paper details work being carried out at the Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat (Assam) on genetic conservation and improvement of economically important bamboo species.
Out of the 1,500 bamboo species occurring worldwide, India has around 130 bamboo species belonging to 23 genera, in which more than 50% of the Indian bamboo resource is confined to North East. As many as 78 bamboo species (both indigenous and exotic) belonging to 19 genera have been reported …
Urgent need to re-examine quality assurance of dams in the northeast On May 10, the Sangai Express, a local daily from Imphal, reported that parts of the Thoubal multipurpose project had developed cracks. Taking note of the apparent lack of quality construction, Thounaojam Shyamkumar, deputy speaker in the state assembly, …
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER)was set up in September 2001 to act as the nodal Department of the Central Government to deal with matters pertaining to socio-economic development of the eight States of North East i.e. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim
This present report further calls attention to the dangerous and urgent situation that persists and has intensified in the northeast states of India as a result of India
Senior energy adviser to US Department of State, Dr Griffin M Thomson has suggested setting up of economically viable eco-friendly projects in the Northeast to become self-reliant in the field of energy. Talking exclusively with The Assam Tribune here today Dr Thomson, who is closely associated with several big projects …
JORHAT, July 23: Gunin Saikia while providing a detailed account of the conservation status of several primate species found in the upper Brahmaputra of northeastern region laid stress on the initiation of Project Primate in line with Project Tiger and Project Elephant in order to divert immediate conservation attention to …
Built on the logic of "development', big dams have wreaked havoc on indigenous communities in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh with regular flooding. By pursuing predatory development the central and state governments are equally culpable of visiting disaster on the region.
UDAIPUR (Tripura), July 19: Criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for going ahead with the nuclear deal, Tripura Chief Minister and CPI-M Politburo member Manik Sarkar today said if power is generated from different natural resources of the northeastern region it would be cheaper than that from nuclear reactors. Addressing CPI-M …
