Action taken report by Government of Assam, Department of Housing and Urban Affairs on used water management in the urban local bodies of the state. A processing gap of 435.5 MLD has been identified for used water management in Assam. To address the same, Sewage Treatment Plants with a total …
July 4: The Kamrup (metro) district administration will now seek the help of IIT Guwahati to conduct a study into the perennial problem of waterlogging in the city. The study will be undertaken to find a permanent and lasting solution to bail out the residents from recurring flash floods. The …
GUWAHATI, June 25 – Plans are afoot to cage the Bahini, Bharalu and Mora Bharalu rivers with 12-foot-high iron fences on both their banks so as to save them from being used as dustbins and thus to ensure their unhindered flow. The State Water Resources Department (WRD) is embarking upon …
Three of Northeast India's most important ecosystems - Rudrasagar Lake in Tripura, Deepor Beel in Assam and Loktak Lake in Manipur - face serious threats from encroachment and pollution and urgent steps must be taken to conserve them, environmentalists say."Though all the three lakes are categorised as wetlands of international …
Deepar beel is one of the largest and most important riverine wetland in Assam's Brahmaputra valley. It is Located between Latitude: 26° 05' 'North to 26° 11’ North and Longitude: 91º 35’ East to 91º 43’ East. Deepar beel covers an area of 40.14 sq km and varies in depth …
Even after imposition of ban by district administration, earth cutting in and around Deepor Beel is continuing unabated by a section of local traders. It has been observed that some so-called traders are cutting the soil in the western part of the beel by excavators and supplying it by trucks …
Guwahati: Environment activists on Thursday successfully tested a speed-detection gun on a train passing by a bird sanctuary in Guwahati. The demonstration for forest officials toward enforcing train speed restrictions is aimed at preventing elephants being run over. People for Ethical Treatment to Animals (PETA) had in response to the …
To bolster the efforts for preserving the rich wetland resources of the State, the government is considering to constitute a State Wetland Authority. This was announced by Minister of Environment and forests, Rockybul Hussain on Tuesday. After inaugurating the central function of the World Wetland Day organized by the Department …
Manoj Anand Assam's environment ministry has identified four wetlands: Jon-Beel, Kaziranga, Dhar Beel and Bordoibam Bilmukh. It is pushing for their status as Ramsar sites. THE ASSAM government has embarked upon an ambitious plan of protecting its wetland for maintaining the ecological balance by proposing to mark four major wetlands …
The State Government has submitted a proposal to the Centre for the preservation of all the wetlands in Assam, said the Minister in charge of Environment and Forest, Rockybul Hussain. In reply to a Zero Hour question by Ananta Deka (CPM) in the State Assembly today, the Minister said that …
The coke industries of Hatkhoapara under Azara revenue circle in South Kamrup which are still under operation regardless of the huge public opposition are posing threat to the environment as both the industries Ganesh Met Coke and Balaji Coke are alleged to have flouted certain norms prescribed by the Pollution …
