The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend, now in its third consecutive year, threatens water security for nearly two billion people. All twelve major river …
Jorhat, Nov. 9: The Tinsukia district administration has decided to set up a common granary bank and a shelter house on a raised platform in each village in the highly flood-prone villages in the district, to tide over the difficult situation during the rainy season. In a novel initiative by …
Guwahati: As the picturesque World Heritage Site at Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was thrown open for tourists for the season on Thursday scores of tourists from England and Japan along with several groups of domestic tourists visited the ‘world heritage site’ known as abode of one-horned rhinoceros. The tourists season …
MIRZA, Oct 14 – The Assam Government’s tall claims of serving the poor people by initiating a host of anti-erosion measures to protect the flood and erosion ravaged people have been running into rough weather and in every case the so-called erosion measures launched in the last 50 years have …
For 11-year-old Jesmina Begum, daughter of Abdul Motin of Atigaon, a village in the flood-ravaged Morigaon district in central Assam, commuting to school has become not only difficult but also dangerous in the recent weeks. “We know that five children drowned in a boat capsize on Tuesday. But what to …
MIRZA, Oct 9 – The recent floods have caused irreparable damage to the rabi crop farmersin over 60 villages in Goroimari, Palasbari and Chamaria revenue circles in Kamrup district by destroying several hundred hectare areas of the crops raised by the farmers in the Brahmaputra plains. The first wave of …
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav, has blamed the Delhi Government for the alarming pollution level in the Yamuna upstream of Agra. “Yamuna has been killed by Delhi”, Mr. Yadav said, speaking at a function for releasing the population figures of the Gangetic dolphin. On the conclusion of the …
GUWAHATI, Oct 5 – The Brahmaputra can be controlled by channelising its course. Channelisation of the Brahmaputra is the first and foremost task in taming this mighty river, said Bharat Saikia, general secretary of the Majuli Island Protection and Development Council (MIPADC). Saikia is a former engineer of the Brahmaputra …
The 'tiger of the Ganga' is the nomenclature for the Ganga river dolphin which enjoys the same status in the river ecosystem as that of a tiger in a forest. Like the tiger, the dolphin is close to extinction with its numbers having plunged from 6,000 in 1982 to less …
Against the backdrop of frequent floods in Assam and allegations of its failures to deal with the situation, the Centre has decided to restructure the Brahmaputra Board and turn it into a body to develop and manage water resources of the entire northeastern region, reports PTI. The Water Resources Ministry …
GUWAHATI, Sept 26 – With the let up in the weather condition there has been a slight improvement in the overall flood condition of the State today, said official sources here this evening. Meanwhile, the Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level (DL) at Neamatighat, Tezpur, Guwahati, Goalpara and Dhubri. …
GUWAHATI, Sept 26 – The overall flood situation in Majuli river island has improved and water level of the Brahmaputra is receding at a faster pace providing great relief to the flood-hit islanders. The flood waters of the Brahmaputra and the Subansiri which entered the island through the breached portion …
The flood situation in central and lower Assam turned critical, with the water level of the Brahmaputra rising alarmingly and flowing above the danger mark in most places. The situation continued to be grim in upper Assam too. The death toll in the current wave of the flood has gone …
The Nagaon district in Assam is in a sub-humid region with a greater part of the district comprising alluvial soil ranging from pure sand on the banks of the Brahmaputra to stiff clay. The area is subjected to frequent flooding by rivers during a spell of 4 months in a …
GUWAHATI: The flood situation in the State has deteriorated on Sunday with 15 districts reeling under its impact. More than 8 lakh people have been affected in the current wave of floods. Sources said seven people have died in floods in Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Chabua during the past one week. …
NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Sept 23 – Incessant rains over the past week have caused pre-autumnal flood in Lakhimpur district with all major rivers flowing above the danger level at various places in the past 24 hours. According to Water Resources Department, the Brahmaputra today was flowing 2.61 metres above the danger …
DIBRUGARH, Sept 20 – Incessant rainfall since past few days has severely affected Upper Assam districts, causing flood and claiming lives in several places in the region. Two boys - Dilip Malla (17) and Raja Choudhury (19) drowned in flood water in Dholla in Tinsukia district today. Flood situation turned …
NTPC is awaiting nod from the Arunachal Pradesh government for its proposed Rs 1 lakh crore hydro power project, a top company official said Tuesday. As per its policy, the state government is believed to have asked NTPC to make an upfront payment of about Rs 400 crore for setting …
More than 10.86 Million Indians depend on rivers, wetlands, floodplains, estuaries, ponds and tanks for subsistence and market-based fisheries. Though the absolute contribution of riverine fisheries may not be huge in economic terms, it is a very crucial component in livelihood and nutritional security of the rural poor. With declining …
GUWAHATI, Aug 27 – The National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) which today had a discussion with the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), has agreed to keep in abeyance its work on the Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project till its next round of …
TEZPUR, Aug 27 – Continuous erosion caused by tributaries of the Brahmaputra like Gabharu, Belsiri and Jiabhoroli has turned serious in Sonitpur district during the last couple of days, posing a serious threat to many residents as well as to the very existence of many villages and Government assets. It …
