The flood waters showed a receding trend in Assam, however, the toll rose to 62 on Sunday. Northeast India and Bihar continued to battle flood fury on Saturday as the death toll due to rain-related incidents crossed the 150-figure mark while flood-like situation prevailed in seven districts of Punjab. The …
Kimi (Arunachal Pradesh), Oct. 15: There will soon be light at the end of the tunnel, literally. Engineers of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) Limited are just 3km away from breaking out through the mountains to complete construction of a 14.5-km-long tunnel for the Kameng hydroelectric project, nestled in …
For more than 20 villages on the east bank of Jia-Bharali river in Naduar, Sonitpur, covering 10 kilometres from Chalanighat to Cheunichook, erosion has been a perennial problem since 1950. More than 10 thousand bighas of cultivation land, homes and properties have been engulfed by the river of these villages. …
Guwahati: Flood situation has remained grim in total six revenue circles of Assam’s Sonitpur and Golaghat districts where a number of villages and tracts of crop lands were still under water for the second day on Thursday. According to official sources the river Dhansiri has wrecked havoc in Golaghat district …
TEZPUR, July 25 – After inundation of a large area in greater Panchmile area by flash floods followingt incessant rains during the last one week, both flood and erosion have posed a serious problem to the residents of the greater area. People of the area have expressed their strong resentment …
The Naduar region in Sonitpur district has been one of the most neglected areas in the State, according to the people here. One of the main causes of this opinion has been the indifferent attitude of the Government towards the checking of erosion caused by the Jia Bhoroli river. The …
