Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India, Through Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 07/03/2016 regarding stay on all activities of the project “Training of river Beki on L/B and activation of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India, Through Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 07/03/2016 regarding stay on all activities of the project “Training of river Beki on L/B and activation of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 09/01/2015. This is a Miscellaneous Application praying for an order granting stay on all activities of the project “Training of river Beki on L/B and activation of river Manas and Hakua …
GUWAHATI, Dec 23 – RTI-cum-environmental activist, Rohit Choudhury has filed a plea before the Kolkata-based Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), to pass orders directing the State’s Water Resources Department (WRD) to stop all activities for streamlining the course of the Beki river on its left bank …
Poachers shot dead one more full-grown rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park on Sunday night and took away its horn triggering fresh public protests against the unabated rhino poaching in the national park. A park official informed that an adult female rhino was shot dead and its horn was cut away …
In a significant development, the Sericulture department of BTC in active association of Central Silk Board (CSB) and department of forest has set up the world’s first Muga Wildlife Sanctuary in a fringe village under Manas National Park in BTC region recently considering the importance in the conservation of Muga …
A third relocated rhino has been poached in Manas sanctuary in Assam, causing concern among conservationists and prompting World Wildlife Fund(WWF), partners in the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 programme, to question the sincerity of the state forest department in protecting the endangered animal. The discovery of the crime comes close …
Guwahati: As the autumn has set the stage for the winter to rule the atmosphere in the picturesque North East India’s hills and valleys, enchanting destinations in the region are ready to welcome visitors in the coming tourists’ season. While the rhino abode in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was thrown …
The Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden is poised to achieve another milestone by becoming a conservation breeding centre for the endangered golden langur (Trachypithecus geei). The initiative has been approved by the highest authorities, and a detailed proposal for building the expert team and construction of an enclosure is being prepared. …
Rhino experts are drafting a field handbook based on Assam conditions to help carry out translocation more efficiently and smoothly as experts start converging for the second phase of shifting of the animals from Pobitora wildlife sanctuary to Manas. The translocation will be done over the next three days from …
Bhutan Consul General in Kolkata, Dasho Tsering Wangda has met Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at the latter's official residence and discussed issues of mutual interests. The top Bhutanese official revealed that Bhutan would start flight operations with Assam on the Guwahati-Bhutan-Bangkok route subsequently to Patna. Wangda, while conveying his greetings …
Over 90 per cent of the Rs 8.21 crore project to close the Beki embankment breach at Narayanguri is complete by now, while the rate of erosion is reduced considerably at Bahari in Barpeta district. Highly-placed sources in the State Water Resources Department (WRD) told this newspaper that by June …
