Vast areas of west Dhemaji submerged
Due to incessant rains since Saturday night, the surging waters of the Jiadhal re-entered through the breached portion of Tekjuri embankment and submerged more than 30 villages in the area under Dhemaji
View ArticleState flood toll rises to 36
With the recovery of four more bodies today, the death toll mounted to 36 in Assam floods that affected about 10 lakh people in 13 districts and rendered majority of them homeless, reports PTI. Two
View Article3.5 lakh hit by flood in Goalpara district
Around 3.5 lakh people of Goalpara district have been hit by the devastating floods, which claimed 20 lives. More than 73,000 affected people are still staying in 100 relief camps in the district. An
View ArticleFlared gas for new 50-MW Titabor plant
GUWAHATI, Sept 29 – For the first time in the State, natural gas near crude oil extraction sites that is wasted by burning will be used to run a thermal power plant. The first such plant – a 50-MW...
View ArticleEnvironment clearance for Dibang project
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects has accorded environment clearance to the 3000-MW Dibang Multipurpose Project in its 77 th meeting recently under...
View Article3.7 lakh people still affected by State floods
Nearly four lakh people were still reeling under the impact of floods in Assam though the water level was receding in most parts of the State. According to the daily flood report by the Assam State
View ArticleState wetland body has not met for 10 yrs
Even as the wetlands of the State are facing rapid encroachment and some of them have by this time been eliminated by encroachment and illegal settlement, the State Level Steering Committee on Wetlands
View ArticleCentre’s move to approve Dibang project opposed
Several environment and civil society groups and activists have opposed the move of the Central government to accord environment and forest clearance to the 3000-MW Dibang Multipurpose Project and its
View ArticleGreen Tribunal seeks replies from parties
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the ministries of Environment and Forest, Power and the Brahmaputra Board to submit their replies within four weeks on the construction of big dams including
View ArticleGreen Tribunal bench warns GMDA, GMC
The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today restrained the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) ‘from causing
View ArticleEnvironment panel lacking in locus standi
A high-level committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and headed by the former Cabinet Secretary of India, TSR Subramanium with the alleged intent
View ArticleSand mining spelling doom of Gangetic dolphins
MIRZA, Nov 26 – Eminent environmentalist Dr Anwaruddin Choudhury has said that activities like unregulated sand mining and fishing in rivers like Kulsi and the Brahmaputra have been indirectly affecting
View ArticleShocking report on trade in wild animals
GUWAHATI, Nov 30 – Wildlife Trust of India’s international partner International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has brought out a shocking report on the booming murky multi-million-dollar trade in wild
View ArticleGogoi urges PM to take up dam issue with China
GUWAHATI, Nov 30 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue of construction of dams on the Brahmaputra river with China. In a memorandum to Modi, Gogoi
View Article9,637 people HIV positive in Mizoram
AIZAWL, Dec 1 – At least 9,637 people in Mizoram have been found to be HIV-positive while 587 AIDS patients died in the State in the last 24 years, according to Mizoram State AIDS Control Society. MSACS
View ArticleNGT urged to stop WRD activities
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
View ArticleManas rhino project progressing well: Director
The ambitious India Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV2020) is heading in the right direction and there is no reason to doubt its success so far, said AC Das, Director of the Manas National Park cum Tiger Project.
View ArticleSimple, cost-effective garbage disposal
Environ, a city-based NGO working in the field of waste management, has launched an innovative garbage disposal system for the city’s households. The Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) has also evinced
View ArticleState to draft own Land Acquisition Bill
The Assam Government is drafting a new Land Acquisition Bill and it will not implement the Central Act of 2013 that was recently amended by the Union Government through an ordinance, Chief Minister Tarun
View ArticleEfforts on to resume Subansiri dam construction: Tuki
More than three years since the construction of the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) of NHPC came to a halt, Arunachal Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today told the State Assembly
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