Finally, Kaziranga breathes free
GUWAHATI: Mining permissions granted without required approvals, unscientific mining and lack of a mechanism to ensure compliance with environmental safety standards. These were some of the rampant violations
Times Of India (Guwahati)
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City traders raise a stink over GMC’s garbage disposal plans
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC)'s initiative of collecting funds through NGOs for cleaning the Paltan Bazar area has not gone down well with the city's traders. The Paltan Bazar Traders Association
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RTI reply belies Assam govt’s wetland promise
Guwahati: At a time the government's priority is conservation of wetlands across the state, a reply to an RTI application filed by environment activist Rohit Choudhury has revealed a startling fact.
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Climate change could lead to more cloudbursts in Garo Hills’
Guwahati: Jamini Baishya is yet to come to terms with the harrowing time she and her family faced when all of a sudden water rushed down the Garo Hills into her village at Dilinga in Boko, Kamrup district,
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Landslide, deluge kill 7 in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills
Guwahati: Seven people were killed in Meghalaya's South West Garo Hills district on Monday after eight hours of rain led to flash floods. More than a lakh have been affected. Deputy commissioner of
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Will resolve Subansiri dam impasse soon: Goyal
Guwahati: Reiterating that the Centre was committed to resolving the impasse over the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri hydro-electric project in Arunachal Pradesh through dialogue, Union minister of state for coal,
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70% afforestation achieved in Arunachal Pradesh
Setting an example, the Arunachal Pradesh Environment and Forest Department has achieved 70 per cent afforestation in the state at a time when forest areas are decreasing alarmingly in the country.
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Floods wreak havoc in Assam, 12 lakh hit, 9 killed
Nine people have been killed and over 12 lakh hit by floods in 16 districts of the state. The floods were triggered by heavy rain in the region, mostly in neighbouring Arunachal, over the last few days.
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Landslides cut off Barak Valley, Tripura, Mizoram
Landslides on national highways in Meghalaya and Assam's Dima Hasao district have cut off the Barak Valley, Tripura and Mizoram for the last 30 hours. Reports said trees, boulders and mud came down
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HC notice to ADB on Manipur road project
Acting on a petition demanding government assessment of the Thoubal-Kasom Khullen road and its impact in Manipur, the Gauhati high court has issued a notice to project sponsor Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Dima Hasao free of encephalitis outbreak till now
Even as 26 districts out of 27 in Assam continued to reel from Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Dima Hasao remained free from the outbreak with no new positive cases or any deaths