Assam flood situation worsens
After showing signs of improvement in the past one week, flood situation in Assam worsened on Sunday because of heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh. About 71,819 people in five districts are affected by
Sonitpur
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A study of socio-economic factors influencing adoption of farm level soil and water conservation practices in the riverine areas of north bank plains zone of Assam
<p>Soil and water are two very scarce important natural resources without which crop production is not possible. Soil degradation due to erosion and the depletion of ground water resources are the two major environmental problems threatening agricultual production and productivity in the riverine belt of Assam.</p>
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Arsenic claims 5 lives in Assam
Tezpur: Arsenic and fluoride existing in ground water in Assam's Sonitpur district has claimed five lives and caused several others to suffer from related diseases like stomach disorder, kidney and heart problems.
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Steps urged to protect Nameri National Park
TEZPUR, May 23
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Assam Haathi Project conflict wins laurels
Against the backdrop of frequent man-elephant conflicts in certain villages in Assam, a project aimed at securing man's peaceful coexistence with the animal has won international laurels.
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Puthimari youths set example in horticulture
They are educated and industrious youths leading a generation living in an economically tough world, who have stepped forward to steer in a green revolution in greater Puthimari area.
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Forest-dwellers get title certificates
TEZPUR: The Sonitpur district administration has initiated move to allot title certificates to the Scheduled Tribes, forest-dwellers and other traditional forest-dwellers under Forests Right Act, 2006 (FRA-2006).
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Borkoloni Pukhuri development work to be taken up under NREGA
JAMUGURIHAT, Jan 3
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Irrigation project under scanner for graft
JAMUGURIHAT, Dec 21
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Mrityunjoy services have benefited rural people
Most of the interior areas of Sonitpur district, which have been identified as endemic to malaria and diarrhoea, have been provided with the 108 (Mrityunjoy) services for which people of these interior areas have benefited a great deal.
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New anti-poaching camps to come up in Orang National Park
Alarmed over rise in the poaching of highly endangered one-horned rhinos in the Orang National Park in lower Assam, the government has decided to set up five anti-poaching camps to protect the animals.