Free insurance policies to students for dengue
Students of nine schools of Kamrup district received free insurance policy of Rs 20,000 for dengue under the collaboration of a social-based organisation Drishtee and CAFE India under the Behtar India
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Tripura poultry facing threat from bird flu in Bangla
Bird flu raging uncontrolled in neighbouring Bangladesh was proving to be a continuing threat to Tripura, where culling was under way after the outbreak of the H5N1 virus in the State. "Even if we cull all our birds within a five km radius of the disease-hit areas, bird-flu affected areas in Bangladesh are very close to our border villages and there are places which fall within 100 yards of affected areas in the neighbouring country,' Animal Resource Department Director Asish Roy Burman said today.
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Panel asks Govt to monitor blasts, mining
The expert committee engaged by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to go into the alleged damage caused to the historic Rangghar by the seismic survey carried out by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGCL), has been learnt to have called for a policy of the State Government to regulate blast and mining activities in and around the historic sites. According to information available with this newspaper, the committee has also asked the Government to engage mining experts to ascertain the impact of the ONGCL seismic survey on the Rangghar.
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Centre urged to take up power projects in NE
The Northeastern States have urged the Centre to build power projects in the region under the
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Culling begins at Bishalgarh
AGARTALA: The Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) have launched full-scale culling at Ladilak and its adjacent villages in Bishalgarh subdivision in Tripura today. As of now, over 1,000 chicks and ducks were culled at 11 designated places across the subdivision, said Ashudev Das, SDM (Bishalgarh) here on Sunday. He said that officials of administration and ARDD are monitoring the culling operation.
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Native land of orange awaits UNESCO tag
It is said to be the only place in the world to house the mother plant of citrus-Indica (orange). And for this, the world's first citrus gene sanctuary was established in this reserve. Now, the Union Ministry of Forests and Environment has forwarded the nomination of Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in Garo Hills of Meghalaya for UNESCO recognition on the world network of biosphere reserves. Foresters say that forwarding of the nomination implies that the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve is admitted to be a pristine area and a biodiversity hotspot.
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Workshop-cum-training on Forest (Conservation) Act
A workshop-cum-training programme on Forest (Conservation) Act for the officials of Border Roads Organisation was organised recently at HQ47 BRTF (GREF) to sensitise and educate the participants on preparations of the proposals for Forest/Environmental clearances for development of border roads.
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Challenges before oil industry in NE underlined
The oil and gas scenario in the North East poses challenges in the form of static production of crude oil and un-economical transportation of the surplus products from the region. This observation has come from Anand Kumar, director (R and D), IOCL.
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Convention on total sanitation
A State-level convention on total sanitation campaign will be held on April 29 at 10 am at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi AC Indoor Stadium at Sarusajai for official launching of the International Year of Sanitation, 2008, a press release said. Besides the Chief Minister, ministers of line departments will also address the convention.