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More advanced device to detect traps in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
In order to check poaching of rare animals, officials of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve have procured advanced device to detect traps laid by poachers in the protected forest.
- Date:
- 17/11/2009
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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15 new tiger cubs sighted in Dudhwa
Bringing good news for wildlife enthusiasts concerned over dwindling big cat population in the country, at least 15 tiger cubs have been sighted in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
- Date:
- 09/11/2009
- Source:
- Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Rs 31.73 lakh for rural roads under NREGA in Lakhimpur
The Lakhimpur district authority has released Rs 31.73 lakh for development of rural roads for Telahi Developmental Block under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) for Assam 2008-09.
- Date:
- 12/10/2009
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Over Rs 192 lakh released under NREGA for 12 Dhakuakhana GPs
A total sum of Rs 192.42 lakh has been released for 12 GPs of Dhakuakhana sub-division by the Lakhimpur deputy commissioner under the NREGA Programme. The fund was released through the DRDA for various rural development works by Jayant Narlikar, DC, Lakhimpur.
- Date:
- 07/10/2009
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Assam in the grip of brain fever
FORTY-FOUR people died of Japanese
encephalitis, a viral infection, at the
Assam Medical College Hospital in
Dibrugarh on July 28. The same day
another 68 patients suffering from the
viral disease were admitted to the hospital
that receives patients from across the
state. T R Borborah, principal of the
medical college, confirmed the deaths.
- Date:
- 29/09/2009
- Source:
- Down to Earth
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Flood displaces over 2 lakh people in Assam; two killed
Guwahati: A wave of flood, triggered by incessant rains along the foothills of Arunachal Pradesh and eastern Assam districts, has killed two persons and inundated hundreds of hectares of crop land rendering over two lakh people homeless so far in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts where rivers, on spate, have overtopped embankments in many places disrupting surface communication.
- Date:
- 14/08/2009
- Source:
- Shillong Times (Shillong)
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Assam House panel to study impact of Arunachal dams
With legislators across parties expressing fears about the impact in Assam of mega dams on rivers in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam Assembly Speaker Tanka Bahadur Rai has constituted a House Committee to carry out its own study of the problem.
- Date:
- 27/07/2009
- Source:
- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Hi-tech embankment fails to stop flood, Gogoi orders probe
Two weeks after a much-hyped embankment constructed with the application of a geo-fabric technology failed to prevent the Brahmaputra from flooding Lakhimpur district, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday ordered a high-level inquiry into alleged anomalies in the Rs 100-crore contract that was awarded to a Malaysian company.
- Date:
- 13/07/2009
- Source:
- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Floods hit 1.28 lakh people in Matmora
Though the overall flood situation in Assam has seemingly improved, the situation in Matmora –Dhakuakhana area of Lakhimpur district is not expected to undergo a change for at least three months. Official sources said this evening that the Brahmaputra has created a channel covering five gaon panchayats of Dhakuakhana revenue circle and three gaon panchayats of Subansiri revenue circle.
- Date:
- 09/07/2009
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Over one lakh hit by floods in Lakhimpur dist
The flood situation at Dhakuwakhana was still grim on the fourth day since overflowing waters of the Brahmaputra entered this subdivision of Lakhimpur district through the unrepaired gaps of the embankment at Matmara.
- Date:
- 07/07/2009
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
