Assam Tribune (Guwahati) 
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Crude spill hit crops in Sivasagar
At least 6.5 hectares of paddy and other crops have been affected in Sivasagar district due to leakage of pipelines.
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- 12/03/2010
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Siltation causing floods in Brahmaputra, Barak rivers
The Centre has finally admitted that excessive siltation of Brahmaputra and Barak rivers was primarily reasons responsible for recurring floods in Assam.
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- 12/03/2010
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Steps to boost health services in State
The State Government today introduced The Assam Public Health Bill, 2010, in the Legislative Assembly with a view to protecting and fulfilling the rights of the people in matters related to health and well-being, health equity and justice.
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- 12/03/2010
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Rag-pickers doing brisk trade with municipal solid waste
GUWAHATI, March 11 – The dumping ground of municipal solid waste in Guwahati – still awaiting a scientific waste disposal process – is gradually becoming a favourite resort of rag-pickers, who prefer living amidst the filth day and night to earn handsomely.
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- 12/03/2010
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Artificial water-logging causes concern
The Japorigog Jyotirupa Sangha on Thursday alleged that lackadaisical attitude on the part of the concerned departments has aggravated the problem of artificial water-logging in the Japorigog area.
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- 12/03/2010
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About 4,85,674 hectares of forest land under encroachment
Assam has topped the list of States in terms of encroachment in forest land, with about 4,85,674 hectares of area being occupied, the Government told the Lok Sabha today, reports PTI.
Replying to a query, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said that Andhra Pradesh is in the second place with 2,68,853 hectares of forest land under encroachment.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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City to get multi-storey car park
The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and the Kolkata-based Simplex Projects Ltd today signed an agreement on a public-private partnership mode to construct an automatic six-storey (multi-level) car park on a plot of around three bighas by the side of the Panbazar flyover at an estimated cost of around Rs 40 crore.
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- 11/03/2010
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Cold storages to get priority
State Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma today told the Assembly that the State Government was according priority to cold storages and securing market linkage for the farmers so that they got due remuneration for the produce without getting exploited by middlemen.
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- 11/03/2010
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Brahmaputra Board Act to be amended
Faced with the criticism over its functioning, the Government of India proposes to amend the existing Brahmaputra Board Act 1980. The proposed amendments include expansion of the Board by including West Bengal, Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent H Pala said in a Lok Sabha reply.
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- 11/03/2010
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Work on Brahmaputra embankment begins
BARPETA, March 9 – Amidst apprehension of misuse of funds and protest from the public over the reasonability of building an embankment on the Brahmaputra without checking erosion and demanding proper and timely compensation of the requisitioned land the work on the controversial embankment in the Bahari Pazarbhanga sector in Barpeta district began on Sunday.
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- 10/03/2010
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
