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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Laokhowa-Burhachapori area rich in avifauna
The contiguous wildlife sanctuaries of Laokhowa and Burhachapori (situated in Nagaon and Sonitpur districts respectively), which have witnessed widespread man-made devastations during the last two
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NE environment facing threat
The wide-spread deforestation, illegal earth cutting and uranium mining in the North-East posing threat to ecology in the Region has raised the hackles of the members in Rajya Sabha to express
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Task Force for storage projects
The Task Force for Flood Management and Erosion Control recommended storage projects on the Brahmaputra, the Barak and their tributaries for a permanent solution to Assam State's floods and erosion
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Subansiri project to control State floods
Completion of the flood control projects in Siang and Subansiri would have major bearing on controlling floods in Assam, opined Minister for Water Resources, Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi. The Minister, who
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No Task Force solution for Majuli woes
There is a constant demand from the State's people that adequate measures should be taken for protection of the largest inhabited river island Majuli from the erosion of the Brahmaputra in Assam. The
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Multipurpose reservoirs to control flood favoured
The Task Force for Flood Management and Erosion Control has recommended construction of reservoirs of adequate size. But it has maintained that it was essential to have specific flood cushion
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Water supply schemes make headway in Karimganj dist
Altogether 1784 habitations have been covered by water supply facilities presented by Karimganj division PHE. Executive engineer disclosed that as on October 4, 366 habitations have been partially
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Policy recommendations on watershed management identified at meet
A two-day workshop on
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Satradhikars urge govt to save Majuli
Satradhikars of Garamur, Uttar Kamalabari and Natun Kamalabari Satras of Majuli, along with the office-bearers of voluntary organisations Majuli Island Protection and Development Council (MIPADC) and
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PCBA call to check pollution of Brahmaputra
A high-level team headed by Prof JL Dutta, Chairman of Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) visited Gauhati Refinery on April 27 and had a discussion with the Executive Director and other senior