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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Watershed developmentneed of the hour
The watershed development programmes have been receiving greater importance in our country, particularly during the last two decades for sustainable agricultural production in drought prone rainfed
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Water availability per person in State receding
Water availability in the Brahmaputra and Barak basins of the Assam State will be 10,000 cubic metre per person per year in 2025, as per the projections made by the Union Water Resources Ministry's
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First report on river-linking submitted
The Task Force on Inter-linking of Rivers managed to meet its first deadline for submitting its Action Plan-I when it submitted its report on April 30, even as a Chief Ministers' meeting on the issue
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Arunachal govt seeks PM's intervention
The Arunachal Pradesh Government has sought the intervention of the Prime Minister to get Environment Ministry clearance for implementation of the Upper and Middle Basin Subansiri mega power
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Karbi Langpi hydel project : eighth wonder?
What with the Assam Government deafeningly beating its drum about industrialisation, development and progress even as the power scenario in the State is worsening by the day, the completion of
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NE mega projects
Doubts and uncertainty about some of the mega projects sanctioned under the Prime Minister's special package for development of the North East are now felt much to the disappointment of the people.
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Stalling of developmental work of Moribeel resented
Nefarious designs of an unscrupulous lobby, yet again, is up in arms to undo a major environmental protection and beautification work in Sivasagar town, launched a year ago on its World Environment
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Linking of major rivers
The Brahmaputra-Ganga link proposal may create some unforeseen environmental problems. For thousands of years rivers have been freely flowing except making some artificial obstacles for harnessing.
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AASU threatens mass movement
The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) today made it clear that it would never compromise on the issue of linking of rivers and would launch a mass movement , if necessary, to oppose the Central
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Assam most biologically diverse area in South Asia
Notwithstanding the onslaught by encroachers and poachers, who are out to degrade the forestry in Assam, the State still enjoys the privilege of being the most biologically diverse area in the whole