Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
GUWAHATI, Aug 22 – Even as the floodwaters of the rivers are receding due to a slight improvement in the weather condition, the overall flood situation in the worst flood-ravaged district of Dhemaji is still critical, said Dhemaji District Disaster Management Authority (DDDMA) sources today. Road communication between a vast …
Itanagar, 21 AUG: With flash floods in Assam disrupting surface transport the Siang districts in landlocked Arunachal Pradesh are facing acute shortage of essential commodities and petroleum products for the seventh day today. Official sources today said East, West and Upper Siang districts have been cut off from the rest …
Guwahati: At least seven people were swept away and thousands displaced by flash floods in Assam Monday, officials said, adding that army soldiers and Indian Air Force helicopters were being deployed to rescue trapped villagers, officials said. A government spokesperson said heavy rains triggered massive flooding in the eastern Dhemaji …
At least seven people were swept away and thousands displaced by flash floods in Assam Monday, officials said, adding that army soldiers and Indian Air Force helicopters were being deployed to rescue trapped villagers, officials said. A government spokesperson said heavy rains triggered massive flooding in the eastern Dhemaji district, …
Guwahati: The All Assam Unnayan Parishad today demanded that the State government clarified its stand on the big dam issue. In a press meet today, the organization stated that science and technology is considered a boon to the society and that implementation of science and technology is generally done for …
Nearly two lakh persons have been affected by the flood that has hit Assam's twin districts of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji. 200 villages inundated Four people have lost their lives so far in the flood that has inundated nearly 200 villages in the worst-affected Jonai sub division, official sources said here …
KOKRAJHAR, Dec 7: The people of flood and erosion-prone Dhemaji district under the banner of the Ganatantric Nagarik Suraksha Mancha (GNSM) raised their demand for permanent flood and erosion control structures in the district. The Mancha has taken the twin problem of flood and erosion in the district as a …
GUWAHATI, Nov 26: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi of forming an expert committee to go into the apprehensions expressed by the public about the mega dam at the site of the Lower Subansiri hydroelectric power project at Gerukamukh in Dhemaji district. According to an …
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today staged a massive protest meeting at Gerukamukh demanding a halt to construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project at Gerukamukh. The protest meeting which was attended by several State-level leaders of BJP, besides the former president of the party Rajnath Singh, was participated by …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti today raised the mega dam issue of Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric plant in Gerukamukh by saying that political parties supporting the construction of mega dams in Assam would be voted out in the ensuing state Assembly polls early next year. This was stated by Akhil Gogoi, …
The recent flash floods in Jonai subdivision in Dhemaji district have caused extensive damage to the Poba Reserve Forest at its different portions, where several hundred hectares of plantation including two nurseries were washed away. The floods also created havoc in the nearby villages and caused extensive damage of lives …
Dhemaji, Sept 26: The people of Dhemaji district are likely to launch stronger protest against mega dam construction at Lower Subansiri, Gerukamukh in the first week of October. Indicating agitation programme over the issue, some prominent people of the district, including those belonging to several organizations, have sharply reacted to …
GERUKAMUKH (Dhemaji), Sept 2: Thousands of people, including AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary and former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, today took part in a procession organized by the AGP in protest against the mega dam being constructed by the NHPC at the site of the Lower Subansiri hydroelectric power …
