Rampant felling of trees without any resistance from the forest department have unsettled the habitats of birds and animals

SILCHAR: Serious concern has been expressed at the unabated deforestation in the valley of Barak, threatening the flora and fauna. The recently concluded international seminar organized by the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, and the related research papers have pointedly focused on the loss of greenery or green cover in the forests of the three districts of Cachar

SILCHAR: The five-day district-level workshop organized by Cachar Forest Development Agency on the theme ‘Propagation and commercial cultivation of bamboo and its value addition’ under National Bamboo Mission, 2011–12 was conducted on the premises of Rajiv Gandhi Open Institute here.

Aizawl: The State-owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO) will set up three power plants in Mizoram, generating a total of 1,526 MW, officials said here on Monday.

SILCHAR: At the block-level convention on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Binnakandi under Lakhipur subdivision organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra, Cachar, recently, around 100 job card holders present were briefed about the main objectives of the programme which, as Saswati Deb, district youth coordinator, said was to create an environment among the workers so that they c

GUWAHATI, Despite a slew of schemes launched by the Assam Government to improve the health sector in the State, the maternal mortality rate continues to show an upward trend as per official records. In Assam, according to a scheme launched by the State Government on nutrition, every pregnant woman who gets herself registered in a health centre gets a monetary assistance of Rs 1,000 for taking n

KARIMGANJ, Dec 5

The State Water Resources Department (WRD) has proposed revision of the Brahmaputra danger level (DL) for Dibrugarh town so far as the flood vulnerability of the town is concerned. The town has at present 104.24 metres set as the DL for the river.

Jorhat has become the latest district in Assam to face the flood fury with nearly one lakh people being affected in the last two days, officials said today.

Lakhimpur in Brahmaputra valley and Cachar and Karimganj in Barak valley have been already hit by floods.

GUWAHATI, June 16

BADARPUR, May 31