The eight NGOs that were entrusted with the task of running eight night shelters in the city have expressed their disappointment over the lack of awareness regarding the facilities offered by them, in an interaction with reporters today. Most of these homes can shelter 50 people or more, but they receive only five to 10 homeless individuals on an average per day. These NGOs consider lack of awareness among the public to be the primary reason behind it.

The Golaghat district administration, inspector of schools and district elementary education officer have jointly declared all schools under its jurisdiction tobacco free.

According to the declaration, usage and sale of all tobacco products in any form within a radius of 100 yards (91.44 metres) from the outer boundary of educational institutions are prohibited.

Anyone found violating the declaration will have to pay a fine of up to Rs 200 under section 6 (b) of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003.

The Assam government on Sunday launched the country’s first-ever project of a vaccination drive against Japanese encephalitis, with a target of covering eight lakh people in the worst-affected Sivasagar district.

The pilot project which would take ten days in the first phase to administer vaccination to eight lakh people - all above 15 years - would be followed by a two-year study by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) on the impact and efficacy of the vaccine, state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday.

GOLAGHAT, Sept 21 – The Kaziranga National Park authority under the leadership of ranger Md Ikramul Mazid recently carried out raids against rhino-poachers and undertook strict observation and necessary steps against the poachers at Kaziranga National Park.

More than five months after the ban on use of plastic pouches containing tobacco products by a Supreme Court verdict came into effect, which stated that manufacturers of gutkha, tobacco and pan masala are restrained from using plastic material in the sachets, the manufacturers of chewing tobacco and pan masala are now violating the rule as found by a recent survey conducted by Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) and its partner organisations in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

Guwahati: Flood situation has remained grim in total six revenue circles of Assam’s Sonitpur and Golaghat districts where a number of villages and tracts of crop lands were still under water for the second day on Thursday.

GUWAHATI, Aug 9 – The State Agriculture Department is working on an ambitious project to spread organic farming with support from the Government of India.
Meanwhile, a programme to prepare the farmers of Golaghat district for organic certification is also on, while the State Government is undertaking 785 demonstration programmes on its own, to spread the knowledge and technology of organic farming of sali paddy among the farmers.

Jorhat, July 3: Tea gardens in Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Jorhat districts may soon turn to rainwater harvesting in response to change in climate and have sought help from IIT Guwahati.

The chairman of the North Eastern Tea Association (NETA), Bidyananda Barkakoty, said a primary study carried out by IIT Guwahati on the impact of climate change on the water resources of the Brahmaputra basin h

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