Over 6,200 poultry birds and ducks were culled in Tripura after reports of a fresh outbreak of bird flu, officials said here on Thursday.

The culling was done in Lembuchara area of western Tripura. “Mopping up operations and disinfection of poultry farms, birds and ducks enclosures and cages have begun,” Tripura animal resource development department director Manoranjan Sarkar said.

JORHAT: Nikhil Bharat Krishak Sabha, Jorhat district committee today staged a demonstration at the gate of the Deputy Commissioner’s office, protesting against the failure of the district administration and the Forest Department to protect the lives and properties of the villagers of the north-west region in the Jorhat district from the wild elephants.

The protesters shouted slogans and demanded compensation for the damages caused by the wild elephants to the

Agartala: Tripura, which grows 25 varieties of bamboo, is about to make the most of this natural wealth by developing India’s first bamboo park. The idea is to help expand industries based on this produce, also known as green gold.

Industries, Commerce and Forest Minister, Jitendra Chowdhury said the bamboo park would produce hundreds of value-added items and also facilitate export of bamboo products.

SILCHAR: The Army in its quest for a peace building process and overall development of the region has undertaken several welfare projects in South Assam. As a part of this noble initiative, 33 Field Regiment, a part of 57 Mountain Artillery Brigade under the aegis of Red Shield Division installed solar street lights in the remote villages of Charghola and Mukamcherra of Karimganj district on Thursday. It was an initiative to improve the basic facilities for the people of Charghola and Mukamcherra villages.

Agartala: State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will set up a Rs 5,000 crore, gas-based fertilizer plant in Tripura to meet the growing shortage of urea, the most commonly used soil manure in the northeastern region.

“ONGC has already initiated the process to set up the natural gas-based urea project in northern Tripura adjoining Assam,” a senior company official said on Tuesday.

SILCHAR: Foundation stone for the much-hyped and politically as well as from ecological angle, the most debated multi-purpose hydel project at Tipaimukh in Manipur, popularly known as Barak Dam, was laid down on December 16, 2006 by the then Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. Union Minister of State Prithviraj Chauhan, Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh were present.

Agartala: Tripura will electrify all hamlets that have less than 100 habitants by 2013 as these settlements are not covered by the central government’s rural electrification programme, a minister said here on Monday.

“The state government has asked the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited to identify those habitats soon,” Power Minister Manik Dey told reporters here.

GUWAHATI: To review and monitor the progress made under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), a central delegation from the Ministry of Rural Development recently visited the north-eastern States which included Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura.

Dibrugarh: District Media expert Rituraj Borthakur said that a measles catch-up programme will soon be started in Dibrugarh district by March. Children from 9 months to 10 years of age will be administrated the doses of measles vaccine as a special drive.

While addressing at the campaign on Health and Family welfare launched by the Directorate of Field Publicity, Dibrugarh at Rongagora village under Tengakhat Development Block, he said that awareness should be created among the people about importance of immunisation.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma has flagged off the Shillong Supplement Public Transport Services at U Soso Tham Auditorium here for the benefit of the people in the capital city. Twenty five vehicles have been flagged off and the remaining 15 vehicles will be put to operation within 15 days, official sources said. It may be mentioned that under JNNURM, 120 buses, 20 standard buses and 100 mini buses have already been sanctioned for the public transport system in Shillong since the 22nd July last year.