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ASSAM Kudumbashree signs MoU with Assam government. Kudumashree’s poverty eradication activities will be replicated in 51 more grama panchayaths in Assam. An agreement in this regard was signed between Assam state rural livelihood mission’s chief financial controller Diganta Gogoi and Kudumbashree executive director S Harikishotre. The decision to replicate the Kudumbashree programmes in 51 grama panchayats … Read more
ASSAM Experts hold different views on Brahmaputra study Experts here hold different views on the August 1 announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that an amount of Rs 100 crore would be sanctioned to study the Brahmaputra, covering all its aspects, including its ‘inter-state and international ramifications’. Former Vice Chancellor of Gauhati … Read more
ASSAM 150 families evicted from Namphai reserve forest. The forest department evicted 150 families and cleared about 25 hectares of illegally occupied land at the Namphai reserve forest under Digboi forest division in Tinsukia. According to forest officials, most of the evicted people were new settlers who had come from the flood-hit Laika-Dodhia forest villages situated … Read more
ASSAM Assam seeks help; plans to dredge Brahmaputra bed. Since the middle of June, the floods have wreaked havoc with 144 people killed, 2,970 villages submerged, 3.3 million people displaced and crops across 1.43 lakh hectares damaged. Pointing out the scale of the devastation, Governor Purohit requested Mr. Modi to send a … Read more
ASSAM ABB India to upgrade 20 sub-stations in Himachal Pradesh The sub-stations will be equipped with the latest control and protection technology to allow future digitisation. According to the statement, the order placed by the state utility, Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board Ltd (HPSEBL), supports India’s Smart Grid Vision and the government’s ambition of … Read more
ASSAM Assam floods: Twin embankment plan to check erosion. The double embankment model is a little expensive but the concept can end the annual issue of erosion to a large extent. Designed by a young Innovator, the model works on building two embankments at a certain distance from each other. The space between … Read more
ASSAM Assam government decides to start award in name of Guru Tegh Bahadur The Assam government has decided to start an annual award in the name of ninth Sikh Guru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur and it will be given for exemplary work in the social field. This was decided in a meeting between Assam chief minister Sarbnanda … Read more
ASSAM Violation of PF law by small tea growers. With small tea growers and bought leaf factories shying away from providing social security benefits to their workers, the Assam Tea Employees Provident Fund Organisation (ATEPFO) has started wielding the big stick. Besides issuing a notice to small and medium tea growers, the … Read more
ASSAM Kaziranga in grip of fresh floods. Even before the Kaziranga National Park could recover from the devastating floods that hit the sanctuary last month, it’s in the grip of a fresh deluge. With the Brahmaputra in spate in the upper Assam districts, floodwaters started entering the 430-sq km world heritage site park, about 250 km … Read more
ASSAM Assam forest dept deploys excavators to evict illegal encroachers. Assam forest department deployed 20 elephants and excavators to evict 1400 families that have been encroaching upon Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary on the northeastern fringe of Guwahat. The sanctuary is spread over 78.64 sq km. As a precautionary measure against possible protest by the encroachers, … Read more