Dams/ Irrigation

Mukul inaugurates first unit of hydel project

Shillong, Feb. 29: The first of the three units of the Myntdu-Leshka hydel power project in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills district was formally inaugurated today by chief minister Mukul Sangma.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Small Hydro Power, Energy, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, State Electricity Board (SEB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Water Resources

Parties harp on Assam stake in river link

Guwahati, Feb.

Publication Date: 
29/02/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
River Linking, Rivers, Assam, Water Resources, Supreme Court, Lower Subansiri, Subarnarekha, Brahmaputra
Wildlife

Jumbos at rhinos’ service- Forest division to employ kunkis to chase strays to Kaziranga

A grand procession of trained elephants will trail a rhino family in Jorhat all for the noble cause of herding the wayward trio back to the safety of Kaziranga National Park.

Publication Date: 
29/02/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Rhinoceros, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Kaziranga SA, Guwahati, Assam, Elephant, Jorhat (D)
Health

NEIST promises herbal relief from pain, itching

- Institute to foray into production from March to make medicines available at affordable prices

Publication Date: 
29/02/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Jorhat (D), Health Care, Medicinal Plants, Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR), Research Agencies, Assam, Drugs
Dams/ Irrigation

Plea to take up dam issue with ‘real’ experts

Who is an expert on the dam issue, which was making the headlines in Assam these days?

Publication Date: 
27/02/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Lower Subansiri, Hydroelectricity, Energy, Brahmaputra, Assam, Dams/ Irrigation
Energy

CNG unit on gas company agenda

The Assam Gas Company Limited is all set to introduce compressed natural gas as a fuel alternative for vehicles, first in Jorhat and then all over the state

Publication Date: 
27/02/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
CNG, Natural Gas Exploration, Power Industry, Jorhat (D), Assam, Dibrugarh (D), Tripura, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Barak Valley, Natural Gas
Wildlife

Wildlife loses habitat in Barak districts

Silchar, Feb.

Publication Date: 
24/02/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Barak, Wildlife, Habitat, Assam, Barak Valley, Forest Encroachments
Dams/ Irrigation

Mizoram to get hydel power plant by 2014

Silchar, Feb.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
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Hazardous Waste

Lanong gives clean chit to cement plants

Shillong, Feb.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Jaintia Hills, Cement Industry, Meghalaya, Shillong, Industrial Pollution, River Pollution, Mining
Wildlife

Four rhinos set off for Kaziranga

Around 3.30pm today, a convoy of four trucks left Kaziranga National Park taking two one-horned female rhinos with their calves to an alien land far away from Kaziranga, considered the home of this

Publication Date: 
20/02/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Wildlife, Kaziranga SA, Rhinoceros, Assam, Manas NP

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