Forests

Govt asks for cement factory land report

Shillong, Sept.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Cement Industry, Land, Forests, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Jaintia Hills, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1980, Shillong
Wildlife

Villagers feed jumbos in forest

Kokrajhar, Sept.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Forests, Kokrajhar (D), Barnadi, NGO
Natural Disasters

Sikkim road link snaps for six hours

Evacuation continues, army drops food ration

Publication Date: 
26/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
North Sikkim, Mangan, Natural Disasters, Highways, Roads, Earthquakes
Wildlife

New tiger count begins in Oct.- WWF India to lay camera traps for estimation of big cats in Arunachal

Guwahati, Sept. 21: WWF India will begin its tiger estimation effort in the picturesque Tale wildlife sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh with camera traps in the first week of October.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
WWF, Tiger, West Kameng, Lower Subansiri, East Siang, Census/ Habitat Monitoring
Natural Disasters

Epicentre need not be as safe as Mangan

Sept. 20: Mangan town, which many consider the epicentre of the quake, does not show extensive damage and only one death has been reported there so far.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Research Agencies
Natural Disasters

HC seeks board status report on Majuli

Gauhati High Court today directed the Brahmaputra Board to submit a status report on steps taken for the protection of Majuli island from floods and erosion.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Wetlands, Guwahati, Soil Erosion, Brahmaputra, Floods, High Court, Ministry Of Water Resources, Barak Valley
Mining

Meghalaya mining zones in fear grip - In mine belt, it does not take a quake to crack roads

Shillong, Sept.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Shillong, Mining, Minerals, Jaintia Hills, Sikkim, Earthquakes, Roads
Land

NGOs for bill amendment

Shillong, Sept.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
NGO, Land Acquisition, Legislation, Rehabilitation, Parliament
Health

Rural health plan lessons for legislators

Shillong, Sept.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Legislation, Rural Health, Health Care, North East, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
Society And History

Leave Urvasi alone: NGO- Citizens First asks Dispur not to allow construction on island

A city-based NGO today urged Dispur not to allow construction at Urvasi island on the Brahmaputra.

Publication Date: 
06/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Brahmaputra, NGO, Assam, Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI), Society And History

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