Shillong, July 20: The khoh , a coarse, closed-weave basket used by the Khasis for carrying goods to the market, is also now being popularly utilised as a waste bin.

The Union ministry of environment and forests has expressed concern over environmental degradation along the hills of Karbi Anglong in proximity to Kaziranga National Park.

Former Union environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh had written to Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi last month, saying the ministry had been receiving a number of complaints on environmental deprivation in the hill ar

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today released the Flood Hazard Atlas of Assam.
The atlas, a database generated over the past 10 years (1998-2007), provides the spatial extent of flood inundation and frequency of occurrence, that were used to generate the flood hazard maps.

Shillong, July 17: Villagers of Khliehriat, a civil subdivision under Jaintia Hills district, about 100km from here, did not know about the existence of the National Family Benefit Scheme, though the same had been introduced throughout the country by the Centre since August 15, 1995, till they were enligtened about it through an interactive meet.

The Pollution Control Board, Assam, has asked the Guwahati Municipal Corporation to make the garbage collection and disposal system in the city more efficient.

In a letter to the civic body last week, the board described the initiatives as

Jalpaiguri, July 4: The state forest department has requested the Assam government to send 20 female rhinos in exchange for the same number of males to rectify the skewed sex ratio of the animal in Gorumara National Park.

The foresters say the ideal sex ratio of the rhino is 3:1 or three females for each male.

- Planning Commission deputy chairman meets chief ministers for consultation
Guwahati, July 4: The Twelfth Five Year Plan will focus on further development of infrastructure and connectivity in the Northeast.

Guwahati, July 3: Manas National Park, which recently shed its world heritage site in danger tag, will now work towards an integrated ecosystem-based monitoring of its wildlife population that will allow continuous observation and documentation of a wide range of flora and fauna.

The integrated approach was recommended by the IUCN/Unesco World Heritage monitoring mission, which presented its re

Shillong, July 3: The stench emanating from the dumping ground at Mawlai Mawiong, about 5km from here, would soon be condensed by upgrading the present recycling machine.
Before entering the Scotland of the East, tourists often find themselves

Guwahati, July 3: The Northeast has finally got a voice in the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the apex body of tiger conservation in the country.

Firoz Ahmed, a wildlife biologist with Aaranyak who has carried out camera trapping in wildlife parks of Assam, has been inducted as a member of the NTCA.

Ahmed