Water Pollution

Draught for Jorhat thirst - Rs 55-crore project to purify and supply water from Brahmaputra

Jorhat, Aug. 31: A Rs 55.04-crore project will supply purified water of the Brahmaputra to Jorhat homes and wash away fears of arsenic contamination in every gulp.

DoNER minister Bijoy K.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Jorhat (D), Brahmaputra, Water Supply, Water Treatment Technology, Arsenic, Water Quality, Water Pollution, Droughts
Wildlife

Tiger panel seeks report on forest road

Guwahati, Aug.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2010
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Assam, Guwahati, Forests, Land, Roads, Tiger, Wildlife, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Nameri NP
Solid Waste

Green drive to take time, says official - NCP to plant 2000 saplings

Green drive to take time, says official - NCP to plant 2000 saplings on Purno birthday; Manipur

Publication Date: 
31/08/2010
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Afforestation, Forests, Manipur, Imphal (D), Garbage, Solid Waste, Sanitation
Fisheries

Anglers group to create sanctuary - bid to save aquatic life

Shillong, Aug.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2010
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Aquaculture, Aquatic Animals, Sanctuaries, Meghalaya, Jaintia Hills, Fisheries, Mining, Coal, Cement Industry, Industrial Pollution
Health

Childline member stresses family planning

ANDREW W. LYNGDOH
Ray of hope

Shillong, Aug. 29: 1098. For the unacquainted, this is just a meaningless four-digit number.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2010
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Family Planning, Population, Health Care, Health, Shillong, Meghalaya
Health

Nagaland launches 5-year TB drive

Kohima, Aug. 29: The Nagaland government has launched a five year TB programme civil society initiative to strengthen TB care and control in the country.

Nagaland has been continuously achieving the national target of 70 per cent new smear positive case detention and achieved a success rate of 85 per cent treatment.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2010
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Nagaland, Kohima (D), Tuberculosis, Health, Health Care
Habitat And Urbanisation

$200m ADB aid for roads

Guwahati, Aug.

Publication Date: 
27/08/2010
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Roads, Habitat And Urbanisation, Assam, Highways, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Barpeta (D)
Natural Disasters

Landslip snaps Kohima link - Nagaland town cut off from Dimapur, Imphal on NH39

A 2007 file picture shows traffic stalled on National Highway 39 because of landslides. Three years later, hardly anything has changed

Kohima, Aug.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2010
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Kohima (D), Nagaland, Dimapur (D), Imphal (D), Landslides, Natural Disasters
Agriculture

Flood-proof rice variety brings hope

Nagaon, Aug. 20: A new submergence-tolerant variety of rice that promises to ease the creases from the faces of Assam

Publication Date: 
21/08/2010
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Nagaon (D), Assam, Floods, Natural Disasters, Rice, Agricultural Research, Agriculture, Food Security, Research Agencies, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Natural Disasters

Erosion heat on Centre

Guwahati, Aug. 20: Assam

Publication Date: 
21/08/2010
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Natural Disasters, Central Water Commission (CWC), High Court, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Assam, Dibrugarh (D), Floods

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