Along with the rest of the parts of the State, the Diarrhoea Control Fortnight, 2017, was formally launched in the district on June 12.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tularam Gogoi Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/05/2017 regarding Subansiri Lower Hydro-Electric Project in Assam. The Applicant (Tularam Gogoi) has questioned the Subansiri Lower Hydro-Electric Project in Assam on the ground that after the grant of Environmental clearance, changes have been made to the scope of the work of the project for which, as per the applicant, fresh appraisal is required which in the present case, it has not been done.

In a landmark verdict, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today ruled that any vehicle found over-speeding inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) will have to pay an environment compensation of Rs

Environ, a group of environmental management for sustainable development, has started an awareness programme on environmental hazards of electronic waste under the ‘Digital India Initiative’.

A 100-meter area of all prominent religious places, including temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches of Guwahati city and its suburbs, have been declared as a "silent zone"

State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has received green nod for upgradation of its Bongaigaon refinery for production of BS-VI grade fuels in Assam at a cost of Rs 4,185 crore.

On this Rongali Bihu, visitors to Majuli will be encouraged to enjoy the beauty and cultural heritage of this river island on Brahmaputra on bicycle, in an effort to give push to promotion of carbo

“As Assam is one of the top 10 rice producing States of the country, in 2016 we produced 52 lakh metric ton of rice and this year our expectation is to have paddy harvest of around 75 lakh metric t

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee VS Pollution Control Board, Assam & Ors dated 24/03/2017 regarding grant of permission to set up brick kiln industries in Assam. Additional Advocate General for the State of Assam submits that the process of issuing the final notification publishing the state policy on the grant of permission to set up brick kiln industries, is at its final stage and is only awaiting consideration of the Finance Department, Govt. of Assam, which, as per him, would be completed within six weeks.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/03/2017 regarding garbage dumping in Deepor Beel, Kamrup District, Assam. Advocate General for the State of Assam submitted before NGT that a Management Plan is being prepared by the IIT, Kharagpur which has been engaged as a consultant for the project and it would take some time to place it on record.

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