Arunachal

Pollution rap on units

Board's closure order throws lives into jeopardy

Publication Date:

17/04/2018

Tags:

Arunachal, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Stone Industry, Kyoto Protocol, Environmental Security, Environment

Climate Change

Himalayan yak facing threat of climate change

Yak – the lifeline of pastoral nomads in high altitudes of the Indian Himalayan region – is facing the threat of gradually rising temperatures in the region.

Publication Date:

12/04/2018

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Arunachal, Himalaya, Climate Change, Livestock, Global Warming, Climate Adaptation

Natural Disasters

Hydro project damaged by flash flood

ITANAGAR: A small hydro project at Janbo village in Upper Siang district has been severely damaged by flash flood, a government report said.

Publication Date:

12/03/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Arunachal, Floods, Hydroelectricity, Storms, Natural Disasters

Energy

Bizari village gets electricity after 24 years

Itanagar, Jan 28: The people of Bizari village under Dambuk subdivision had all the reasons to smile on the eve of Republic Day as Parliamentary Secretary for WRD, Art & Culture and Research an

Publication Date:

29/01/2018

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Arunachal, Electricity, Rural Electrification, Rural Energy, Energy

Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand and boulders mining within the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, Digboi Division, Assam, 25/01/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of R. Sreedhar Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/01/2018 regarding illegal sand and boulders mining within the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary/Makum Pani Reserved Forest, Digboi Division, Assam.

The Original Application pertains to :

(i) illegal sand and boulders mining within the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary/Makum Pani Reserved Forest, Digboi Division,

Judgement Date:

25/01/2018

Tags:

Sand, Mining, Sanctuaries, Assam, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Coal, Coal Industry, Arunachal, Rivers, Tinsukia (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Tirap

Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding primary metallurgical industries requiring Environmental Clearance (EC), Arunachal Pradesh, 25/01/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolikata) in the matter of Takam Xavier Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/01/2018 regarding primary metallurgical industries requiring Environmental Clearance (EC).

Judgement Date:

25/01/2018

Tags:

Industry, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Arunachal, North East, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA)

Sanitation

Arunachal celebrates 100% ODF, Khandu lauds effort

The Arunachal Pradesh government celebrated attainment of 100 per cent open defecation free (ODF) status under Swacch Bharat Mission (Gramin) at the Legislative Assembly Complex here on Friday.

Publication Date:

22/01/2018

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Arunachal, Open Defecation, Toilets, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Sanitation

Biodiversity

New moth species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

ITANAGAR: Researchers have discovered a new species of moth from the Talle Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh.

Publication Date:

15/01/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Arunachal, Butterflies, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Biodiversity

Energy

Wildlife board re-looking Demwe hyrdo project

Two months after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) suspended forest clearance for the 1750-MW Demwe Lower hydroelectric project in Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh, the National Board for Wildlife

Publication Date:

10/01/2018

Source: Daily News Analysis (Delhi)

Tags:

Arunachal, Hydroelectricity, Wildlife, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Forest Clearance, Environmentalists, Energy

Biodiversity