Health

National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), India, 2015-16: Arunachal Pradesh

National Family Health survey (NFHS) provides updates and evidence of trends in key population, health and nutrition indicators, including HIV prevalence.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2017
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Tags:
Health, Child Health, Family Planning, Infant mortality, Maternal Health, Nutrition, Anaemia, Health Care, Arunachal
Environment

Arunachal project loses green nod

The Lohit valley where the Demwe project will come up

Guwahati: The National Green Tribunal has suspended the forest clearance of the 1,750MW Demwe hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2017
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Arunachal, Environment Clearance (EC), Hydroelectricity, Environmentalists, Biodiversity, Forest Act 1980, Environmental Security, Environment
Environment

Minister cannot overrule wildlife board, rules NGT

In 2012, then Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan overruled the views of the expert members of the NBWL standing committee and granted it wildlife clearance.

Publication Date: 
31/10/2017
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Green Trbunal (NGT), Legislation, Wildlife Clearance, Arunachal, Hydroelectricity, Forest Act 1980, Forest Clearance, Environment
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest clearance granted by MoEF & CC for Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project, Lohit District, Arunachal Pradesh, 24/10/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Bimal Gogoi && Others Vs State of Arunachal Pradesh & Others dated 24/10/2017 regarding Stage I Forest Clearance and Stage II Forest Clearance granted by the MoEF & CC for Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project (1750 MW) in Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh which would lead to diversion of 1415.92 ha (1408.30 ha surface land + 7.62 ha underground land) of forest land.

Judgement Date: 
24/10/2017
Tags:
Dams, Lohit, Forest Clearance, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Arunachal, Court, Biodiversity Hotspots, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Endangered Species, Migratory Species, Elephant, Wildlife, Tiger
Environment

NGT orders formation of expert panel to review Subansiri dam

The Eastern Zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday asked the Union ministry of environment and forests to constitute a threemember expert committee to review the Lower Subansiri

Publication Date: 
17/10/2017
Times Of India (Guwahati)
Tags:
Arunachal, Lower Subansiri, Environmental Health, Hydroelectricity, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Environmental Security, Environment
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding the proposed Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project (SLHEP) threatening the ecology of lower Subansiri river, 16/10/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Aabhijeet Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/10/2017 regarding the proposed Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project (SLHEP) located at the Assam Arunachal border with a 116 m high dam to generate 2000 mw of power has given rise to an ominous situation that threatens the ecology of lower Subansiri river along with the likelihood of disruption of the lifestyle and lives of riparian people.

Judgement Date: 
16/10/2017
Tags:
Lower Subansiri, Dams, Riverine Ecology, Assam, Arunachal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Geology, Earthquakes, Dam Safety, Floods, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Energy

NE Power Ministers call for development of power projects in region

Power Ministers from the northeastern states on Wednesday called for development of power projects for the overall socio-economic development of the region.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2017
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
North East, Arunachal, Ministry of Power, Assam, Power Transmission, Energy
Energy

Opposition to hydel projects fuelled by narrow vested political interests: Pema Khandu

Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu also said that people in his state often fall prey to misinformation and thus carry a lot of negative notions about large dams.

Publication Date: 
27/09/2017
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Arunachal, Hydroelectricity, Lower Subansiri, Soil Erosion, Floods, Energy
Forests

Compensatory Afforestation

Compensatory afforestation is a dubious and controversial environmental “offset” that is adding to environmental damage instead of mitigating or compensating it. Compensatory afforestation may actually be accelerating the invasion of India’s forests by big corporations, in collusion with a permissive state, by legitimising the destruction of forests, greenwashing the land grabs, and encroaching on common property resources and community-held lands.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2017
Soumitra Ghosh
Economic and Political Weekly
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38
67-75
Tags:
Deforestation, Land Use, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Mining, Dams, Compensatory Afforestation, Polavaram, Lower Subansiri, Durgapur, Sikkim, Arunachal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC)
Natural Disasters

Assam flood situation worsens

After showing signs of improvement in the past one week, flood situation in Assam worsened on Sunday because of heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2017
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Assam, Floods, Arunachal, Rainfall, Sonitpur, Natural Disasters

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