Water Supply

Water scarcity at Barthakur Mill area

GUWAHATI, March 24

Publication Date: 
25/03/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Municipal Corporation, Drinking Water Scarcity, Water Supply, Assam, Guwahati
Energy

Imperialism, geology and petroleum: History of oil in colonial Assam

In the last quarter of the 19th century, Assam’s oilfields became part of the larger global petroleum economy and thus played a key role in the British imperial economy.

Publication Date: 
19/03/2011
Arupjyoti Saikia
Economic and Political Weekly
46
12
48
Tags:
Energy, Oil, Assam, North East, Oil Exploration, Geology, History
Energy

Pune man lights up Assam village

He is neither Shah Rukh Khan from Swades nor is he young or foreign-returned.

Publication Date: 
15/03/2011
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Pune (D), Maharashtra, Assam, Rural Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Rural Electrification
Energy

Rs 3000 cr sanctioned for NE power sector

The Government of India-run Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has sanctioned power projects worth Rs 3,000 crore for the NE region during the current financial year.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Power Industry, Energy, Electricity, North East, State Electricity Board (SEB)
Energy

Rs 187 cr for ASEB to overcome crisis

GUWAHATI, Feb 16

Publication Date: 
17/02/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, State Electricity Board (SEB), Energy, Electricity
Energy

APDCL to buy power from Digboi Refinery

DIGBOI, Feb 15

Publication Date: 
16/02/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Petrochemical Industry, Assam, Energy, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
Energy

ASEB facing power shortage

GUWAHATI, Feb 15

Publication Date: 
16/02/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Electricity, Energy, Power Transmission, Assam, State Electricity Board (SEB), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
Energy

CM demands more rly projects for NE

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested Minister for Railways Mamata Banerjee for inclusion of a slew of projects in the Railway Budget for the year 2011-12.
In a letter to the Railway Minister, Gogoi requested Banerjee for new lines for strengthening the Railway infrastructure in the Northeast and Assam, which include a new railway line from Salona to Khumtai and Jorhat to Sivasagar for creatin

Publication Date: 
14/02/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Bongaigaon (D), Thermal Power Plants, Energy, Assam, Kokrajhar (D), Rail Transport, Dibrugarh (D), North East
Energy

$89.7 mn ADB loan for State power sector

As part of the initiative to boost power sector in the State by reducing transmission and distribution losses and upgrading the power work facilities, the Government of India today signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for $89.7 million under the Assam Power Sector Enhancement Programme, Tranche- II.

Publication Date: 
18/01/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Assam, Energy, Power Transmission
Energy

The refinery movement in Assam

Oil has played an important role in the politics of Assam and is a determining factor in the relation between the centre and the state. The right over the natural resources of Assam has been an issue of contention between the central government and Assam in post-independence India.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Ditee Moni Baruah
Economic and Political Weekly
46
1
63
Tags:
Energy, Assam, Government Of India (GOI), Oil Exploration, Oil, Conflicts

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