Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding garbage dumping in Deepor Beel, Kamrup District, Assam, 08/10/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/10/2018 regarding garbage dumping in Deepor Beel, Kamrup District, Assam. Senior Additional Advocate General submits that proposals have been made in respect of the integrated MSW treatment plant in question, and the matter relating to the railway track.

Judgement Date: 
08/10/2018
Tags:
Wetlands, Solid Waste, Kamrup, Assam, Infrastructure Development, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Health

The burden of cancers and their variations across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016

Previous efforts to report estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in India and its different parts include the National Cancer Registry Programme Reports, Sample Registration System cause of death findings, Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Series, and GLOBOCAN. We present a comprehensive picture of the patterns and time trends of the burden of total cancer and specific cancer types in each state of India estimated as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 because such a systematic compilation is not readily available.

Publication Date: 
12/09/2018
Lancet Oncology
1-18
Tags:
Cancer, Non Communicable Diseases, India, Diagnostic Methods, Health Care, Statistics, Mizoram, Kerala, Assam, Haryana, Meghalaya, Arunachal, Delhi, Cervix / Uterine Cancer, Stomach Cancer, Tobacco Related Cancer, Lifestyles, Health Effects
Health

Encephalitis claims 66 lives in Assam

Guwahati: Japanese encephalitis has claimed 66 lives in Assam so far while the total number of positive JE cases in the state stood at 308.

Publication Date: 
10/08/2018
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Assam, Encephalitis, Dibrugarh (D), Jorhat (D), Child Health, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, Health
Water Supply

Asam Songrami Mancha Slams Dispur for Delay in Drinking Water Projects

GUWAHATI: The Asam Songrami Mancha (ASOM) criticized the State government at Dispur for its mysterious silence and apathy over the unprecedented delay in completing numbers of drinking water projec

Publication Date: 
06/08/2018
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Drinking Water, Guwahati, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Water Supply
Energy

NHPC's 'biggest' Subansiri hydropower project stalled on panel names

Construction for 2,000 Mw began more than 13 years earlier but has been stalled on ecological concerns; panel of experts to reassess also stuck at NGT

Publication Date: 
03/08/2018
Jyoti Mukul & Shreya Jai
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Arunachal, Assam, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Energy
Environment

Plea to protect environment

Haflong: A former executive member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council has sought the Assam government's intervention in alleged deforestation and illegal boulder collection from the river

Publication Date: 
30/07/2018
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Assam, Environmental Security, Afforestation, Timber Smuggling, Construction Industry, Pollution, Environment
Natural Disasters

Five die as mercury soars in Assam

GUWAHATI: The sudden heat in the middle of July-making temperatures soar to 38 degree Celsius in the capital-has not only taken everyone by surprise but also left them in a state of panic when five

Publication Date: 
23/07/2018
Times Of India (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Heat Waves, Monsoons, Guwahati, Health Effects, Karbi Anglong, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

Heavy downpour causes flash flood in Jorhat

After heavy shower in Jorhat city, rain inundated roads, government office campuses, schools and colleges on Saturday.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2018
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Floods, Jorhat (T), Land Encroachments, Rainfall, Natural Disasters
Solid Waste

Draft Assam Urban Solid Waste Management Policy, 2018

Urban Cities of Assam become totally clean, sanitized, healthy, and liveable, ensuring and sustaining good public health and environmental outcomes for all citizens, in line with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2018
Government of Assam
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Assam, Municipal Solid Waste, Urbanisation
Health

Assam ranked 4th among top tobacco-consuming states

GUWAHATI, June 27: According to a survey report released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Assam has been listed as the fourth highest tobacco consuming state in the country.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2018
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Tobacco, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Tripura, Smoking, Health

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