The Department of Zoology, Margherita College, Margherita undertook series of awareness campaign programmes recently among the different target groups in the region regarding conservation of endangered flora and fauna with special reference to birds.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's two-day visit to Dibrugarh district was filled with series of development projects. The 'improvement and strengthening' of Moran-Naharkatia PWD road, to cost Rs 56 crore, and the construction of Saraighat Bridge over river Burhidehing under Lahoal development block at a cost of Rs 21 crore were the two most ambitious projects among others that were initiated by the Chief Minister during his visit.
The present study offers essential base-line data on forest ecosystem dynamics following disturbance, which might help in the redevelopment or reconstruction of degraded forests.
The forest department seized four trucks of logs worth three lakhs and sealed illegal saw mills at Rohmoria. A team, led by Magistrate, Bipul Das, and Ranger of Dibrugarh forest Division Kushal Deka, made raids at Bogoritolia under Rohmoria Police Station yesterday. It is to be noted that trees felled illegally at Dibru - Saikhowa are transported to Rohmoria where these saw mills run. The conscious citizens have welcomed the forest department's move.
The Assam health department has sounded a health alert after 74 people died of Japanese encephalitis. At least 254 have been affected by the mosquito-borne disease in the past two weeks. The worst
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
Dibrugarh, Sept 14: The Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification scheme (RGRES) has turned into a fiasco in most of the rural areas as villagers remain deprived of power supply despite claims of its successful implementation by the authority.
The Assam Power Projects Development Company Pvt Ltd (APPDCL), a joint venture company on Tuesday signed two small hydro power implementation agreements with two companies. The projects are to be implemented under the public private partnership (PPP) mode and commissioned by April 2012.
