Guwahati

The Guwahati Jal Board organised a public awareness meeting on the water supply projects being initiated by the State Government at Samannay Path in Sarumataria on July 13.

Publication Date:

16/07/2015

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Assam, Guwahati, Water Supply, Drinking Water

Forests

Encroachment on Garbhanga forest posing threat

Encroachment from the Meghalaya side on the pristine Garbhanga Reserved Forest, upstream of the Basistha river, with the tacit support of the local administration of the neighbouring State, has be

Publication Date:

14/07/2015

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Assam, Forests, Forest Encroachments, Trees, Guwahati, Deforestation

Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding shifting the West Boragaon landfill site used for dumping municipal solid waste of Guwahati city, 01/07/2015

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Bench on 1 July 2015, recalled its order issued on 1 June 2015, wherein it had imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary-cum-Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) of the State for their failure to file an affidavit on the issue of shifting West Boragaon landfill site and finding an alternative dumping site to save the Deepor Beel, the lone Ramsar Site wetland of the State.Read full text of this NGT order.

Judgement Date:

01/07/2015

Tags:

Wetlands, Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Guwahati, Assam, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Landfill, North East

Solid Waste

NGT slaps penalty on top State bureaucrats

GUWAHATI– The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone (EZ) Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary-cum-Additional Chief

Publication Date:

02/06/2015

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Assam, Guwahati, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Compensation, Municipal / Household Waste, Waste Management, Solid Waste

Natural Disasters

Guwahati, Srinagar have highest risk of earthquake

Guwahati and Srinagar are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake, with 36 other cities in areas prone to earthquakes, according to government data.

Publication Date:

28/04/2015

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Earthquake, Guwahati, Srinagar (T), Natural Disasters, Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS)

Solid Waste

Directive on municipal solid waste dumping site

The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Chief Secretary of the State to file an affidavit on the issue of the alternative site for dumping of the mun

Publication Date:

19/02/2015

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Assam, Waste Disposal, Guwahati, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Solid Waste

Habitat And Urbanisation

Effect of river environment on the land use of Guwahati city: perspectives from nature-culture relationship

The city of Guwahati has a rich historical past and finds frequent mention in medieval historical sources and epics. From the pre-historic existence, the city has evolved through various stages of development and lately, the city has entered a phase of vigorous growth changing remarkably its fabric of settlement and the overall morphology of the urban landscape. Throughout the history of growth and development of Guwahati city, the river Brahmaputra has played the most important role in shaping the socio-economic life of its dwellers and the land use pattern of the city.

Publication Date:

10/02/2015

Author(s): Pallabi Borah, A K Bhagabati

Source: Clarion

Vol:

4

Issue:

1

pp:

27-33

Tags:

Guwahati, Rivers, Land Use, Wetlands, Floods, Brahmaputra, Statistics, Remote Sensing, Drainage, Urban Waterlogging, Urban Encroachments