Imphal: The Manipur government is determined to go ahead with the proposed 1,500-MW Tipaimukh hydel power project that has been opposed by environmental groups and opposition parties in neighbouring Bangladesh.
The Northeastern region had witnessed a 30 per cent shortfall in power production in the current 2009-10 financial year owing to shortfall of monsoon.
This was stated at the 8th technical coordination committee (TCC) meeting here on Monday by Ashok Pal of North Eastern Regional Load Dispatch Centre (NERLDC), Shillong.
Manipur has been experiencing chilly weather since the New Year eve after a cold wave hit both hill and valley districts affecting normal life. The Hill districts particularly Chandel, Senapati and Ukhrul have witnessed snowfall since the last four days.
IMPHAL, Jan 4: The Union Government, under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) disaster-risk management programme has instituted the Relief and Disaster Management Department as a State Nodal Agency. Manipur has also been identified as among the six seismic zones of the world.
An earthquake of moderate intensity, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, rocked the entire Manipur around 2.32 pm today. However no damaged or casualty is reported so far.
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale rocked Assam, north-eastern states and neighbouring Burma on Tuesday causing minor damages to properties and cracks in apartments and other concrete structures.
An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked the North East region around 2.32 pm today. The intensity of the earthquake was 5.5 on the Richter scale, said sources in the Central Seismological Observatory, Shillong.
DOTS, or directly observed treatment, in which the patient is made to take medication right in front of a doctor or health worker, is recommended by the WHO as the most effective strategy against TB. India boasts of the largest coverage under this free programme, adding one lakh patients to it every month.
Cycle rallies, poster campaigns, awareness programmes and appeals to people marked the World AIDS Day which was observed in different parts of Manipur yesterday emphasising the theme of
