Aizawl, Oct 19: Teak planters under the Tut-Langkaih Reserved Forest today vowed that they would employ any means to sell their

AGRICLUTURE

Real growth stems from real reforms, not inaction. The success of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh validates the principle that sustained reforms and investment in health and infrastructure bring investments that create jobs and markets enabling prosperity.

Aizawl, Sept 9: The World Bank is expected to give Rs 1,700 lakh for maintenance of Mizorams Dampa Tiger Reserve.
The Dampa Tiger Reserve, situated on the western part of Mizoram along the international border with Bangladesh, about 127 km from Aizawl, is one of the six approved tiger reserves across India to received the WBs aid.

Aizawl, Sept 7: Mizoram tops the list of tobacco users with about 77 per cent of the population using tobacco in one form or the other.
Students in Mizoram are also found to be heavy users of tobacco as about 54 per cent of them have been said to be habitual smokers who publicly smoked cigarettes.
This was today stated by Dr Jane R Ralte, an officer-in-charge of the Aizawl Civil Hospital

Facing brunt of the attack for falling to come up with a full-proof plan to control floods in Assam, Brahmaputra Board has claimed that it has completed Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for five projects in the North Eastern Region (NER), while eight others are in various stages of implementation. Under attack for delay in executing the long pending revamp of the Board, official sources said that the five projects under execution included Siang Single stage, Subansiri single stage in Arunachal Pradesh, Tipaimukh in Manipur and Mizoram, Pagladiya in Assam and Bairabi in Mizoram.

Sept 3: The Centre has asked the Mizoram to take a speedy decision on an NTPC proposal to set up 460-MW Kolodyne hydel power project in the north-eastern state at an investment of Rs 2,500 crore.
Public sector enterprise NTPC has submitted a proposal to the state government to develop the hydel project that promises

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AIZAWL, Aug 3

Aizawl, July 31: Armies of rats have ravaged maize and other crops in Mizoram, agricultural officials said on wednesday.
Aizawl district alone accounted for more than 20 percent of maize harvest loss after rats damaged crops, State Agriculture Department officials said after maize harvest at Phullen and surrounding villages in eastern part of Aizawl district.
In south Mizoram's Lawngtlai district, rats not only destroyed maize but also nibbled standing paddy stems, District Agriculture Officer Rohmingthanga Colney said.

Aizawl, July 22: Out of more than 500 species of birds in Mizoram, four have been declared critically endangered, one endangered, five vulnerable, seven near threatened and nine restricted, noted ornithologist Dr Anuwaruddin Choudhury said.
Dr Choudhury has recorded 479 species of birds in his book A pocket guide to the Birds of Mizoram, released by Mizoram Environment and Forest Minister Dr R Lalthangliana'n.