Jorhat, May 5: The Brahmaputra Board has assured Gauhati High Court that it would take up several emergency anti-erosion measures in at least eight locations in Majuli by March 31.
Based on a PIL filed by residents of the island, the court had issued showcause notices to the board and the ministry of water transport for failing to protect the lives and property of the people of Majuli island fr
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/promise-arrest-majuli-erosion
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-north-east
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/guwahati
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-interest-litigation-pil
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-erosion
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetlands
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
