Dibrugarh: After a four-hour downpour flooded parts of Jorhat last week, the Jorhat Municipal Board began cleaning the channel of the Tocklai river on Monday.Workers removed garbage, plastics and water hyacinths from multiple stretches of the river channel to restore drainage capacity ahead of the monsoon peak. The move followed waterlogging in Choladhara, Tarun Ram…
Dibrugarh: Ministers Sushanta Borgohain and Keshab Mahanta on Monday toured flood-hit Dhemaji district to assess damage.The high-level delegation, accompanied by Lakhimpur MP Pradan Baruah and MLAs Prasanta Phukan (Dibrugarh), Bhubon Pegu (Jonai) and Jiban Gogoi (Sissiborgaon), visited Ananda Nagar under Simenmukh village panchayat and reviewed erosion and flooding. The team also visited the Harinathpur Primary…
Dhubri: Assam health minister and Dhubri’s guardian minister, Ashok Singhal, on Sunday launched the statewide pulse polio vaccination programme from Dhubri, in sync with the national immunisation campaign.Singhal flagged off the drive from Dhubri Media College and Hospital, targeting 2.92 lakh children under the age of five years in Dhubri district.Across Assam, 52,000 health workers…
GUWAHATI: The Nah tribal community in Arunachal Pradesh expressed concern over alleged Chinese incursions along the international border in Upper Subansiri district, claiming that the PLA had occupied a major portion of their grazing, hunting and agricultural areas over the past six years.In a memorandum recently submitted to Upper Subansiri deputy commissioner, the Nah Welfare…
Guwahati: The Centre for Brahmaputra Studies at Gauhati University has launched a month-long summer internship, CLEAR, to boost climate literacy.The programme, the centre’s first major academic outreach initiative, was inaugurated by CBS director Prof. Dhruba Jyoti Saharia and has drawn nearly 250 participants from universities, colleges and other institutions across the northeast. Dr Dhanjit Das,…
Guwahati: Guwahati: The death toll from flash floods in Arunachal Pradesh’s Keyi Panyor district rose to three after the body of another missing man was recovered from the Kimin circle in downstream Papum Pare district, the state disaster management department said on Sunday.The deceased was identified as NEEPCO employee Saurabh Kumar Kharwar (30), who had…
Silchar: Assam minister Kaushik Rai on Sunday said the govt will soon launch a major eviction drive to clear drains and water channels to curb chronic urban flooding.At an interaction with prominent citizens organised by the Barak Valley development department, Rai said key drainage channels, including Rangirkhal, Singirkhal, Bachaikhal and Longaikhal, have been extensively encroached…
Aizawl: Mizoram’s main opposition, the Mizo National Front (MNF), on Saturday urged the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) govt to suspend the proposed implementation of the Mizo taxi online application, alleging it will impose an additional financial burden on commuters and taxi operators, and act as a new mechanism for tax collection.In a press statement, the…
Guwahati: Agriculture minister Pijush Hazarika advocated for region-specific crop transformation at an interface meeting organised by Assam Agricultural University (AAU).Held at the Assam Administrative Staff College and jointly organised by AAU and the agriculture department, the meeting focused on strengthening Assam’s rural economy through sustainable agriculture.Hazarika said India exports billions of dollars’ worth of tea,…
Guwahati: Police arrested six alleged interstate robbers for targeting train passengers in the city.Acting on specific intelligence, a team from Jalukbari police station raided a hotel in Maligaon on Saturday and detained the suspects.They were identified as Sonu and Kuldeep of Rohtak, Krishna Rana, Praveen Kumar and Satyawan of Bhiwani, and Sanjay Kumar of Hisar…
