MORIGAON, Sept 11, 2009 – Thousands of flood-affected people took out a rally at Bhuragaon on Thursday in protest against the failure of the State Government to tackle the relief operations in Lahorighat and Bhuragaon revenue circles.
GUWAHATI, June 7, 2009 – In view of increasing complaints from different quarters about dam-induced flood in the Ranganadi and Dikrong rivers, the State Government has constituted a high-level committee headed by the chairman of the Pollution Control Board, Assam and former Commissioner of Water Resources department, Arun Dutta, to look into the downstream impacts [...]
NORTH LAKHIMPUR, June 3, 2009 – The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has engaged IIT, Guwahati to study the downstream impact of the existing Ranganadi Hydro-electric Project (RHEP) stage-I and the proposed RHEP stage-II and the Pare Hydel Project, in the downstream of the Dikrong Power Station.
ITANAGAR, June 3, 2009 – The unprecedented pre-monsoon rains that swept parts of Arunachal Pradesh last month have so far claimed eleven lives, including four in the State capital, Itanagar.
Guwahati, June 2, 2009 : Rattled by the devastating flash floods caused due to release of huge volumes of water from the dam of a hydro-electric project in neighbouring Bhutan, Assam government has decided to move the Central government to take up the matter with Bhutan government.
GUWAHATI, June 2, 2009 – Though Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced after devastating floods last year that a commission headed by former Gauhati University Vice Chancellor Dr NK Choudhury would be formed to suggest measures to deal with floods, the announcement remained on paper only as till date the commission has not yet been formed.
NORTH LAKHIMPUR, June 2, 2009 – The rivers of Lakhimpur district are showing a tendency to migrate eastward. This tendency of the district’s rivers has been observed since 1998.
IMPHAL, June 2, 2009 – Bangladesh is likely to interfere in the construction of the controversial 1,500 MW Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydel Project in Manipur with the former deciding to send an all-party parliamentary committee to visit the dam site, according to well-placed sources.
Guwahati, March 8, 2009: After half a century of unabated destruction due to annual floods, Assam is going to witness some new gizmos for flood monitoring which have been developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune.
Sanjoy Ray
DHEMAJI, March 1 – Floods, over the years, may have shattered normal life in Dhemaji, but if the moves initiated by the district administration come to fruition, this natural calamity could well turn into a blessing in disguise for those distressed people.
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