Development / Assam

GOLAGHAT, June 6 ? The British government had declared large areas of Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar and Karbi Anglong districts of the border areas of Assam-Nagaland as reserve forest areas according to the Bengal Forest Act. But now large areas of forest lands have been occupied by the encroachers, among them ? suspected foreign national of Bangladesh, and Nagas and they have turned them into villages. The suspected foreign nationals of Bangladeshi origin have felled trees and cleared and for cultivation, the local people have alleged. Duo to apathy of the forest department the world-famous...

GUWAHATI, June 4 ? The Association of Architects, Assam (AAA), today stressed the need for a comprehensive master plan for planned development of the city which will effectively deal with all the civic problems besetting it. ?The task of preparing and implementing such a plan should be entrusted with a reputed technical firm from outside having the necessary infrastructure, equipment and technical know-how,? AAA general secretary Tikendrajit Saikia said. Warning that Guwahati would be a ?dead city? within 10 years if the state of affairs going on in the name of the city?s development was...

GUWAHATI, June 5 ? State Forest Minister GC Langthasa today said that due to encroachment, the area under notified forests in the State has gone down to an alarming 16 per cent in terms of closed forests which is well below the norm of 33 per cent recommended by the national Forest Policy. He was speaking at a function organised on the occasion of World Environment Day by the Department of Science and Technology and Environment, at the Ravindra Bhavan here today. Terming encroachment in forest areas as a major irritant in forest management as well as in maintenance of the eco-system, Langthasa...

GUWAHATI, June 4 ? A proposal has been mooted to bring all the departments connected with development projects of Guwahati city under the control of the Guwahati Development Department, said the Minister of State in-charge of the Guwahati Development Department, Anjan Dutta. Talking to The Assam Tribune here today, Dutta, who is also the administrator of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), admitted that lack of coordination between the departments and Government organisations involved in Development projects has created a serious problem in the city. For example, department like GMC...

GUWAHATI, June 3 ? Guwahati is growing, its population is also burgeoning, every passing day. Once a sleepy town of only a few lakh people it has now become a noisy city of about two million inhabitants. It has been robbed of the once enviable green canopy, mother nature had bequeathed to it, by the greed of the politicians and the people they patronised. Flash flood, mud, muck, smoke, dust and vehicular emission have been making this potential metropolis gasp, while incessant noise has been making it totter tensely. Its roads are not designed to stand the pressure of the vehicles that are...

GUWAHATI, June 1? In continuing with its eviction drive, the State Forest Department demolished 229 houses in the South Kalapahar Reserve Forest (RF) area of the city today and freed 37 hectares of land from encroachment. Yesterday, 204 houses were demolished in the same RF area and a land area of 25 hectares was freed from encroachment by the Department. The RF has a total land area of 70 hectares. The Department used one elephant and two bulldozers yesterday and three elephants and three bulldozers today. The eviction party was divided into three teams on both the days.

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GUWAHATI, May 29 ? Authorities of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) started eviction drive to root out encroachers from the park as part of the statewide drive launched by the Forest Department in compliance with Supreme Court directive. Sources in KNP informed that the eviction drive was launched in the sixth addition of the National Park since yesterday in Maite and Keteng chaporis (riverine landmass) and so far 24 cattleshed have been evicted. The eviction drive will continue till the KNP in made free of all sorts of encroachers.

GUWAHATI, May 29 ? Guwahati was today put on the global Information Technology (IT) map with the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, inaugurating the firstever international call centre of the NE region here this afternoon. The international call centre is set up by DSS-e Contact Limited in the NEDFi IT park in the heart of the city. The 300desk call centre has already recruited 600 young boys and girls from the north eastern region. Inaugurating the call centre, the Chief Minister termed it a path breaking development in the northeastern region, and announced that the Assam government would soon...

NORTH GUWAHATI, May 27 ? Eviction of illegally occupied areas having both temporary and permanent structures under Chila range of North Kamrup Forest zone stretching from Amingaon to Chawki including Gajguru, Mahekhaiti etc was carried out on May 23 in the morning. The operation was led by DFO, N Kamrup forest zone, Hiranya Kumar Sarmah with about 200 forest workers and police personnel and an elephant. It is to be noted that of the total land of Chila range amounting to 842 hectares, about 95 hectare lands were illegally occupied by encroachers who have raised there hotels, residences and...

GUWAHATI, May 27? The Austrian Ambassador to India, Dr Herbert Traxl, has said that Assam has immense potential to develop its tourism. During his two-day visit to the city on May 25 and 26, he also evinced a keen interest to explore investment opportunities in the State?s tourism section. This can be a very encouraging news for the State because Austria is renowned for its expertise in ropeways and ice-skiing. With Austrian participation, tourism in the State on particular and the North-east in general can expect a major facelift. Dr. Traxl who was here to gather first-hand knowledge on the...