Environment / Arunachal

NEW DELHI, May 9 ? The Supreme Court today cleared the last hurdle in construction of the Rs 7000 crore Subansiri Lower Power Project by giving its seal of approval to the project. The apex court?s clearance was essential for the project to get off ground as it has major environment implications including submersion of a portion of a wildlife sanctuary and diversion of a river.

A three-member Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice BN Kirpal, Justice Arijit Passyat and Justice HK Sema responded favourably to the pleas of the Additional Solicitor General, who told the court that the...

GUWAHATI, May 2 ? The Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd (IFCI Ltd) has drawn up a detailed programme to assess the industrial and tourism potentialities of Arunachal Pradesh by tapping its rich natural resources for generating more employment opportunities. Mentionably, the Corporation has been appointed a nodal agent for the tourism sector in the north-eastern region by the Government of India. It is the first development financial institution set up as statutory corporation in 1948 to encourage and assist industrial development in India. It was restructured and incorporated as a...

ITANAGAR, Feb 1 — A police team killed an elephant on a magisterial order after the animal was declared ‘rogue’, reports PTI. The pachyderm had killed a labourer besides damaging four vehicles and two residential buildings near Ramdas in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. Deputy superintendent of police T Ringu told PTI over phone from Bomdila, the district headquarters, that the Bhalukpong-Seppa road was closed for the last two days after the elephant went berserk and pushed three vehicles including an oil tanker down the deep valley and completely damaged a state transport bus. With...

ITANAGAR, April 18: The Arunachal Government has constituted a "project formulation committee" to get possible funding from national and international agencies like the World Bank, reports PTI. An official statement said here on April 16 that the committee was constituted under the guidance of Arunachal Pradesh Minister for Environment and Forest Nabam Tuki. The committee will function within the framework of guidelines on the subject and in consultation with the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Union Government. The six-member committee comprising senior scientists and forest officers of...

NAHARLAGUN, March 25: The State Agriculture Department is making all-out efforts to do away with the traditional method of shifting and jhum cultivation in Arunachal Pradesh for the last couple of years. "The department has initiated several measures in tackling the problems related to the shifting cultivation practice by the local tribes in the state," Tako Dabi, Minister Agriculture told the State Assembly here on Thursday. The Minister was responding to a question raised by Congress member Anok Wangsa about what steps the government has taken to prevent jhum cultivation in the State. As...

DIBRUGARH, March 14: The Namdapha National Park, located in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, is unique in the world because of its wide altitudinal variation, ranging from 200 metres to 4500 metres above sea level. This 1985 square kilometre park is also home to four species of big cats: tiger, leopard, clouded leopard and snow leopard. Such variety is nowhere to be found in the country, in natural conditions. Namdapha's sprawling valley of dense evergreen rainforests lie in the misty blue hills along the turbulent Noa Dehing river. This river criss-crosses the park and is fed by...

SEIJOSA (Arunachal Pradesh), March 16: The three-day training on 'Van Rakshak' for the State forest officials concluded here on Friday. Experts from the Wildlife Trust of India and resource persons from Guwahati provided training to the forest officials on conservation and protection of wildlife and framing of cases against the poachers, reports UNI. Speaking as the chief guest, State Horticulture Minister Japu Dera appealed to the villagers to cooperate with the Government in preservation and protection of forest resources of the State. He expressed happiness that people had realised the...

ITANAGAR, March 11: Elephant census which has started in Arunachal Pradesh will be completed by March 20, official sources said, reports UNI. The population of elephants has gone up in the State considerably. Out of an estimated 2,700 panchyderms throughout the State, 527 are found in Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary in East Kameng district alone. Of late, wild elephants are creating havoc in the State, specially in the foothill areas, claiming several human lives, besides damaging crops and human dwellings. Meanwhile, villagers of Seijosa area are demanding declaring one wild elephant as rogue and...

ITANAGAR, March 8: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mukut Mithi has stressed the need to develop medicinal plants and other horticultural and forest species in the state. Speaking at the inaugural function of the Horticulture and Forestry College, the first of its kind in the state, at Pasighat, the district headquarters of East Siang, yesterday, Mithi said, "The foothills zone of the state is suitable for growing citrus fruits, guavas, bananas, pineapples, large cardamoms, black pepper, plums, pears and vegetables. "Production of apples, walnuts and kiwis should be developed on the rain...

ITANAGAR, March 5: A 75-year-old villager of Tippi in West Kameng district was killed by a wild elephant recently, forest official said. Cases of increased attacks on human habitation by wild elephants were reported from several parts of the state. Recently, a herd of wild elephants entered the forest colony at Nomara in East Kameng district, and killed a forest guard. The pachyderm damaged at least 15 government buildings, including a forest inspection bungalow, reports UNI. Forest Minister Nabam Tuki accompanied by Information and Public Relations Minister Takam Sanjoy and Education Minister...