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New Indian Express
16-06-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Solar fence to mitigate human-elephant conflict
In a bid to mitigate human-elephant conflict and facilitate co-existence, biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak has installed a 30.1-km solar fence covering three project villages in Jorhat district in collaboration with the British Asian Trust and the Elephant Family with support from the Darwin Initiative. The project has benefitted over 1,047 households affected by human-elephant conflict. There was a time when herds of wild elephants would wreak havoc in these villages while foraging for crops, causing immense hardship to the agrarian community. However, the installation of these solar-powered fences helped significantly ease the problem. 15K bighas of satra land encroached upon: CM The 'satras' — monastic institutions within Assam's neo-Vaishnavite tradition — have lost over 15,000 bighas of their land to encroachment. Taking a serious view of it, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma noted that an area twice the size of Dispur had been encroached upon. 'The sheer scale of encroachment of the satras is a direct assault on Assam's culture and identity. Not anymore. We are dealing firmly with this,' he posted on X. The Satra Aayog, constituted by the government for reviewing and assessing the problems of satra land in Assam, has submitted its final report to Sarma with its recommendations.
Time of India
03-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Gaurav visits Batadrava before taking charge as APCC chief
1 2 Guwahati: Newly appointed Assam PCC chief Gaurav Gogoi on Monday evening arrived in Guwahati to take charge of the post after being named as the successor of outgoing president Bhupen Kumar Borah. Earlier in the day, he went to the revered Batadrava Than in Nagaon before heading towards Guwahati to assume charge on Tuesday morning. Batadrava is the birthplace of the neo-Vaishnavite saint, scholar and social reformer, Srimanta Sankardeva. "In Batadrava Than, we remembered the message the harmony and unity propagated by Srimanta Sankardeva. We are resolved to march ahead in this path shown by him. Our efforts will be to take his ideology to the people in nooks and corners of Assam and India," Gogoi told the media outside the Than. Gogoi's journey from upper Assam to central Assam's Nagaon and then to Morigaon witnessed some undesirable scenes, with municipal administrations confiscating the banners and hoardings installed by Congress to welcome him, citing "unauthorised installation without permission". Gogoi will visit Kamakhya temple on Tuesday morning before assuming charge as the of the Assam PCC president at state Congress headquarters in Rajiv Bhawan. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like USDJPY đang đi lên không? IC Markets Đăng ký Undo Gogoi said he trusts Congress workers at the grassroots, even as Congress believes in collective leadership. Gogoi said Congress will take key decisions on important issues like alliance formation ahead of 2026 assembly election only after taking to Congress workers at the grassroots and senior party leaders into confidence. "Unless we strengthen our party we cannot be a good ally. To be a good and strong alliance partner, first one has to increase its strength. We also need to seek public opinion on issues they want the alliance to address," Gogoi said. He added that Congress will expose "corruption under the BJP-led govt".Nagaon Municipal Board (NMB) authority in Nagaon town and Guwahati Municipal Corporation removed banners and hoardings installed by Congress on Monday morning, while the Congress workers prepared to accord grand welcome to the new state PCC chief. The banners and hoarding were removed and taken away by enforcement wings of the municipal bodies for installing these "without prior permission". AICC recently named Gogoi Assam PCC chief which is significant as Assam is going to the assembly election early next year. His elevation to the top post in state PCC came at a time when Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had been attacking him for last few weeks in connection with his British wife's alleged connection with ISI of Pakistan.
