CLIMATE CARE - NORTHEAST INDIA

Manuel Aind  Arun Kongari  Lakhimpur: People’s Action for Development (PAD), a leading Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), based in upper Assam recently distributed water-resilient rice seeds to a hundred farmers of 10 villages under Bihpuria Revenue Circle of Lakhimpur district of Assam. The NGO has been working to help the marginalised communities, particularly the tribals, Adivasis, women, children and other socio-economically downtrodden sections, of the region for last decades. Following all the ongoing Covid-19 protocols, imposed by the administration and additional suggetions from experienced medical professionals, the PAD volunteers sent the seeds to the Village Disaster Management Committees (VDMCs) of the 10 selected villages, highly affected by the Subansiri river’s floods and erosion. From each village, 10 farmers were chosen as beneficiaries by the PAD volunteers and the members of the VDMCs. The seed support to the farmers could be done under a project en...

No doubt, Assam Education and Welfare of Plain Tribes and Other Backward Classes (WPT & OBC) Minister Dr Ranoj Pegu has immense love for nature which are reflected on some his works. Dr Pegu dreamt to promote eco-tourism in the Northeast region of India. The region has tremendous potentiality to promote eco-tourism for its richness on Environment and Nature; and ethnic cultural diversity. Dr Ranoj Pegu spoke on the eco-camp, established and has been maintaining by Mising Autonomous Council (MAC), and importance of such such infrastructures in the region to attract tourists to the place in 2010. Now, in May, 2021, he became a cabinet Minister in the Assam Government. Hope, he will surely look after for the development of this sector too. Our expectation is high from you sir and Congratulate you.

  MONOJ GOGOI DHEMAJI, MAY 2: Kalbari an archipelago swathe of countryside in the Subansiri river under Bihpuria revenue circle of Lakhimapur district largely devastated by a massive storm came yesterday evening from the southern side and later the reversed storm wind flattened a large number of houses in the village with 85 households. Raj Kumar Chandi, a resident of the village and volunteer of People's Action for Development (PAD) informed today that the storm came suddenly and flattened 15 houses in village and the rest of the houses had been damaged highly by eroding roofs and bamboo walls. Elderly people told that this was an unprecedented storm and never experienced in their lifetimes. The panic stricken people immediately took shelter under banana trees available in the village with their children only to save to save lives. People from the village also informed that including houses they also lost their rice banks to the storm. When the storm ended it became dark and pe...