‘Most dam proponents don’t have an address to reach out’

After 10 years, Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu axes 22 hydro projects but local communities say this might have been done to …

Government denies environmental clearance to five dams in Arunachal Pradesh

Expert appraisal committee finds loopholes in projects presented by dam developers 

Northeast wisdom

"Where there is some project, they need explosives"

Nagpal Tea Stall, 29 Rajpur Road, Dehradun. Raju sips his tea, eyes glued to the television. Then his eyes light up as he hears talk of Bhutan. …

Revive the old tradition and plan for garbage logistics to treat Arunachal’s waste problem

If the common sense of the mountain community can be preserved and facilitated with active institutions, the pollution issue can be solved in …

800 stranded in Arunachal’s West Kameng after cloudburst

The cloudburst comes after a lean monsoon season in the state

A century-old bamboo is a 'new' species, say scientists

Although tribes in Arunachal Pradesh have used Stapletonia rigoense for almost a century, scientists have only recently discovered and …

Damn that river

Forty four hydropower projects threaten Siang, the Everest of rivers

Community-led strategies offer hope for east Himalayan biodiversity

Local farmers and communities are succeeding to conserve crops and wildlife where government has failed in one of the world’s biodiversity …

Camera trap captures snow leopard in high altitude region of Arunachal Pradesh

Trap set up as part of state-wide survey carried out by state government and WWF-India

At home, almost

In Arunachal, Manori Rabha redesigns her fuzzy plans to go home

Arunachal college spots 3 new fish species

The fish of genus Aborichthys are distributed in streams like Senki, Barap and Palin 

China’s Brahmaputra dam: Trans-boundary water governance in South Asia needs a rethink

As Beijing announces construction of a super dam on the Yarlung Zangbo, it is time to reconsider the fluvial landscape approach to river basin …

The Royal Bengal could become a 'tiger of the snow': study

Climate change making Bengal tigers move to higher altitudes in India, Nepal and Bhutan, it says

Thousands marooned in a 'dam-induced' flood in Golaghat

Almost 90,000 people and more than 7,500 hectares of land under water as NEEPCO dam releases water from the Doyang river that flows through …

Drowned

Assam's Dhemaji district faces extermination by floods

Film screening, bird watching, trekking: How Arunachal celebrated 15 years of Bugun Liocichla

Bugun liocichla was the first bird to be discovered in India since its independence

China’s Brahmaputra dam: A new paradigm of water governance needed

Riparian treaties need to be re-organised to respect the integrity of the river basin  

New species of frog discovered in Arunachal

The frog was discovered in a single locality of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve, India's easternmost protected area

Arunachal's pristine river Kameng turns into dumpyard

Dumping garbage into rivers has become a concern in ecologically-sensitive Arunachal Pradesh, to the extent that the Deputy Commissioner of East …

'Advance IST by 30 minutes to help the North East'

Two time zones will create a divide between the North East and the rest of India, they say

NGT suspends forest clearance for Arunachal hydropower project

Cancellation of forest clearances is not commonplace, making this decision a rare one

Arunachal sealed

Says no to reservoir-based dams; Centre-state clash imminent

India’s northeastern states desertifying most rapidly

Half of Nagaland is degraded, flags new report

Put off

People force resurvey of power project in Arunachal