GUWAHATI, June 7 ? The north-eastern region produces more than half of the total bamboo production in the country, but the tremendous potential of bamboo products is yet to be tapped fully. However, the scenario is likely to change with the implementation of 1.54-million-dollar cane and bamboo technological upgradation and networking project under which a Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre has been set up in the city.

The project funded by the UNDP, is being executed by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India and implemented by the United Nations Industrial...

GUWAHATI, June 7 ? The May 30 tragedy at Sapoi Tea Estate in Sonitpur district where two tea executives were burnt down after they had been dragged out of their official residences by a mob of tea workers, has raised serious security concern among the planters in the State. That the gory incident took place in front of armed homeguard personnel posted in the estate to safeguard the tea executives has raised questions in the tea circle over the effectiveness of these personnel in providing security to the lives and property of tea officials in the State.

?Nothing illegal and violent should be...

SHILLONG, June 6? The Meghalaya Peoples? Human Rights Council (MPHRC) and the Hill State Peoples? Dmocratic Party (HSPDP) have strongly opposed any move to carry out uraniam mining at Domiasiat in the West Khasi Hills district on the ground that radiation from the mineral would pose health hazards, besides affecting the environment.

Both HSPDP president H.S.Lyngdoh, MLA and MPHRC secretary general DDG Dympep taking part at a national seminar on Environmental and Sociological Implications of Mineral and Oil Exploration in North-east India? held here Thursday, expressed concern over the...

Guwahati, June 7: A major chunk of Central funds for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and economically weaker sections in the region remained unspent in spite of the concerted efforts by financial corporations.

Revealing this, the North Eastern Council (NEC) said the funds allotted through the financial corporations do not come through proper schemes and neither do they reach the needy.

One of the reasons for this unsatisfactory implementation is the lack of awareness among the people, the beneficiaries and also lapses at various levels, he said.

The National Commission for...

SHILLONG, June 6 ? ?We want to start the project for mining uranium in Domiasiat, West Khasi Hills district only with people?s cooperation,? Chairman, Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL), Dr R Gupta declared on Thursday. ?Although the exploration for uranium deposits in Domiasiat was completed in 1992, mining has not been taken up till date due to the apprehensions in the minds of the people of the area and in the State of Meghalaya as a whole,? Gupta told reporters on the sidelines of a national seminar on ?Environmental and Sociological Implications of Mining of Minerals and Oil...