Assam wetlands need protection
The green signal given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the North East Space Application Centre (NESAC) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
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The green signal given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the North East Space Application Centre (NESAC) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to conduct a joint study during the monsoon on the scope of diverting the water of the Brahmaputra to the 5902 sq km wetlands in Assam which cover over 5900 sq km area, is very big news. Assam s both valleys comprise a large number of wetlands – fresh-water lakes (beels), ox-bow lakes (era-suti), marshy tracts and pukhuris, which together constitute an amazing and unique ecosystem. Leaving aside the area occupied by rivers, Assam has over 3,500 wetlands as identified by Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre a few years ago. Of these again, 861 are ox-bow lakes or cut-off meanders (era-suti). All these, in
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Updated Jul 24, 2021 | 06:17 IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a meeting of all chief ministers, chief secretaries and DGPs of Northeastern states today. Home Minister Amit Shah 
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Amit Shah will chair a closed-door meeting with the CMs, Chief Secretaries and police chiefs of eight NE states
The meeting will take place at the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Meghalaya
Security has been beefed up
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting with the Chief Ministers of eight Northeastern states today.
Shah will be chairing a closed-door meeting with the CMs, Chief Secretaries and police chiefs of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim and is likely to discuss the interstate boundary issues.