Centre proposes 15.6 km twin road tunnel under Brahmaputra river

In a major fillip to road infrastructure, the Central government has proposed for the construction of a 15.6 km twin-tunnel under the Brahmaputra river in Assam. The tunnel will be of strategic importance as it will provide round the year connectivity between Assam and Arunchal Pradesh and will also cut the travel time between both […]

PM Modi launches ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative, other key development projects in Assam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative and multiple development projects and via video conferencing on Thursday. He also laid the foundation stone of the nation’s longest river bridge between Dhubri-Phulbari in Assam and performed Bhoomi Poojan for construction of Majuli bridge. Addressing the gathering virtually, the Prime minister said that it is a […]

Assam: Four including 2 minors drown as boat capsizes in Brahmaputra river

In a tragic incident, four people, including two minors drowned after a country boat carrying 13 people capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Assam’s Jorhat district. The incident took place on Tuesday when few members of a picnic party went for a river cruise on a country boat. Locals rescued some people, of whom two […]

Kiren Rijiju flags off Brahmaputra river rafting expedition

Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday flagged off the ‘Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan’, a river rafting expedition and public outreach programme, from Gelling in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district. Taking to Twitter Rijiju said, “The biggest river of our country, the mighty Brahmaputra is known as Siang in Arunachal Pradesh. It […]

India’s longest river ropeway over Brahmaputra inaugurated in Guwahati

India’s longest passenger ropeway over the Brahmaputra river was formally inaugurated in Guwahati on Monday. In a major boost to tourism, the 1.8 km long ropeway was inaugurated across the mighty Brahmaputra today by Assam Finanace Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma along with Guwahati Development Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya. The ropeway connects Guwahati and North Guwahati and […]

Assam to get 4 new Ro-Pax vessels

Assam will soon get four sophisticated Ro-Pax vessels that will replace the earlier Ro-Ro vessels to boost water transport facility. Among the four state-of-the-art vessels, two will be placed in Majuli, the river island in Brahmaputra. “We are concerned about the non functioning of Ro-Ro vessels placed in  Majuli operated by IWAI, GOI. We are […]

Over 4 lakh people affected as second wave of flood hits Assam

The second wave of floods in Assam has hit 4 lakh people across the State. As the flood scenario in Assam has worsened in the past 24 hours. As many as 749 villages in 17 districts of the State has been hit by the second wave of floods. The NDRF and the SDRF personnel have […]

Bogibeel bridge set to be operational soon; first passenger train cruises through bridge

In a historic moment for the entire state the first passenger train was seen cruising at a speed of 120 km per hour over Bogibeel bridge on Monday. The passenger train travelled from Dhomol village in Dibrugarh district to Tengani in Dhemaji district on an experimental basis conducted by the Commissioner of Railway Safety. It […]

China flood warning: Things normal in Assam

Dibrugarh district Disaster Management Authority has negated any kind of threat to the people downstream in Dibrugarh stating that the present water level of the Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh is 2.26 metres below the danger level. According to a CWC official, the present level of the Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh at 6 am today was 103.44 metres […]