State Water Resources Minister Bharat Chandra Narah today told the Assembly that the State Government was far from satisfied with the explanations given by the power generating corporations such as NEEPCO and NHPC on the flood safeguards of hydel projects, and that the State Government would seek a thorough review of their downstream impact assessment reports. "Following the Ranganadi experience, the State Government has taken the matter very seriously, and we will seek a review of the downstream impact assessment reports of existing and proposed dams in Arunachal and Assam,' Narah said, while replying to the call attention by Congress legislator Bhupen Bora to a newspaper report dated June 18 on Ranganadi dam-induced flood in Lakhimpur district. Narah also warned NEEPCO and NHPC against possible strong public backlash unless they gave due concern to the people's suffering caused by dam-induced floods. "A movement against big dams is on and unless the concerns about dam-induced floods are addressed, the protest is bound to get more intense,' he said. The Minister said that a probe by Additional Chief Secretary Alok Parti into the flash flood in Lakhimpur was on, and the Government would also act on its findings. "We were never satisfied with the NEEPCO's version, and during a meet with the PSU recently, we told its officials that there was no justification about the sudden release of water but that it must adopt corrective measures to prevent similar incidents in future,' he said. Narah said that the State Government was going to raise the issue before the Prime Minister soon. The Minister said that heavy siltation was causing abnormal rise in the surface of rivers such as Dikrong, Singra, Ranganadi, etc., and the Government would dredge the rivers to restore their water carrying capacity. Earlier, Congress legislator Bhupen Bora said that dam-induced floods became a regular feature in Lakhimpur district since 1998 after the commissioning of the Ranganadi project. He said that generation of 300 MW power was causing untold miseries to the people of the district, and the State Government must take up the issue at every level at the earliest.