Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aabhijeet Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/07/2019. The applications seek reconstitution of the Committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in pursuance of order of the Tribunal dated 16.10.2017 for Subansiri Lower …
A panel of experts, most with background in engineering and technology, have come up with recommendations seeking to solve probable problems in Assam arising from dams in Arunachal Pradesh. Following a conference organised by Gauhati University Post Graduate Students Union, Ex General Secretary Forum, in October this year, the expert …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity, which is spearheading the campaign against construction of mega dams in the region, has demanded a complete halt to all dam projects which are currently under way. The organisation
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti today raised the mega dam issue of Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric plant in Gerukamukh by saying that political parties supporting the construction of mega dams in Assam would be voted out in the ensuing state Assembly polls early next year. This was stated by Akhil Gogoi, …
Voluntary organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) has demanded fresh environmental clearance to the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) and suspension of its construction activities till the project is cleared afresh from environment point of view. The voluntary organisation has made this plea in a letter to the …
The State Government is in no way going to surrender the issue of safety of the State and its people as far as the mega hydel power projects are concerned. The Power Department has asked the NHPC Ltd to engage even the foreign firms of international repute to study the …
Mega dam row GUWAHATI, Oct 14: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) has threatened to impose economic blockade on Arunachal Pradesh, stop the transmission line of the Lower Subansiri hydel project and launch a two-month-long agitation if the Centre does not take a call to cancel the mega dam programmes …
ASSAM is on the brink of a movement, like the one that ended with the 1984 Assam Accord. This time the concern is not illegal immigrants but dams proposed upstream in Arunachal Pradesh. In the past year and a half people in Assam have held a number of protests. The …
Ravish Tiwari New Delhi: In unprecedented distancing from the government by a key minister and questioning its development works in the strategic North-East and Bhutan, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has taken up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demands for a review of all hydel projects in the region and a
Dhemaji, Sept 26: The people of Dhemaji district are likely to launch stronger protest against mega dam construction at Lower Subansiri, Gerukamukh in the first week of October. Indicating agitation programme over the issue, some prominent people of the district, including those belonging to several organizations, have sharply reacted to …
Alarmed by the hue-and-cry over the 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Power Project (SLHEPP), Assam Government has delayed signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC). According to highly placed sources, Government of Assam
Guwahati, Sept. 21: The All Assam Students Union and 25 other student organisations today decided to launch a massive agitation in protest against the alleged failure of New Delhi and Dispur to prevent construction of the Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project. A two-day meeting of the student organisations, which ended here …
The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today decided to continue the movement against the construction of mega dams, while, the party will finalize its election strategy in the meeting of its general house tomorrow. AGP sources said that the executive committee of the party, which met today, strongly reacted to the …
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday suggested to the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to initiate steps to ensure that 2000 mega watt Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh did not pose any threat to the environment including rich bio-diversity in Assam. He also suggested to the NHPC …
