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 …
GUWAHATI, Sept 19 – National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) authorities will hold a discussion with the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and the 26 ethnic organisations which have been allying with it on the issue of the issue of Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP), at the conference room of the …
NEW DELHI, Sept 10 – The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices responding to a petition filed by Assam Public Works (APW) seeking a direction to the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) to reassess the downstream impact of the proposed middle and upper …
GUWAHATI: In a writ petition to the Supreme Court filed recently, the Assam Public Works, a social organization, has opposed the construction of the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project (LSHP) on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border and argued that the LSHP would not only destroy the lives and properties of the …
Guwahati, Sept. 10: An NGO has moved the Supreme Court seeking appropriate directions to the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to maintain a minimum flow of water from the Lower Subansiri hydel project dam round the year to ensure a balanced ecosystem downstream. The apex court today admitted the writ …
Guwahati, Sept. 4: A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit of the National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) has revealed that several factors have been responsible for the tardy progress of the Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project apart from the oft-highlighted law and order problem. In its recently released report — …
ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh has urged the centre for speedy commissioning of the 2000 mw Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project at Gerukamukh on Assam -Arunachal border saying agitation in Assam by some organisations over the proposed dam resulted in huge loss to national exchequer. A delegation led by MP Takam Sanjoy …
ITANAGAR, Aug 29 – A delegation of legislators from Arunachal Pradesh called on Union Power Minister M Veerappa Moily in New Delhi on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum demanding early solution to the current stalemate on the Lower Subansiri dam issue, thereby ensuring speedy commissioning of the 2,000 MW hydro …
GUWAHATI, Aug 27 – The National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) which today had a discussion with the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), has agreed to keep in abeyance its work on the Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project till its next round of …
GUWAHATI: A formal meeting between the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) and the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) on the controversial 2,000MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Power Project was held here today for the first time. An eleven-member team of the KMSS …
Guwahati, Aug. 27: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) today assured the KMSS that it would take up with the power ministry the demand for stopping work on the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project till discussions about its ramifications reached a logical conclusion. The project, being implemented by the NHPC …
The large dams being built on the rivers of the eastern Himalayas have become highly controversial. The hydropower that north-east India is expected to produce is meant almost entirely for use elsewhere. That these dams will be exclusively hydropower and not multipurpose dams and that there will be a great …
As a power crisis grips the nation, a look at the long-suffering Northeast. Recently, there was a severe disruption of power supply to the Northeast, especially Assam. This was caused by the sudden collapse of one 400 kV tower in West Bengal supposed to transmit power to the north-eastern region, …
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Thursday urged the officials of National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) to amend the proposed policies for Recruitment, Resettlement and Rehabilitation(R&R;) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of its ongoing Power projects in Arunachal Pradesh. Of late, NHPC has been into troubled waters with resistance emanating from …
GUWAHATI, June 12 – The All India Forum of Forest Movements (AIFFM) has called for immediate halt to State repression of those engaged in the movements to stop implementation of big dam projects and upholding the rights of the forest people in the NE region. In a statement here, the …
Arunachal Pradesh identified as powerhouse of the country. Even as anti-mega dam groups and organisations in Assam have intensified their agitation, demanding a halt to the ongoing 2,000-MW Lower Subonsiri hydroelectric project of NHPC Limited at Gerukamukh on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, the Union government is pushing for 157 hydro …
11th plan target could not be met due to environmental problems The Planning Commission and Power Ministry are believed to have reached a consensus over fixing the capacity addition target at 90,000 MW for the next five years. Earlier, Power Ministry had proposed a target of adding 76,000 MW in …
SIVASAGAR: Continuing its protest against construction of mega dams at the site of Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), the Sivasagar district unit led by its district general secretary Raju Gogoi, advisor Lu-chun-Shyam Gohain, publicity secretary Jadumoni Bora and Nari Mukti Sangram Samiti, Sivasagar district president …
GUWAHATI: The All Assam Lawyers’ Association has slammed Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for his statement on Akhil Gogoi’s hunger strike in the city. The Chief Minister dismissed Akhil’s protest stating that the government was not going to invite him for talks. The Chief Minister stated, “Akhil’s protest had political motives. …
GUWAHATI: The All Assam Shramik Krishak Kalyan Parishad (AASKKP) has decried the role of the State Government and the police in the atrocities being meted out on anti-dam protesters at Lakhimpur and Dhemaji district. In a meeting of the central executive committee of the workers’ body held in Guwahati today, …
Guwahati: Assam’s farmer leader and anti-dam activist Akhil Gogoi has decided to start an indefinite hunger-strike here from Sunday to pressurize the state government to stop what he alleged were atrocities on anti-dam activists in Lakhimpur district. Akhil Gogoi’s Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and several other organisations have been …
