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 …
Assam shelves NEWRA under pressure from Arunachal, Gogoi roots for revamp of Brahmaputra Board GUWAHATI: “Wherever big dams have been constructed, protests have been witnessed. But after the construction of such dams, the local people have realized that big dams are beneficial, not destructive,” said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi while …
NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Feb 17 – The Krishak Mukti Sangaram Samiti (KMSS) today accused the Group of Ministers of betraying the wishes of the people of Assam by agreeing to continue the construction of the mega dam over Subansiri river in Gerukamukh as demanded by the National Hydro-electrical Power Corporation (NHPC). …
GUWAHATI, Feb 17 – Reiterating its demand for engaging experts in a dialogue over the feasibility or otherwise of big dams on the geologically and environmentally fragile Eastern Himalayas, the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today said there was little in the National Hydro Power Corporation’s (NHPC) assertion that could …
Guwahati: Anti-big dam leader Akhil Gogoi on Friday alleged that Assam Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi was selling the interests of the state and its people in his greed for the chief minister’s chair. Gogoi’s charge came a day after the Assam government’s Group of Ministers (GoM), led by Mr Bordoloi, …
The Assam government on Thursday sought an assurance from the public sector NHPC that the dam that it was constructing for the the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri hydro-electric project was safe. Work on the project has remained in a standstill due to an agitation in Assam. Assam Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi …
Guwahati: NHPC on Thursday hinted at adopting a more flexible approach to accommodate concerns raised by anti-big dam activists in Assam. This development came after NHPC maintained an almost rigid stand on not incorporating any change in its 2,000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydel Power Project at Gerukamukh in Assam-Arunachal Pradesh …
GUWAHATI: The much-hyped parleys between the Group of Ministers (GoM) and officials of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) on Thursday on the Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Power Project remained pretty inconclusive, with the NHPC tactfully pushing the onus onto the CD Thatte Committee. NHPC officials asserted that the final decision …
Itanagar: With the resistance against the transportation of construction materials and other essential items to the hydro electric project at Gerukamukh in Arunachal, the All Lower Subansiri Students’ Union (ALSSU) has sought a helping hand from the concerned authorities, executing the project. The anti-dam protestors were opposing construction of Lower …
NHPC officials claimed that today’s discussion was an informal one. How can they say that a burning issue like the Lower Subansiri project can be informally discussed? The outcomes of talks on this issue should always be made public. The NHPC must change its attitude. Otherwise, we’ll intensify our current …
GUWAHATI, Feb 12 – The protestors of the mega dams would sit for a discussion with the NHPC authorities tomorrow at 9.30 am in Guwahati. In a statement, the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), said that the NHPC authorities offered to hold discussion due to the ongoing protest against the …
The throb of the Subansiri valley will stop on the day when practically no water will be released by NHPC except in the peak period of the evening, and for all the winter months to come, the river, which is entwined in the lives of the people, which gives them …
Guwahati, Feb. 5: The Union power ministry has called a meeting on Wednesday in Delhi to break the impasse over the 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project. There has been no work at the project site since December 16 — the longest halt to the project — thanks to the continuing …
Arunachal Pradesh has informed the Centre that downstream impacts can be studied during construction of the 1,750MW Lower Demwe project which should be cleared as it will not affect Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in Dibrugarh district of Assam. “The downstream impacts are limited to a few months of the lean season …
SILCHAR: Foundation stone for the much-hyped and politically as well as from ecological angle, the most debated multi-purpose hydel project at Tipaimukh in Manipur, popularly known as Barak Dam, was laid down on December 16, 2006 by the then Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. Union Minister of State Prithviraj …
The Assam Government has failed to pursue the Lower Subansiri project issue honestly. This is clear from the fact that while discussions are going on and the Group of Ministers gives an impression of its goodwill to examine the problem, it is repeatedly reiterating its commitment to build the dam …
GUWAHATI: The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has alleged that the Assam Government is giving preference to the interest of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) instead of to that of the people of the State on the issue of the Lower Subansiri project. AGP spokesperson Apurba Kumar Bhattacharya said on …
GUWAHATI, Jan 19 – Voluntary organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today alleged that the State Government has been deliberately ignoring the experienced ecologists, social scientists and experts on fields connected with the matter while inviting the people for discussion on the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP). In a …
Guwahati, Jan. 19: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti has rejected an IIT expert’s proposal to use a certain piano key weir technology for the Lower Subansiri power project, basing it rebuttal on its own research on the technology. Nayan Sarma, head of department of water resources in IIT Roorkee, had …
GUWAHATI: The Group of Ministers (GoM) which has been holding talks with all the organizations which are opposed to the construction of the 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project at Gerukamukh will submit its report to the Chief Minister on or before February 15. This decision was taken at a meeting …
GUWAHATI, The talks among the members of the Group of Ministers (GoM) of the Assam Government, members of the expert group and the representatives of the civil society organizations (CSOs) on the Lower Subansiri Dam held here today stressed the need to address and remove the doubts surrounding the construction …
