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 …
LAKHIMPUR (ASSAM): Construction activities of the Lower Subansiri mega dam at Gerukamuch on the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have come to a halt following a 10-day blockade launched by several organisations protesting against it. “Construction work has come to a halt as loaded trucks have been blocked on …
Agitators have hobbled government plans to harness the Northeast’s rivers — 168 dams have been planned in Arunachal Pradesh alone — to generate hydro-electric power for the country. Protests have stopped construction of the country’s largest dam on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. Though governments see big dams and hydro-power as …
NEW DELHI, Dec 12 – Even as the agitation against the Subansiri Hydroelectric Project gathers momentum, Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of two hydro power projects in Assam were turned down by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) albeit on non-environmental ground. Two Detailed Project Reports are currently under examination in CEA. …
KMSS, other organizations warn of vigorous anti-dam agitation DHEMAJI: National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) general manager Om Prakash on Wednesday categorically said that NHPC would go ahead with the Lower Subansiri project. Prakash was speaking to mediapersons at the dam construction site on Wednesday. His statement comes as a …
Authorities in Lakhimpur district in eastern Assam were on Thursday compelled to stop forcible movement of an over-dimensional consignment comprising machineries to the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri dam and hydro-electric project in Arunachal Pradesh after several thousand protesters blocked the highway shouting slogans against construction of the dam. “We have suspended …
ITANAGAR: Acute shortage of water in the source river has affected power generation capacity in Ranganadi Hydro-Electric Power Plant (RHEP), at Yazali in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh. The lone power station of central sector in the state is operating partially for just five hours a day, an official …
Itanagar: A new species of moth has been sighted in Arunachal Pradesh, bringing joy to nature lovers who noted that many moth and butterfly varieties were on the verge of extinction in India. The moth was photographed by nature enthusiasts of Ngunu Ziro, led by Dr Tage Kano, during their …
Itanagar: Despite protests by anti-dam activists in Arunachal Pradesh and neighbouring Assam over execution of the 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri hydro-electric project at Gerukamukh, the Centre has made it clear that it will forge ahead with the project. “Completion of the project is the Centre’s top priority to provide relief to …
Guwahati, Sept. 21: WWF India will begin its tiger estimation effort in the picturesque Tale wildlife sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh with camera traps in the first week of October. The area in the Nameri-Pakke landscape has the largest tiger population in Arunachal Pradesh, said the 2010 report on Status of …
GUWAHATI, Sept 18 – The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today appealed to the media to boycott, or to publish news in a restrained manner on the National Hydroelectric power Corporation (NHPC), which is implementing the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project. It has also announced its new phase of agitation …
GUWAHATI, Sept 16 – As of today, slightly more than fifty per cent of the overall construction of the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) is complete. The dam of the project is roughly about 33 per cent complete, while 95 per cent construction of its head race tunnel …
Members of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today held a rally and took out a procession at Tezpur in support of their demand for land settlement rights to the indigenous landless people, repeal of the land swap deed signed by the Indian Government with the Government of Bangladesh and …
The Takam Mising Porin Kebang during its three-day central workshop that concluded on Sunday has resolved to intensify the agitation against big dams in the greater interest of the State and its people. In a statement, the Kebang said that the State Government and the Centre were ignoring the larger …
The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today said that it would resort to a more intense stir if the State Government tried to facilitate the transportation of the turbine-laden barges to Gerukamukh, the site of the Lower Subansiri hydel project. As of now, the barges are stationed at Jogighopa in …
Experts today called for efforts to find out the alternatives to the mega dam hydroelectric projects proposed to be set up in the NE region. They also suggested that there should be an intense debate on the issue of the mega dam hydroelectric projects. For, they say, the NE region …
Reacting to the reported statements made by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) before the media on the issue of Lower Subansiri Hydel Project, the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today said that the uttering smacked of a colonial mindset and was meant to mislead the people of Assam on a …
Guwahati, Aug. 5: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation today said the memorandum of agreement with Assam would be signed once the power allocation is finally agreed upon as the state is asking for more from the Lower Subansiri project. “The memorandum of agreement will be signed once the power allocation …
ROING: According to the North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWLM), six districts of the State have arsenic contamination in their water sources causing concern for the authorities. The six districts are Papum Pare, East Kameng, West Kameng, Lower Subansiri and Lower Dibang Valley and Tirap. In …
GUWAHATI, July 26 – Amidst widespread protests against the construction of big dams, top officials of the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) today rubbished all the apprehensions about the negative downstream impact of the Lower Subansiri project opining that the project has been constructed keeping all the possible hazards in …
Guwahati, July 21: Assam power minister Pradyut Bordoloi today categorically said the state government would not concede to the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) demand to halt construction of the 2,000MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project. He said the Assam government was not in favour of halting construction of the project …
