GUWAHATI, July 13: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar today came down heavily on the government for going ahead with the construction work of Lower Subansiri Hydel Project at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border even after the expert committee had recommended immediate cancellation of the project.
Guwahati: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar has raised her voice in support of the growing people's movement against construction of mega dams in ecologically sensitive Northeastern region.
ITANAGAR, July 8: Alleging the NHPC of failing to act on the recommendation of an expert panel that pointed out perils of ongoing Lower Sunasiri hydropower project, the All Assam Students
Guwahati: The Expert Group constituted to study the downstream impact of the ongoing 2,000-MW Subonsiri Lower hydro-electric power project of the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) at Gerukamukh on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border has recommended that the mega dam not be built at the present site.
GUWAHATI, July 1 ? The All Assam Students? Union (AASU) today demanded immediate steps to thrust aside the under-construction Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP) and also to shelve all the mega-dam hydel projects proposed in the NE region.
New Delhi: The five-member Empowered Committee constituted to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam, at its first meeting has decided to issue a public notice inviting memorandum from interested parties, including the Centre, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
New Delhi: The five-member Empowered Committee headed by the former Chief Justice of India, Justice A.S. Anand, to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam meets here on Monday for the first time after it was constituted pursuant to the orders of the Supreme Court on February 18.
