GUWAHATI: Noted social activist Deven Dutta came down heavily on the Tarun Gogoi led Congress Government for its role in dealing with the big dam issue in the State.

He said that experts like Himanshu Thakkar, Rohan D’Souza, Ramaswami Iyer and Niroj Waglekar who took part in the February 26-27 public convention in the city talked against big dams in an ecologically volatile region like the North-East.

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Itanagar: Researchers have discovered a new species of fish in Kalpangi River in Yazali under Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh.

The new species, Garra Kalpangi, was named after the river from where it was discovered, officials said today. The team included K Nebeshwar from Manipur University, Kenjum Bagra Research Officer at Arunachal Pradesh Biodiversity Board and D N Das of Rajiv Gandhi University. The discovery of the new species was mentioned in an article published in the February, 2012 edition of the Journal of Threatened Taxa, a wildlife and conservation journal.

GUWAHATI: The two-day ‘State Convention against Big Dam’ concluded here on Monday. The Monday session of the convention witnessed several speakers delving deep into the implications of the big dams including the controversial Lower Subansiri project on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.

Addressing the gathering at the convention, Ramaswamy R Iyer, Former Secretary, Water Resources Ministry, Government of India, said that there was no proper study made in regard to the downstream impact of the Lower Subansiri dam. “NHPC often says that the Lower Subansiri project is a run on the river project and the downstream impact of such project is low.

Who is an expert on the dam issue, which was making the headlines in Assam these days?

“There is no dam safety Act in place nor is there proper Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study, and not even a single argument logically supporting the need for big river dams in State – yet, p

Clearly, it is disadvantage Assam in the tug of war over the big dam issue.

DHEMAJI: The anti-dam movement in Assam received a shot in the arm when Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Thursday said that construction of big dams in the region must be stopped “at any cost”.

The firebrand activist was addressing a public rally at Sauldhuaghat in Lakhimpur district. The rally was organized by six organizations, including the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), TMPK, AJYCP and AAMSU (R).

Even as there has been uproars on the safety aspects of the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) and the State Government is also maintaining a firm stand on the issue of con

Noted environmentalist Medha Patkar today declared that the water of river Subansiri belonged to the people living in its catchment areas and not to the corporate players and added that the movemen