The ruling Congress Government in Assam has come under severe criticism for its dithering on the expert panel report that suggested complete halt of all construction works of the ongoing Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project site at Gerukamukh.
The 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power project, being implemented by the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) is scheduled for completion in 2012.
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.
ITANAGAR, May 16: Raising a demand for transparency in the execution of the 1600 MW Subansiri Middle Power Project on Kamla River near Tamen village in the Lower Subansiri district, the Subansiri Middle Power Project Local Implementation Committee (SuMPPLIC) has insisted the State Government to come out with a White Paper on the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed between it and the Jindal Power
ITANAGAR, May 13: The All Tam Socio-Economic Welfare Association (ATSEWA) has opposed the hydro project proposed on the Kamla river in Kamporijo circle of Lower Subansiri district claiming that it would submerge the Chumring Talung area upstream in Kurung Kumey district that consists of several important historical places related to forefathers Abu Gangdu and Abu Gangha of the Tam and Biki clans.
Two mega hydroelectric power projects of National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) have come under the scanner of a House Committee of Assam Assembly that has recommended a temporary freeze on construction activity.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, who arrived in Itanagar Friday morning after cutting short his four-day maiden visit to Arunachal Pradesh due to inclement weather, failed to make it to Tawang on the China border.
