Under pressure of the environmentalist groups, Gauhati University has been commissioned to study the downstream impact of the 2000 MW Subansiri (Lower) Hydroelectric Project.
The Brahmaputra is still flowing 67 cm above the danger mark of 93.03 metres in Matmora area of Lakhimpur district, even as the Mora Pagladiya river breached its right embankment at three places and its left embankment at one place in the Gobradal area of Nalbari district last night.
Ganges River dolphins (Platanista gangetica gangetica) occur in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River system primarily in India and Bangladesh. They are listed as Endangered by the IUCN due to a probable population decline of at least 50% over the last 50 years and projected future population declines. No quantitative estimates of abundance are available for the Ganges River
