Flood situation still critical in Lakhimpur
The flood situation is still in a critical condition as the water of Ranganadi is flowing through the breached portions of its embankment in Bogoleejan, Jainpur and Aamtola. The worst affected areas
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NHPC’s bizarre goof branded an ‘insult’ to Assam
NHPC officials claimed that today’s discussion was an informal one. How can they say that a burning issue like the Lower Subansiri project can be informally discussed? The outcomes of talks on this issue
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Assessment of adaptations to floods through bottom up approach: a case of three agro climatic zones of Assam, India
To unearth the priorities in Assam to cope with floods effectively, the prime objective of this research study is on assessment of the adaptation measures, structural and non-structural, to floods in
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Dispur in fix over big dam - Govt will not hesitate to take action
Guwahati, Jan. 6: The Assam government may be caught in a Catch-22 situation over the anti-dam lobby’s sustained demand to stop work on the Lower Subansiri hydel project, but will not hesitate to crack
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Assam govt starts dialogue with anti-dam agitators
GUWAHATI: After they had succeeded in bringing the construction at the NHPC’s 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project at Gerukamukh in Dhemaji district of Assam, the anti-dam brigade comprising
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Assam Govt invites anti-big dam activists for talks
GUWAHATI: As the indefinite blockade in northern Assam against the NHPC dam site at Gerukamukh on Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border continued, the government today invited protestors as well as civil society
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Police fires to quell anti-dam protesters in Assam
CHAULDHOWA (ASSAM): Police fired in the air and burst teargas shells for the second day here on Tuesday to evict protesters demonstrating against the construction of a hydro-electric project at Lakhimpur,
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Arunachal districts facing scarcity of essential items
ITANAGAR: Three districts of Arunachal Pradesh have been facing acute shortage of essential commodities due to on going indefinite economic blockade. The agitation is spearheaded by Krishan Mukti Sangram Samiti(KMSS) in several parts of Assam in protest against the Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project (LSHP).
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Anti-dam protestors in Assam call bandh against police atrocities
GUWAHATI: Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) that is spearheading anti-mega dam protests in eastern Assam has called for indefinite bandh of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts from Tuesday (December 27)
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Crackdown on anti-mega dam protesters sparks violence in Assam
A late-night crackdown by the police and paramilitary forces on anti-mega dam protesters in Lakhimpur district triggered raging protests at several places in Assam on Monday. The police arrested more
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Movement against movement
Anti-dam protests in Assam grow louder GUWAHATI: A mass protest mobilized by anti-dam protestors from Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva