A vociferous protest against big dams reaches its crucial stage when union environment minister Jairam Ramesh was greeted with protest as he was arriving in Guwahti for a public hearing on the NHPC owned big dam in Arunachal Pradesh.
As the Union minister started the public hearing at Machkhowa, ITA, hundreds of local organizations and political parties approached him to register stiff protest again the on going construction of the big dam in Gerukamukh by NHPC in the name of the lower Subansiri hydel project. Citing the expert panel report, these parties and organisations have told the minister that the big dam might spell an ecological disaster for the people in down stream areas.
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--Lame Excuse by NHPC CMD S.K. Garg--
Despite strident protests in Assam with environmental concerns over construction of mega dams, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Chairman-cum-Managing Director S.K. Garg says that the project builders plan to commission three units in March 2012 and the remaining five units by December 2012. This is because Rs 4000 crore of the Rs 9000 crore project has been utilized. That means 40% of the expenses have been made. But is this a reason enough to sacrifice environment and the population of downstream areas which cannot be compensated even if the Indian central government bring all the riches in the world. When land is lost, existence is lost. When existence is lost, the very right to our natural habitat is lost.
In the devastating floods caused by the Tehri dam in Uttarakhand, the central government has promised a package of Rs 500 crore to the state government. That means every year there will be floods, the Indian government will dole out Rs 500 crore. So, within 8 years, Rs 4000 crore will have to be shelved out. If this is the economics involved, Rs 4000 crore is nothing for a rich country like India where many politicians and ministers have pocketed hundreds and thousands of crores. So, the justification of Rs 4000 crore by S.K. Garg sounds to be a lame excuse to keep the industrial corporations who fund the elections happy and satisfied.
Two Indian Air Force pilots managed to escape from a major tragedy when their fighter plane cashed and ravaged at Goriapathar area in Sivasagar district on Wednesday morning. It was MiG 21 was completely ravaged in the incident. According to information, it was a case of technical snag that forced flight lieutenant Nanda and Squandron leader Sapnadwip Singh to go for emergency landing by parachutes on the ground.The incident took place at Konwargaon No 2 at Tengapukhuri Goriapathar area under Mathurapur police station at around 10-45 in the morning. The local residents got wind of the incident as they came to hear a huge sound in the sky and saw two persons coming down. Immediately after...
Two persons died and twelve others have been injured when a Tata Safari collided its head on an ASTC bus last night at Alomganj area in Karimganj district of south Assam. According to information, the accident took place at around 1-40 late last night when the Tata safari bound for Narengi from Tamarhat carrying some brick kiln workers had a head-on collision with a speeding ASTC bus bearing No AS-20/0779. Two persons did on the spot while the 12 injured persons have been shifted to the Dhubri Hospital. The reasons are not immediately known.
Hours before the Assam government came with a statement holding NDFB and ULFA responsible for the serial blast, the United Liberation Front of Asom has pinned blamed on the Sangh Parivar for the serial blasts in Assam where over 85 people have lost their limbs.In a statement by ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, the proscribed outfit called Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sharma as an agent of RSS and thus tried to hold him responsible for the serial blast. Denying any link with the jihadi outfits in Bangladesh, Rajkhowa maintained that killing of Assamese people is never the philosophy of the outfit and that they have been opposing religious fundamentalism in all form.Rajkhowa said Sharma...
After being confirmed that NDFB was involved in the recent serial blast in Assam, security forces have been cordoning off an NDFB designated camp in Darrang district since Monday.According to information, it is being done by the police and army to prevent any movement of the cadres who have been in the designate camp. The camps has come under the scanner after a tip off that the ultras, who were involved in the serial blasts, could be hiding there.The camp in Udalguri is kept under watch and is being cordoned off since Monday. There were reports that the cadres of the Bodo militant outfit have been indulging in acts of violation of the ground rules of the ceasefire agreement with the...
Its confirm. Both NDFB and ULFA were behind the serial blast that rocked the state on Octobe 30 in Assam with a toll of 84 people.An official statement of the Assam government has made it plain that involvement of some active members of National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) has come to light during the course of investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT).According to the SIT report, the involvement of ULFA in the conspiracy of carrying out the serial blasts in the state has also come to the fore during investigation.The government claims that there has been "significant progress with regard to the investigation", the government said "the main culprits who have...
It will be apt to mention in the beginning that a comparison between Obama and Mayawati (Dalit woman Chief Minister of UP state in India) is not very appropriate because there is a world of difference between their personalities and deeds. But some over enthusiastic followers of Mayawati have started comparing them and are spreading the dictum that "if Obama can do it why cannot she?" They have started projecting her as the future Prime Minister of India. As such it becomes necessary to make an attempt to make a comparison between Obama and Mayawati.The first point of comparison between Obama and Mayawati is their social background. Obama is an African-American. His father was black...
Undeterred by a scorching heat people thronged in thousands at the Latashil Playground on Tuesday and participated in a protest rally organized by the All Assam Students Union to take a solemn vow to end terrorism. These people were taking out a procession on the city streets to send a strong message against the terrorist forces who have been mongering troubles for years. With banners in their hands, they shouted slogans against the terrorist and also against the Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the state saying them the mother of all troubles. Notably, hundreds of people are coming even from the outskirt of the city by bus to participate in the rally. The death of over eighty people in...
An internationally renowned classical dancer and choreographer, Janak Khendry will attend the Guest of the Month program of Guwahati Press Club on November 15 (Saturday) at 2 pm. Trained extensively in three distinct dance styles of Indian classical dances namely Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Manipuri, Khendry will interact with the journalists during the program. Born in India and now a Canadian citizen, Khendry has performed around the glob in thousand occasions during the last four decades. Khendry's forte is in choreographing works based on very rare philosophical subjects that have never been attempted as dance works, blending several different Indian classical dance styles and creating a...
During the last one decade, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been witness to many climatic changes. Eastern Uttar Pradesh has faced severe floods, while Bundelkhand region has faced one of the worst famines of the last decade. Thus, the impact of climate change has adversely affected agricultural production resulting in huge loss of paddy and corn crops in eastern districts and regional crops in Bundelkhand. Climate-related disasters have brought widespread misery and huge economic losses to Uttar Pradesh, adversely affecting public health, food security, agriculture, water resources and biodiversity in the state.Floods are the most common annual occurrences in Uttar Pradesh, affecting one...
Its final. The One-Dayer International between India and England will be holding in Guwahati as per schedule.The cricket board (BCCI) has ruled out shifting the Guwahati one-dayer between India and England during the upcoming seven-match series, beginning on November 14.The recent bomb blasts in three cities of Assam had made the schedule a doubtful one over the sixth match, scheduled for Guwahati on November 29.Earlier a private TV channel had reported that the match may be shifted to Mohali. But a BCCI official said there were no plans to make any change in the tour itinerary. He said the tour will go on as per schedule.
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