The anti-dam stir in Assam gained momentum Wednesday with activists blocking highways and burning effigies of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi after a fresh move was made to carry equipment to a site which, activists say, would impact downstream areas.
The protests were spurred following National Hydroelectric Power Corporation’s (NHPC) move to carry accessories to Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project at Gerukamukh.
Activists from All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) – a group opposed to mega dam – blocked highways and held agitations in Dhubri, Bongaigaon, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts.
The two organisations also burnt effigies of Gogoi in all four districts and said that more agitations would follow. Opposition parties in Assam – the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the BJP – also seem to be chalking out strategies to oppose the NHPC’s move ahead of the forthcoming session of the assembly scheduled Dec 1.
AGP publicity secretary Manoj Saikia accused Gogoi of hatching a conspiracy to secretly carry the equipment to the Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project.
The protests were spurred following National Hydroelectric Power Corporation’s (NHPC) move to carry accessories to Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project at Gerukamukh.
Activists from All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) – a group opposed to mega dam – blocked highways and held agitations in Dhubri, Bongaigaon, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts.
The two organisations also burnt effigies of Gogoi in all four districts and said that more agitations would follow. Opposition parties in Assam – the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the BJP – also seem to be chalking out strategies to oppose the NHPC’s move ahead of the forthcoming session of the assembly scheduled Dec 1.
AGP publicity secretary Manoj Saikia accused Gogoi of hatching a conspiracy to secretly carry the equipment to the Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project.