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 Chatra Parishad (AJYCP)on Thursday stopped a turbine at Lakhimpur town in eastern Assam while on transit to the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro-power Project of National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) being constructed at Gerukamukh in Dhemaji district of Assam bordering Arunachal Pradesh.