NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Dec 16 – The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and several other organisations opposing the construction of the mega dam over river Subansiri in Gerukamukh today blocked vehilces carrying construction materials to the NHPC worksite on the outskirts of North Lakhimpur.

ITANAGAR: Acute shortage of water in the source river has affected power generation capacity in Ranganadi Hydro-Electric Power Plant (RHEP), at Yazali in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh.

The lone power station of central sector in the state is operating partially for just five hours a day, an official communique said here today.

GUWAHATI: The issue of mega dams has been raised in the Assam Assembly by former Chief Minister and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.

ITANAGAR, Jan 17

Dispur has decided to create a corpus fund of Rs 100 crore in order to incorporate the suggestions made by the expert committee on mega dams on the downstream impact.

The government

At a time when different political parties and organizations of Assam are launching movements against construction of mega dams, the Government of Arunachal Pradesh is mounting pressure on the Centre for getting necessary clearance for setting up of 132 hydropower projects.

Highly-placed sources in the Ministry of Environment and Forests told The Assam Tribune that the Government of Arunachal P

GUWAHATI, Sept 5

 LAKHIMPUR, Aug 23

Its only link to the outside world, the Anini-Roing road, having been hit by landslides at several places, Dibang Valley district in eastern Arunachal Pradesh has remained cut off from the rest of the world for more than six weeks now. The district shares 200 km of international border with China.

LAKHIMPUR, May 31