Stop Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project construction: AJYCP

Serial protest programmes against Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHP) have been rocking the district
Stop Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project construction: AJYCP

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LAKHIMPUR: Serial protest programmes against Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHP) have been rocking the district of Lakhimpur following the day when two guard walls, which were constructed in order to secure the Subansiri dam in the project, collapsed due to rain and landslide in the first week of the month of June.

On Wednesday, the Lakhimpur district body of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) once again took to the streets to protest against the ongoing 'secret' construction of the project by NHPC. The activists of the organization burnt the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in front of the Lakhimpur Deputy Commissioner's office demanding the closure of the project to save the bio-diversity and the people living in the Subansiri valley. The organization staged the protest programme with a slogan 'Stop the construction of SLHP or kill us'.

Taking part in the programme, AJYCP central committee assistant secretary Saurabh Das and Lakhimpur president Mondeep Neog slammed the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister, who once stood against Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, for their U-turn. They alleged that NHPC had secretly continued the construction works of the SLHP taking advantage of the novel coronavirus pandemic and lockdown situation and violated the recommendations of the expert committee, National Green Tribunal and the Supreme Court of India. "The BJP-led governments at the Centre and in the State have at present supported the NHPC in this regard, so that the power generating corporation could complete the project to push the Subansiri riverine people to the jaws of catastrophe," said Saurabh Das.

On the other hand, becoming vocal over the issue, AJYCP Lakhimpur secretary Jyoti Das said that NHPC could pass the vehicles transporting the Subansiri dam construction materials through Lakhimpur on Monday being escorted by police only because of the support of the governments.

"The State Government has enforced the night curfew just for the favour of the NHPC only, in the name of containing COVID-19 pandemic, so that the power generating corporation can easily transport the SLHP construction materials at night without facing any hurdles from the protesters. We will tolerate no move on the part of both governments and NHPC towards the completion of the controversial big river dam. We will initiate stir against it till the last drop of our blood," said Jyoti Das while leading the protest programme.

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