MISGIVINGS STILL PERSIST IN ASSAM
Barun Das Gupta
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05-10-2010 10:51 GMT-0000
KOLKATA: North-East India has a vast and untapped potential of hydro-power, estimated at 35,000 MW. For decades, it had been a constant grievance of the people of the area that the government was doing nothing to tap it which could usher in prosperity to this backward region. But the people have since grown wise. Now that the first steps are being taken to harness this power, strong opposition is growing, from Arunachal Pradesh in the north to Mizoram in the south, to the construction of mega dams. In Sikkim also there is a demand for scrapping the Lethang hydel project coming up at Yuksam.