Understanding Anti-large Dam Movement in Northeast India :: MRF Seminar
- Date :: 14 January, 2011
MANIPUR RESEARCH FORUM- Date :: 14 January, 2011
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MRF Seminar
State Vs People: Understanding Anti-large Dam Movement in Northeast India
Speaker
Chandan Sharma
(Tezpur University)
Abstract
The policy of the GOI to turn northeast into 'India's Future Powerhouse' by generating massive amount of hydel power from almost all its perennial rivers has led to widespread protests in the region.
These protests are based on the apprehension that this 'development' initiative of the government would spell disaster to the river ecosystem and the livelihood and cultural heritage of millions of people of the region. The fact that the region is seismically very active and ecologically fragile has further fuelled the public protest.
Although the protests are witnessed in all the affected states of the region, here I will mainly confine myself to the movement that has seized the Brahmaputra valley of Assam in the last few years.
Venue: Room No. 105, SSS-II, JNU, New Delhi
Date: 14 January, 2011
Time: 3:30 pm
All are cordially invited.
Sd/-
Dr. Atom Sunil Singh
Seminar Convener
Manipur Research Forum (MRF)
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