Chronology of Subansiri Movement -The Decade Long Struggle Continues against the LSHEP
Chronology of Subansiri Movement The Decade Long Struggle Continues against the LSHEP -Monoj Gogoi - gmonoj@gmail.com The strength of the protest against the construction of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd’s 2000MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP), which is under construction at Gerukamukh on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, reached such a height today that it could halt the entire construction works of the project for over a year. In December 2011; the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad(AJYCP), Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) and few other organizations jointly launched an NHPC’s construction materials blockade programme at Pahumara near Ranganadi bridge in North Lakhimpur district and turned the movement violent immediately after the pre dawn crackdown of December 16,2011, in which the security forces brutally attacked the anti-dam agitators participating in the blockade programme. The fla