Aasu urges Centre to stop Subansiri work

Guwahati: The All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) has appealed to the Centre and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to stop construction of the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric project after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the students' body that opinion of experts in Assam would be respected while executing any future work on the controversial project.
General secretary of Aasu Lurinjyoti Gogoi on Friday said the Centre and NHPC must abide by Modi's assurance or they would face resistance from anti-dam protesters. "Expert-to-expert talks and construction cannot go on simultaneously. Opinions of experts from Assam who are opposed to the dam must be respected. We appeal to the Centre to not break our trust," he said.
Gogoi added that the Centre and NHPC should stop all construction on the dam till experts assessed the downstream impact of the project.
A few days ago, Aasu activists blocked movement of trucks to the site and threatened to resume the anti-dam agitation after Magh Bihu.