Re: [Assam] High Dams in Arunachal and Assam

2010-12-09 Thread uttam borthakur
I have read somewhere, either in this forum or in Friends of Assam, a person (probably Apurba Bora) from California has narrated his own first hand experience in respect of a smaller dam generating 25MW in Ca. Beside other problems, entire fauna of the down stream area vanished. It would take

Re: [Assam] High Dams in Arunachal and Assam

2010-12-09 Thread Chan Mahanta
On Dec 9, 2010, at 11:02 AM, uttam borthakur wrote: I have read somewhere, either in this forum or in Friends of Assam, a person (probably Apurba Bora) from California has narrated his own first hand experience in respect of a smaller dam generating 25MW in Ca. Beside other problems,

Re: [Assam] High Dams in Arunachal and Assam

2010-12-07 Thread Chan Mahanta
On Dec 6, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Jyotirmoy Sharma wrote: My knowledge on this subject is limited. But it does not take a great deal of knowledge to understand what a dam burst( due to an earthquake ) will do to Assam. Add to it the submergence of forest land, relocation of people, destruction of

Re: [Assam] High Dams in Arunachal and Assam

2010-12-07 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
What is the best way to resolve the flood problem of Assam? From: cmaha...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:06:15 -0600 To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] High Dams in Arunachal and Assam On Dec 6, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Jyotirmoy Sharma wrote: My knowledge on this subject

Re: [Assam] High Dams in Arunachal and Assam

2010-12-06 Thread Jyotirmoy Sharma
My knowledge on this subject is limited. But it does not take a great deal of knowledge to understand what a dam burst( due to an earthquake ) will do to Assam. Add to it the submergence of forest land, relocation of people, destruction of the already depleting forest resources of the region. The

Re: [Assam] High Dams in Arunachal and Assam

2010-12-04 Thread Rajen Barua
Rajen From: cmaha...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:54:14 -0600 To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] High Dams in Arunachal and Assam Assam is going thru a period of deep turmoil once again, this time in opposition to the proposed high dam on the Subansiri ( LSHEP

[Assam] High Dams in Arunachal and Assam

2010-12-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Assam is going thru a period of deep turmoil once again, this time in opposition to the proposed high dam on the Subansiri ( LSHEP) and RIGHTLY so. Assamnetters are arguably some of Assam's most educated and informed and are a significant part its intelligentsia, be it in Assam or away. But