BY MANOJ ANAND GUWAHATI July 18: The Assam government has urged the Union power ministry to include local scientists from the states while carrying out studies on the environmental impact of mega power-generating dam projects in the northeastern states. Speaking in the state Assembly on Friday, state power minister Pradyut Bordoloi said that there were genuine apprehensions in some districts about potential disasters posed by the large dams in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, especially in view of last month’s events in Lakhimpur district. The district had suffered heavy loss of life and property last month following flash floods caused by the release of a huge volume of water from a dam on the Ranganadi river in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh. Replying to a question by AGP MLA Brindawan Goswami, the minister said, "We are...
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