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Namani Subansiri Bandhbirudhi Sangrami Okyamancha (NSBSO) will stage a demonstration before Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal when he visits North Lakhimpur on Monday.

NSBSO is an umbrella organization of various bodies opposing the Lower Subansiri Hydro-Electric Power Project (LSHEP) at Gerukamukh.

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In a release issued to the media on Friday, the NSBO said, โ€œNational Hydro-electrical Power Corporation (NHPC)โ€™s decision to restart the dam construction is condemnable.โ€

โ€œIt would pose a threat to downstream areas of Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Majuli,โ€ the release added.

NSBSO was referring to the stand taken by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on hydro-electric projects in the state.

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Khandu recently scrapped 22 hydro-electrical power projects in the state citing safety reasons.

โ€œAssam CM should also follow the footsteps of Pema Khandu for the interest of people and scrap LSHEP,โ€ it added.

Farhana Ahmed is Northeast Now Correspondent in North Lakhimpur. She can be reached at: [email protected]