Kherepe Meme gestures with her hand animatedly. She vividly remembers and describes the Great Assam Earthquake of 1950. The epicentre of this 8.6 magnitude earthquake…
Author: Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman
Researcher in International Relations and Politics, Development Studies and Borders, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Run Assam Run, Run from the ‘Run of the River’ Dams!
“Run for your lives, you cannot save your precious belongings, your houses from the raging floods! The ‘run of the river’ is faster and far more destructive than your own governments in New Delhi and Dispur, and the ‘hydro madmen’ keep offering false assurances about, all the time! Run, because public hearings are of no value and environmental impact assessments are mere token gestures!”
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