Guwahati, Nov 2: The Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) staged a State-wide sit-in protest demanding an immediate halt to the construction of all large dams in Assam, including the ongoing Lower Subansiri hydropower project.

The organization warned that such projects pose a grave threat to Assam’s riverine civilization, culture, biodiversity, and ecological balance.

As part of the protest, every district unit of AJYCP observed a three-hour sit-in across Assam on Saturday. The organization warned that if the Centre fails to address the issue, it will launch an economic blockade against the Lower Subansiri project site at Gerukamukh on November 7.

The AJYCP said that the Lower Subansiri project has now completed its construction phase and started trial power generation, but

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