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UWAHATI: To counter the Opposition charging chief minister Tarun Gogoi with ignoring encroachment by Nagaland, the state government on Wednesday
said Assam will not part with even an inch of land.
Amidst escalating tension along the Assam-Nagaland border over allega-tions of encroachment on Assam land by Nagas in the Bihubar area of Sivasagar district, government spokesperson and industry minister Pradyut Bordoloi said, "We will not give an inch of land to anyone. However, Na-galand is not our enemy. It is our neighbour and we share historical and cultural ties with them."
He added, "Nagaland government is in touch with us. We must be re-sponsible and must refrain from doing something which will disturb the peace in the area."
AGP has criticized chief minister Tarun Gogoi for being in US at a time when the state's lands were being "encroached" and farmers of the state are reeling under draught.
Bordoloi said neutral forces posted along the Assam-Nagaland border were keeping vigil. There are 57 border outposts along the 434-km inter-state border with Nagaland. For the movement of troops, motorcycles and other vehicles have been provided, he added.
AGP has also alleged that the PMO has also chosen to remain silent de-spite having intelligence inputs about encroachment on Assam's land by Nagaland. The opposition party has submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking a permanent settlement of the inter-state boundary dispute.
The government spokesman said with dry spell turning reservoirs dry, the state is facing a peak-hour power deficit of 200 MW daily. The peak hour demand of power in the state has increased from 700 MW in 2005 to 900MW in the current year.
"Assam used to get 125 MW from the National Thermal Power Corpora-tion (NTPC) Corporation. However, as the PSU is facing shortage, we are only getting 60 MW of power," he said.
He added that power projects were not being able to generate power up to capacity due to scanty rain-fall. Assam has faced a rainfall deficit of 33 percent this year, he said.
The minister said the state government has drawn a contingency plan for the winter seasons. "We will have to buy power as most of the reservoirs go dry during the December-March period. Nearly 75 per cent of the state's power comes from the hydel source and 25 percent from thermal plants."
UWAHATI: To counter the Opposition charging chief minister Tarun Gogoi with ignoring encroachment by Nagaland, the state government on Wednesday
said Assam will not part with even an inch of land.
Amidst escalating tension along the Assam-Nagaland border over allega-tions of encroachment on Assam land by Nagas in the Bihubar area of Sivasagar district, government spokesperson and industry minister Pradyut Bordoloi said, "We will not give an inch of land to anyone. However, Na-galand is not our enemy. It is our neighbour and we share historical and cultural ties with them."
He added, "Nagaland government is in touch with us. We must be re-sponsible and must refrain from doing something which will disturb the peace in the area."
AGP has criticized chief minister Tarun Gogoi for being in US at a time when the state's lands were being "encroached" and farmers of the state are reeling under draught.
Bordoloi said neutral forces posted along the Assam-Nagaland border were keeping vigil. There are 57 border outposts along the 434-km inter-state border with Nagaland. For the movement of troops, motorcycles and other vehicles have been provided, he added.
AGP has also alleged that the PMO has also chosen to remain silent de-spite having intelligence inputs about encroachment on Assam's land by Nagaland. The opposition party has submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking a permanent settlement of the inter-state boundary dispute.
The government spokesman said with dry spell turning reservoirs dry, the state is facing a peak-hour power deficit of 200 MW daily. The peak hour demand of power in the state has increased from 700 MW in 2005 to 900MW in the current year.
"Assam used to get 125 MW from the National Thermal Power Corpora-tion (NTPC) Corporation. However, as the PSU is facing shortage, we are only getting 60 MW of power," he said.
He added that power projects were not being able to generate power up to capacity due to scanty rain-fall. Assam has faced a rainfall deficit of 33 percent this year, he said.
The minister said the state government has drawn a contingency plan for the winter seasons. "We will have to buy power as most of the reservoirs go dry during the December-March period. Nearly 75 per cent of the state's power comes from the hydel source and 25 percent from thermal plants."
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