Overview

• Student unions led by AASU staged coordinated protests on July 19-20 in districts including Kamrup (Metro), Bijni, Nalbari, Biswanath Chariali and Dibrugarh to demand immediate irrigation support.
• Protesters accused Irrigation Minister Ashok Singhal of corruption, mismanagement and insufficient field expertise.
• AASU submitted a memorandum with four key demands for emergency water relief and systemic irrigation reforms to the Chief Minister.
• Farmers say tube-wells and machinery lie broken despite official claims of nearly 3,000 functioning schemes and recent infrastructure investments.
• The demonstrations highlight a widening divide between government irrigation statistics and the realities of parched fields during a monsoon shortfall.