Overview

• Residents of Assam–Meghalaya border villages have intensified protests against the Kulsi hydropower and irrigation project, organizing rallies and awareness meetings in Ukiam and neighbouring areas.
• The Assam and Meghalaya Joint Resistance Committee, chaired by social activist Rajani Boro, has mobilized women and youth and launched outreach campaigns to highlight ecological and livelihood risks.
• Committee leaders submitted a memorandum to Meghalaya’s chief minister, Conrad Sangma, demanding immediate cancellation of the 55 MW dam project over seismic vulnerability and threats to fisheries and farming.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma reiterated on June 29 that the project, estimated at ₹1,454.95 crore, would remain on hold unless residents formally register their disapproval in writing.
• Residents expressed dismay that elected officials, including Chhaygaon MLA Rekibuddin Ahmed and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, have not visited the protest region.