CCDD extends support to ACT movement

Shillong, Jun 29 (UNI) The Citizens Concern for Dams and Development (CCDD) today extended support and solidarity to the indefinite hunger strike called by the affected people of Dzongu led by the Affected Citizen of Teesta (ACT) against the construction of several proposed mega dams on the Teesta River in Sikkim.

CCDD, a platform in India's North East, has been spearheading the struggles against the construction of unsustainable dam projects like Mapithel Dam, Loktak Multipurpose Project, proposed Tipaimukh HEP and several other small and large dams in Manipur.

''The Affected Citizen of Teesta has taken the decision to intensify their campaign by resorting to hunger strike as a result of consistent denial by the Sikkim government to the repeated democratic call for justice by the affected people of Sikkim against the arbitrary sanctioning of several mega hydel power projects in the protected area of Dzongu,'' the CCDD said.

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