Guwahati, June 25 -- Hundreds of people on Tuesday staged a massive protest against the Assam government's proposed township project at Borduwar on Guwahati outskirts and a dam on the Kulsi River along the Meghalaya border.

The protest, organized by the Land Patta Demand Committee, took place at Borduwar Bagan playground under the Palashbari constituency. Demonstrators shouted slogans against the projects and refused to give up their land.

There is strong opposition to both the hydropower project at Ukiam and the satellite townships at Borduwar. The protesters held a large citizens' meeting where they voiced several demands: cancellation of satellite townships that would displace residents, issuance of land pattas (land titles) to indig...