Shillong, July 4 -- Amid growing anger against the proposed 55-MW Kulsi hydropower-cum-irrigation project on the Kulsi river, Meghalaya Power Minister Abu Taher Mondal said all stakeholders would be taken into confidence while implementing the project.
The proposed hydroelectric project, planned jointly by the governments of Assam and Meghalaya on the Kulsi river, is being opposed by tribal communities, citing adverse impact on the environment, livelihood and the natural habitat of the endangered Gangetic river dolphin.
The Kulsi is a small tributary of the Brahmaputra that flows down from the Khir river in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district to Assam's Kamrup district.
"All stakeholders will be taken into confidence while implementin...