Villagers along the Kulsi River on the Assam–Meghalaya border can't see what the proposed dam would mean for their own village.
Villagers along the Kulsi River on the Assam–Meghalaya border
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The problem, broken down
- Who it hurts
- Bodo, Garo, Khasi and Rabha villagers in West Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) and Kamrup (Assam) who live near the proposed Kulsi dam site.
- The moment
- Hearing that a 62-metre dam is planned upstream or downstream, without knowing whether their land, fields or homes fall in the area it would affect.
- What people do today
- Villagers rely on rallies, a joint protection committee and their traditional chiefs, while the project's details sit in a detailed project report costed at 2017 prices.
- Why it's unsolved
- The project spans two States and a disputed boundary, its documents are technical and not shared village by village, and villagers want local communities and traditional institutions consulted before the project goes ahead.
- What solved looks like
- A public, plain-language page for the Kulsi project with a map of the dam site, the area it would submerge or irrigate and the 46 villages named as affected, the key figures from the project report, and a record of every consultation and consent required, in Khasi, Garo, Bodo, Assamese and English.
Evidence
Every claim is tied to the source it comes from- 1In June 2025, Assam and Meghalaya announced a 55-megawatt hydropower-cum-irrigation project on the Kulsi, a natural habitat of the endangered Gangetic dolphin, on the Assam–Meghalaya border about 80 km southwest of Guwahati.
- 2On October 8, 2026, more than 2,000 people from the Bodo, Garo, Khasi and Rabha communities gathered at Ukiam to renew their opposition to the project.
- 3The president of the Assam-Meghalaya Joint Protection Committee said the proposed 62-metre-high dam would affect 46 villages across the two States.
- 4Projects involving land in Meghalaya require no-objection certificates from the traditional chiefs, and three chiefs said they would not grant consent for this project.
- 5The Ministry of Jal Shakti says the project would irrigate about 26,000 hectares and mitigate floods; the Brahmaputra Board estimated its cost at ₹1,454.95 crore at June 2017 price levels.
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In June 2025, Assam and Meghalaya announced a 55-megawatt hydropower-cum-irrigation project on the Kulsi, a natural habitat of the endangered Gangetic dolphin, on the Assam–Meghalaya border about 80 km southwest of Guwahati. On October 8, 2026, more than 2,000 people from the Bodo, Garo, Khasi and Rabha communities gathered at Ukiam to renew their opposition to the project. The president of the Assam-Meghalaya Joint Protection Committee said the proposed 62-metre-high dam would affect 46 villages across the two States. Projects involving land in Meghalaya require no-objection certificates from the traditional chiefs, and three chiefs said they would not grant consent for this project. The Ministry of Jal Shakti says the project would irrigate about 26,000 hectares and mitigate floods; the Brahmaputra Board estimated its cost at ₹1,454.95 crore at June 2017 price levels.
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- The Hindu: Assam, Meghalaya villagers join hands to oppose States' joint hydropower project (Oct 2026) ↗Who it touches · High confidence2,000 people“On October 8, 2026, more than 2,000 people from the Bodo, Garo, Khasi and Rabha communities gathered at Ukiam to renew their opposition to the project.”
- The Hindu: Assam, Meghalaya villagers join hands to oppose States' joint hydropower project (Oct 2026) ↗What it costs · High confidence₹1,454.95 crore“The Ministry of Jal Shakti says the project would irrigate about 26,000 hectares and mitigate floods; the Brahmaputra Board estimated its cost at ₹1,454.95 crore at June 2017 price levels.”
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