Kulsi hydropower project, Gangetic dolphin habitat and an interstate boundary dispute
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- Assam and Meghalaya plan a 55-MW hydropower-cum-irrigation project on the Kulsi, a tributary of the Brahmaputra and habitat of the endangered Gangetic dolphin.
- More than 2,000 Bodo, Garo, Khasi and Rabha residents gathered at Ukiam to oppose the project and formed the Assam-Meghalaya Joint Protection Committee in 2025.
- The proposed site lies about 80 km southwest of Guwahati at the confluence of the Dron, Shree and Dilma rivers, which form the Kulsi.
- The site is near Borduar and Langpih, two of six disputed Assam–Meghalaya border sectors; traditional chiefs said projects involving Meghalaya land require their no-objection certificates.
- exam_relevance: tests the exact river ecology, endangered Gangetic dolphin habitat, federal consent problem and unresolved six-sector Assam–Meghalaya boundary context in one project-specific case.
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