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Tai Ahom body calls 12-hour Sivasagar bandh on Nov 6 over canal encroachment
Tai Ahom body calls 12-hour Sivasagar bandh on Nov 6 over canal encroachment
The Story in Brief
The All Tai Ahom Students’ Association has called a 12-hour bandh across Sivasagar district on November 6, protesting alleged encroachment on the historic Jamuna canal and accusing authorities of failing to act. The shutdown was announced after a scheduled meeting with the district administration reportedly fell through.
The association said it found the meeting was being conducted by an Additional Deputy Commissioner instead of the Deputy Commissioner, and that contractors were present. Questioning the ADC’s authority, representatives walked out and announced the bandh.
A member said the ancient water resource was being ‘looted and encroached upon’ and that neither the government nor the Sivasagar MLA had taken concrete steps. The association had given authorities two days to act before the meeting was called.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The bandh announcement escalates a local water-rights dispute into a public disruption in Sivasagar district. The association’s core grievance is not just encroachment but what it sees as administrative evasion: a meeting with an ADC instead of the DC, and contractors present, undermined the seriousness of the issue. The association has framed this as a failure of both the district administration and the local MLA. The next concrete step is the 12-hour bandh on 6 November, which will test whether the authorities resume talks at the DC level or the protest widens.
Source: assamtribune.com
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