Licypriya reaches out to flood victims of Assam
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, June 27 2022: Showing her solidarity to the flood affected people of Assam, young climate activist Licypriya Kangujam has urged the Government to rethink their agenda of building mega dams in the North Eastern region.

Licypriya recently visited the flood affected areas of Hojai and Nagaon districts of Assam and distributed relief materials like dal, rice, salt, oil, wheat, onion and potatoes to the people.

Interacting with the young climate activist, a villager of Raha town in Nagaon district said that "Assam flood is an artificial flood.

The main cause is due to release of excess water from the dams constructed on the down- stream of Brahmaputra River and its tributaries.

We face flash floods like 3–4 times in a year whenever there is some rainfall in the hilly region.

Flood has now become a new normal.

"We have to reduce dams in the North Eastern region it is an ecologically very fragile region.

More dams means more floods.

In the next few years, the whole North East India will be submerged under the water", Licypriya warned.

She suggested "We can generate electricity from solar power projects instead of hydro power projects.

Let the river flow in its natural way.

It will save our planet and our future" .

Till today, Licypriya has extended help to over 100 families.

She is planning to reach out to Cachar district where flood is extreme at the moment.

Manipuri community of Assam like Guwahati Meira Paibi groups, Guwahati Manipuri Social Organization (GMSO), Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Hojai and All Assam Manipuri Students Association (AAMSU) accorded a warm welcome and felicitated Licypriya and gave their blessings for more success in her life.

Earlier as her train from Delhi to Guwahati was cancelled, she visited the Taj Mahal but she was shocked by the amount of plastic pollution in and around the precious monument of the country.

She came out and went to the backside of Taj Mahal near the bank of Yamuna River and held a placard writing "Behind the Beauty of Taj Mahal is plastic pollution''.

She clicked a picture there and tweeted the picture which went viral all over the world in a few hours.

This led to the cleaning of the premises of Taj Mahal and surrounding areas the next day after she exposed the dark side of the iconic monument.

The Agra Municipal Corporation imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh to the authority for their failure to sanitise the surrounding area of Taj Mahal.

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