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Call to harness NE water resources
Assam Tribune | Guwahati, June 27, 2011
An imaginative action plan is required to harness the water resources of North East India for long-term economic gains. The endeavour, in due time, would also open up job opportunities for more than 20 lakh people.
In the absence of such an approach, water resources have not been duly tapped and apart from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh more than half the population of the other states do not have access to safe drinking water.
This has been stated by Ranjit Barthakur, who recently published a document on using local natural assets for the development of North East India.
He asserts that time has come to think of developing river ports in some key areas along the Brahmaputra and Barak to facilitate movement of vessels on the rivers. He says, "The impact of developing Inland Water Transport on the two rivers through 119 terminals will create around 21 lakh jobs besides leading to capital formation estimated at Rs 90,000 crore.”
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