Statesman News ServiceGANGTOK June 29: The meeting between the state government and activists of the Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) ended inconclusively today, even as the hunger strike launched by the ACT activists to protest against the upcoming hydroelectric projects in the state entered its 10th day today.Although acting chief minister Mr DD Bhutia who …
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http://www.telegraphindia.com Gangtok: Tseten Lepcha, a former general secretary of the Congress and the chief coordinator of Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT), quit the party on Thursday. ACT activists are on a hunger strike for the last eight days against hydel projects in North Sikkim.
http://www.telegraphindia.com Gangtok: Dawa Lepcha, the general secretary of Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) who was leading an indefinite hunger strike here, was admitted to a hospital on Tuesday. ACT has been demanding scrapping of hydel projects coming up in North Sikkim’s Dzongu area. Doctors found ketone level of Lepcha, on a fast for the last …
http://www.telegraphindia.com Gangtok/Kalimpong, June 25: The first meeting between members of the Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) and the Sikkim government today failed to break the deadlock. The ACT members are on hunger strike for the past five days demanding that the government should immediately stop all the seven hydel power projects coming up at Dzongu …
http://www.telegraphindia.com Gangtok, June 24: Members of Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) have come down heavily on the ‘coercion, subjugation and administrative intimidation’ that the people of Dzongu are being subjected to. In a news conference yesterday, ACT members claimed that government functionaries were resorting to pressure tactics to gain support for the Teesta hydel power …
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