Sikkim green group announces “save Teesta” foot march
“We also want the Sikkim government to declare the stretch of the Teesta River between the Teesta Stage-V and Stage-III projects as a river sanctuary,” Mr. Lepcha said.He said the entire Teesta River Basin changed after the GLOF almost three years ago. “The earlier environmental studies no longer reflect the present conditions.
- ▪“We also want the Sikkim government to declare the stretch of the Teesta River between the Teesta Stage-V and Stage-III projects as a river sanctuary,” Mr.
- ▪Lepcha said.He said the entire Teesta River Basin changed after the GLOF almost three years ago.
- ▪“The earlier environmental studies no longer reflect the present conditions.
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GUWAHATI A Sikkim-based environmental group has announced a four-day foot march to draw attention to the need to protect the Teesta River from the adverse impact of a series of hydropower projects.The ‘Teesta Rights’ march by members of the Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) follows the July 20 disaster in a head race tunnel of an NHPC hydropower project in Sikkim’s Namchi district.The ACT’s Gyatso Lepcha told journalists in Gangtok on Thursday (July 23, 2026) that one of the key demands of the organisation is a fresh Environmental Impact Assessment and a Social Impact Assessment for all hydropower projects in the Teesta basin, including the NHPC’s 500-megawatt Teesta Stage-VI, where the “explosive release of suspected methane gas” killed at least 22 workers.He said the ACT has been…
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