Re: [Assam] Clarion call to the Premiers of China and India :Please....

2010-12-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
*** You are absolutely on the mark here, Uttam. On Dec 19, 2010, at 9:56 AM, uttam borthakur wrote: > Rajen Da: > > Illuminating, because, it was succinct. > > Chandan Da's elaboration of the "logarithmic scale" would put the fear of god > into the uninitiated now:-) > > He, and proba

Re: [Assam] Clarion call to the Premiers of China and India :Please....

2010-12-19 Thread uttam borthakur
Rajen Da:   Illuminating, because, it was succinct.   Chandan Da's elaboration of the "logarithmic scale" would put the fear of god into the uninitiated now:-)   He, and probably you, highlighted earlier that while KMSS followers are relying on their leaders in their campaign, we, in this forum

Re: [Assam] Clarion call to the Premiers of China and India :Please do not obstruct the free flowing Brahmaputra

2010-12-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
dia are following. However, > for a democratic country like India, > all democratic processes need to be followed with full transparencies to > alleviate all ecological and humanitarian concerns and to justify any > projects. > Besides, for an under developed region like the Nort

Re: [Assam] Clarion call to the Premiers of China and India :Please do not obstruct the free flowing Brahmaputra

2010-12-18 Thread Rajen Barua
2010 > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:27:21 +0530 > From: uttambortha...@yahoo.co.in > To: assam@assamnet.org > Subject: Re: [Assam] Clarion call to the Premiers of China and India :Please > do not obstruct the free flowing Brahmaputra > > > > Chandan Da: Thanks f

Re: [Assam] Clarion call to the Premiers of China and India :Please do not obstruct the free flowing Brahmaputra

2010-12-18 Thread uttam borthakur
    Chandan Da: Thanks for your views on this point. For me, it is a very balanced and reasonable view. These are issues that are not easy to get a good handle on Uttam. I don't necessarily believe ANY govt.'s claims on such matters. They are, at best, half-truths. Having said that, if we loo

Re: [Assam] Clarion call to the Premiers of China and India :Please do not obstruct the free flowing Brahmaputra

2010-12-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
These are issues that are not easy to get a good handle on Uttam. I don't necessarily believe ANY govt.'s claims on such matters. They are, at best, half-truths. Having said that, if we look at the Chinese acknowledgement that they are making a "run-of-the-river" hydropower "tunnel", it does NO

Re: [Assam] Clarion call to the Premiers of China and India :Please do not obstruct the free flowing Brahmaputra

2010-12-17 Thread uttam borthakur
Chandan Da,   I do not have the temerity to question MM on the technical aspect; I am simply not qualified to do that. But there is this story of China making a tunnel to divert Tsang Po: and it is very difficult to rely on the Chinese statements of denial, because, initially they were even deny

Re: [Assam] Clarion call to the Premiers of China and India :Please do not obstruct the free flowing Brahmaputra

2010-12-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
I agree with your analysis here Uttam. But it is also true that China cannot really do serious damage to the Brahmaputra water flow, precisely because of the scientific reason explained by mm. MM's China bias notwithstanding, Indian designs on the waters of Arunachal is the REAl threat Assam an

Re: [Assam] Clarion call to the Premiers of China and India :Please do not obstruct the free flowing Brahmaputra

2010-12-17 Thread uttam borthakur
Mahanta Da,       In the last response, you had stated that owners/ builders of the Mega Dam are not concerned about a monster dam being felled by an earth-quake, because, the owner is Indian Government and it is not concerned about it, as the money spent is only paper-currency. I ha