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| North-east hunger strikers warned |
| The government in India's Himalayan state of Sikkim has threatened to move against tribes people who have been on a hunger strike for 40 days.
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| INDIA
, 3-August-2007
2:38:32 AM |
| The tribes people have been protesting against the proposed construction of a dam for a hydro-electric project.
It is proposed to be located at Dzongu, which is designated as special reserve for indigenous Lepcha tribes people in the state, close to the Chinese border.
The dam will be one of the many to be constructed on the Teesta river.
Large dams have recently become a subject of controversy in India.
A Sikkimese organisation, Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT), has been sponsoring the hunger strike to oppose the proposed construction of 280mw Panan hydro-electric project at Dzongu in northern Sikkim.
"Either they should withdraw the fast or we will be compelled to move against them," Sikkim Chief Secretary N Chingapa told local journalists.
Worsened
The Lepchas and the Bhutias are the indigenous tribes of the erstwhile princely state of Sikkim that was merged into India under controversial circumstances in 1975.
But ethnic Nepalis now constitute the majority in the state.
Doctors say the condition of two of those on fast, Dawa Lepcha and Tenzing Lepcha, has worsened and they have been admitted to a hospital.
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