AJYCP ups ante for Majuli protection
The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) has upped the ante for securing permanent protection of Majuli. The youth body has started a mass signature campaign in the river island since Wednesday, demanding the direct intervention of the Prime Minister in the matter. It has also rued the "neglect' of the State Government, the "false assurances' by the Centre and the failure of the Brahmaputra Board with regard to fighting the twin problems of floods and erosion in the subdivision. Office-bearers of the youth body claimed that they are receiving the support of all organizations based in the island during the signature campaign. The signature list will later be sent to the Prime Minister. With less than two months left for the rainy season to set in, the islanders have expressed serious dissatisfaction with the anti-projects being implemented by the Brahmaputra Board. The very existence of as many as two xatras has already been threated by the unabated erosion, the AJYCP members pointed out.