Guwahati, Nov. 3 -- A three-hour sit-in demonstration was held at Baithalangso in West Karbi Anglong on Tuesday, with indigenous organisations and community groups opposing two proposed pumped storage power projects in the district, demanding the unconditional release of indigenous land rights activist Pranab Doley and an early resolution of the long-pending boundary dispute.

The protest was organised jointly by the Autonomous People's Movement (APM), Duar Amla MAC Constituency Committee, All Tiwa Students' Union (ATSU), Karbi Students' and Youth Council (KSYC), and local tribal and indigenous communities.

The organisations submitted a memorandum to the Assam Chief Minister through the West Karbi Anglong deputy commissioner, demanding t...