Sign water-sharing pact with China, Gogoi urges centre

A day after Beijing formally announced that it would start constructing a dam on the Tsangpo River that flows into Assam as Brahmaputra, state chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said he would request centre to sign a water-sharing treaty with China. Gogoi also informed reporters about the development regarding the ULFA cadres joining the mainstream and further hopes to start the initial talks very soon.