PoliticsPhoto: News18 WorldIndia's Siang Dam Project Faces Protests Amid China Hydropower Push
The proposed 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh aims to boost India's strategic water security and electricity generation amid China's 60,000-MW hydropower development upstream in Tibet. While the dam could regulate river flows and reduce floods, local protests highlight fears of displacement, ecological harm, and loss of ancestral land, underscoring tensions between national security and community concerns.
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