Massive Protest in Arunachal Pradesh! | Upper Siang Project | UPSC Current Affairs 2024

Local communities are protesting against the proposed 11,000-megawatt hydropower project on the Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh.

Set to be built by the NHPC, the Upper Siang hydropower project would entail the construction of a 300-metre high dam, the largest in the subcontinent, when completed.
This hydropower project is being projected as a strategic imperative to counter China’s hydel projects on the Tsangpo.

Environmental, and social concerns
It may destroy the state’s delicate ecosystems, wildlife habitats, and biodiversity.
Arunachal Pradesh already hosts numerous dams, and rivers have borne the burden of hydroelectric projects for years.

Siang river
It originates near Mount Kailash in Tibet, where it goes by the name of Tsangpo.
It traverses more than 1,000 km eastward, before forming a horseshoe bend around the Namcha Barwa peak, and enters Arunachal Pradesh as the Siang.
Further downstream, in Assam, the river becomes the Brahmaputra.

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