Central forces to be deployed to study Arunachal hydel project locals oppose
Hindustan TimesThe Central Armed Police Forces will be deployed in Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh to aid surveyors to conduct pre-feasibility report of the 12,500 MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project, officials said- a move opposed by local residents over concerns displacement and environmental impact. The Central Armed Police Forces will aid surveyors to conduct pre-feasibility report of the 12,500 MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project. “I am directed to inform you that a team of CAPF is expected to be stationed Riew village in the purview of conduct of PFR regarding the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project in the succeeding week,” said the letter issued by Siang deputy commissioner PN Thungon, which HT has seen. The project will be detrimental to the people and the ecology of the region,” said Bhanu Tatak, legal adviser of Siang Indigenous Farmer’s Forum, one of the groups opposing the project.
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