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How a hydropower project threatens the wildlife of Arunachal Pradesh

Published : Oct 19, 2023 11:00 IST - 6 MINS READ In 2012, the 1,750-megawatt Lower Demwe hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh received a highly contentious wildlife clearance. It will directly impact the Ganges river dolphin, at least two critically endangered bird species, the Bengal florican, and the white-bellied heron and also impact Parshuram Kund, a Hindu pilgrimage site. Highlights …

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Arunachal Pradesh government plans to build 50 mini hydropower projects along border with China

The Arunachal Pradesh government has launched an ambitious plan to build 50 mini hydropower projects along the border with China for electrification of remote villages that are facing challenges of poor connectivity and mountainous terrain. Under the 'Golden Jubilee Border Village Illumination Programme', these 50 micro, mini and small hydropower projects of 10–100 Kilowatt capacity are being built at an …

Arunachal Pradesh farmers’ body rejects 10,000 MW hydropower plan on Siang River

Two Arunachal Pradesh-based organisations, including a farmers’ collective, have asked the State Government to scrap a deal for executing a proposed 10,000 MW hydropower project on the Siang River. Accusing the State Government of inking a deal with the National Hydropower Power Corporation for the mega-dam without taking the local people into confidence, Siang Indigenous Farmers’ Forum and the Indigenous …

Concerns over China’s proposed 60,000 MW hydropower in Medog, Tibet are influencing the design of a proposed hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district. Still only in the planning stage, a ‘pre-feasibility report’ on the 11,000 MW project, or more than five times the size of the largest such projects in India – has been submitted to the Central …

Mega dams in Arunachal Pradesh a threat to its environment and people

Published : Oct 20, 2022 10:40 IST The Dibang river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, is central to the belief systems of the Idu Mishmis, a small indigenous community of Dibang Valley, which is a biodiversity hotspot in the north-easternmost corner of Arunachal Pradesh. Etalin is just one of the many hydropower projects proposed in Arunachal Pradesh, which, with its …

The People’s Party of Arunachal has slammed the BJP Government in the State for not taking any action against power developers who failed to commission hydroelectric projects despite deadlines set in the memoranda of agreements. The PPA, the only regional party in Arunachal Pradesh, has asked the Pema Khandu-led government to review the status of these power projects and take …

The tragic death of nine tourists in a landslip in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh is another pointer to the fragility of the ecology of the Himalayan States. What should worry Himachal, and neighbouring Uttarakhand, is that the States may be entering a phase of irreversible decline because of losses to their ecology; frequent landslides may become inevitable. Mega hydropower, …

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Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh staring at negative impacts of altered land use

After nine people lost their life in a landslip in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district, a debate surrounding the degradation of environment in this ecological sensitive hill terrain is bound to gain momentum, even as a recent study suggests that both hydropower projects and compensatory afforestation plantations, carried out in lieu of the forest land diverted for hydropower projects in the …

Recent developments not far from the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh are worrying. In a communiqué released during the sessions of the National People’s Congress in early March in Beijing, the Communist Party of China reiterated that according to the 14th Five-Year Plan and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035, adopted by China’s top legislature: “The construction of key …

Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved ₹1,810 crore investment for 210 megawatt Luhri stage-I hydropower project on river Satluj in Shimla &Kullu districts of Himachal Pradesh. "Himachal Pradesh will benefit with free power worth around ₹1,140 crore from Luhri stage-I hydro-electric project, during project life cycle of 40 years," the statement said. Cabinet has given its approval for signing a Memorandum …