Indigenous Protest Targets India’s Largest Planned Dam — SkimNews
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- Indigenous people in Arunachal Pradesh are protesting a massive dam planned for their remote eastern Himalayan state.
- India is planning the country’s largest dam, with the proposed project located in Arunachal Pradesh.
- China’s colossal upstream hydropower project is the stated reason for the Indian dam, which is planned to counter it.
- Al Jazeera reports that protesters said the mega dam threatens their ancestral lands, culture and livelihoods.
Why it matters: India’s largest planned dam is justified by the need to counter China’s upstream hydropower project, but Indigenous residents identify three specific stakes: ancestral lands, culture and livelihoods. The tension is therefore concrete rather than abstract: the project’s scale is national, while the stated consequences are local to Arunachal Pradesh.
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