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India Plans Mega-dam To Counter China Water Fears

The Siang river on which the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), a proposed hydroelectric mega-dam project, is planned in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India (Credit: AFP)

On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water.

India says the proposed new structure could counteract rival China's building of a likely record-breaking dam upstream in Tibet by stockpiling water and guarding against releases of weaponised torrents.

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