A New Delhi-based tribal rights group has asked the Arunachal Pradesh government to reject a move by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) that paved the way for a 2,880 MW hydropower project.
In February, the Centre approved the Dibang Multipurpose Project (MPP) on the Dibang River to be developed by the National Hydro Power Corporation Limited at an estimated investment of ₹1,600 crore. If completed, it will be India’s largest and the world’s tallest concrete gravity dam standing 288 metres tall.
The project would not be in the interest of the indigenous communities of the State’s Lower Dibang Valley district, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) said in a letter to Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Chief Secretary Dharmendra on Wednesday.
