Fresh protests in Arunachal against project meant to counter Chinese dam risks

By our Special Correspondent

Hundreds of people took to the streets in three Arunachal Pradesh districts on Friday against the deployment of central paramilitary forces for surveys for a hydropower project on the Siang river at Beging in the state’s East Siang district. The government has maintained that the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) would counter the potential risks a mega Chinese hydropower project across the border on the same river poses.