Amid Ongoing Siang Protests, In-Principle Forest Clearance Nod to Naying Hydroelectric Project; Over One Lakh Trees to Be Felled

The recommendation for in-principle forest clearance for the 1,000-MW Naying Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh comes amid escalating protests against large dam projects in the Siang river basin. With 470.8 hectares of forest land set to be diverted, compensatory afforestation proposed 1,700 kilometres away in Madhya Pradesh, and landowners rejecting NEEPCO’s compensation offer, the Naying […]