Upper Hydroelectric Project News Today

​Since people in both Arunachal and Assam are heavily dependent on the Brahmaputra river for their quotidian water needs, the diversion of lean season flows will affect their day to day existence and the flora, fauna and the river ecology of the region. Large volume of water storage by China at the Great Bend Project could also lead to artificial floods during monsoon in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

Guwahati: Amid stiff opposition from people raising environment concerns, public sector hydropower company, the NHPC on Saturday signed a memorandum o.