India to build multipurpose reservoir in Arunachal Pradesh! Amid concerns over a major hydropower project being developed by China on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, India now plans to develop a multipurpose reservoir in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. Commissioner (Brahmaputra and Barak) in the Jal Shakti Ministry, T S Mehra was quoted in a PTI report saying that the multi-purpose 10,000 MW hydropower project is under consideration right now. According to Mehra, this hydropower project will help offset the impact of China’s hydropower project. It is being said that the proposed 9.2 BCM ‘Upper Siang’ project on the Siang river will be able to take the excess water discharge load and in case of any deficit, it can even store water.
