Anticipating the threat of “water wars” owing to the Chinese dams being built around the Northeast borders, India has initiated an 11,000-megawatt hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri. This is the biggest hydroelectric project in the country so far, the Times of India reported.
As per government sources, the main cause behind the rising concern in India is the 60,000-megawatt Chinese project planned at the borders of Arunachal on Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra).
“India too needs its counter-contingency plans on a mission mode, which is why the Arunachal Pradesh projects are being expedited,” a senior government official told the publication.
