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Blood on the Banks of the Siang: Protests Turn Violent as CRPF Clashes With Locals Over Controversial Mega Dam Project

Blood on the Banks of the Siang: Protests Turn Violent as CRPF Clashes With Locals Over Controversial Mega Dam Project

Clashes at Riga and Ugeng leave CRPF personnel — including an Assistant Commandant — and protesters seriously injured. The Siang is boiling, and not just with water. There is something quietly devastating about watching a river community go to war to protect the very land their ancestors named. On Sunday, October 5, that quiet desperation … Read more

Rights Group Stands With Siang Communities: “Protect Our Ancestral Land”

Rights Group Stands With Siang Communities: “Protect Our Ancestral Land”

A human rights organisation has done something that rarely happens in Arunachal Pradesh’s development debates — it has openly sided with the people over the project. The Human Rights of Arunachal (HRA) on Thursday threw its weight behind the ongoing protests against the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), calling on the state government to … Read more