Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu has agreed in principle to reduce security deployment in the Siang Valley and withdraw FIRs linked to protests against the proposed 11,200 MW hydropower project.
YINGKIONG, September 30, 2026: Protests against the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) intensified across Upper Siang district on Wednesday as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu visited Yingkiong amid continuing opposition to the government’s proposed Pre-Feasibility Report (PFR) process. The Chief Minister’s two-day visit to Siang and Upper Siang districts coincided with strikes, road … Read more
The Siang River can be both a lifeline and a time bomb — and Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister wants people to understand the difference before it’s too late. Pema Khandu sat down with Community-Based Organisation (CBO) members, government officers and local officials at Yingkiong on September 30, and the conversation wasn’t about politics or projects. … Read more
They’ve had enough. The Adi Bane Kebang-United (ABK-U), the apex body of the Adi community in Arunachal Pradesh, has made its position crystal clear — the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) must go. Not be reviewed. Not be paused. Gone. At a press conference held at the Arunachal Press Club in Itanagar on Tuesday, … Read more
At the crack of dawn on July 27, while most of us were still asleep, two women from Arunachal Pradesh stood on top of one of the most brutal mountains in the Indian Himalayas — and the moment deserves a lot more noise than it’s getting. Rising Above — Literally January Tali from Yingkiong in … Read more
Six hundred voices, one promise. And it echoed across two districts of Arunachal Pradesh on the same day. A Pledge That Filled a Hall in Doimukh On Friday, students, teachers, and youth volunteers packed the Government Higher Secondary School in Doimukh for a drug awareness programme organised by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth … Read more
If you’ve ever pointed a camera at your village’s festival, your grandmother’s weaving hands, or a waterfall nobody else knows about — the government just put a price on that instinct. The Challenge Comes Home The district-level ‘Gems of India Challenge – National Creator Initiative’ was officially launched in Lohit district on Wednesday at the … Read more
