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Mahesh

04/06/22 08:08 AM IST

Etalin hydel

In News 
  • Wildlife scientists and conservationists in Arunachal Pradesh flagged threats to local biodiversity from the proposed Etalin hydroelectric project.
About Hydel Project 
  • The dam is located in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley.
  • It is proposed to be developed as a combination of two run-of-the-river schemes and involves the construction of concrete gravity dams on the Tangon and Dri rivers.
  • The project area falls under the “richest bio-geographical province of the Himalayan zone” and “one of the mega biodiversity hotspots of the world”.
  • The 3,097-megawatt hydroelectric project will require diversion of 1,165.66 hectares of forest land and felling of more than 280,000 trees in the area. 
Source- Down to earth 

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