Dam of contention: Workers at the construction site of the Dibang Multi-purpose Hydroelectric Project on the Dibang River, in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. — AFP
On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam – India’s latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water.
India says the proposed new structure could counteract rival China’s building of a likely record-breaking dam upstream in Tibet by stockpiling water and guarding against releases of weaponised torrents.
