China looming, Arunachal hydel project under fresh protest shadow

Security beefed up, stringent law invoked to arrest protesters, as tribal community’s fears about loss of livelihood, way of life from the 11,200 MW project mount.Nearly a month after columns of security personnel moved into the Ugeng-Komkar area of the Siang valley in Arunachal Pradesh, to facilitate surveys and drilling for the pre-feasibility report of the proposed 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project, protests against it are refusing to die down.