Concerns are growing in India over the environmental and seismic risks of building huge dams in the country's northeast region. Opponents have focused attention on the 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri Dam on the border of the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh states; if built as planned, the dam would be the country's largest hydroelectric project.
Opposing groups, who claim the megaproject could alter river flow or cause earthquake-inducing ground stresses, are seeking a two-year halt in construction while a new study of impacts is done. But earlier this month, government officials said work would continue despite the protests, according to published reports in India.