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3 Mar 2009

Author:
Utpal Bhaskar, Livemint.com [India]

Public hearing on Dibang hydropower project this month [India]

A public hearing for the 3,000MW Dibang hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh...to be built by state-run NHPC Ltd...couldn’t be held due to local disturbances...The hearing has been postponed three times...“R&R (rehabilitation and resettlement) is a vexing issue for a majority of big hydel projects in the country. R&R is a question of implementation and some sensitivity on the part of the government can resolve this,” said K. Ramanathan...[of[...The Energy and Resources Institute.