Dibang Multipurpose Project

Why in news?

• National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed the case it took up suo motu on the grant of forest clearance for the 3000-MW Dibang hydel project without meeting the precondition of declaring a National Park.
• The NGT did so after it was informed by Arunachal Pradesh that the local people are not willing to part away their land for the declaration of National Park.

About Dibang Multipurpose Project:

• Dibang Multipurpose Project is a hydropower cum flood moderation project proposed on Dibang River (a tributary of Brahmaputra) in the Lower Dibang Valley District of Arunachal Pradesh.
• The dam site is located about 1.5 km upstream of the confluence of Ashu Pani and Dibang rivers and about 43 km from Roing, District Headquarter.
• The project would moderate flooding in the areas downstream of the Dibang Dam during the entire monsoon period.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Dibang Multipurpose Project, recently seen in news, is proposed to be built on which of the following basin?

(a) Ganga

(b) Godavari

(c) Brahmaputra

(d) Krishna

                       C

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