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Rejected by experts, Dibang hydro project gets green nod

Once built fully, it will wipe clean 4,577 hectares of forest, homeland to a small community of 12,000 Idu Mishmis

Subhayan Chakraborty Business Standard New Delhi
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India's largest hydroelectric project has been given all the requisite clearances by the environment ministry in spite of repeated rejections by its own experts. The 3,000-Mw Dibang river valley mega
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First Published: Jun 24 2015 | 1:33 AM IST

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