New Delhi, June 11 -- The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has given its "in-principle" approval to Etalin Hydropower Project (3097 MW) on Dri and Talo rivers in Arunachal Pradesh's Dibang Valley, a "high conservation value area" , according to minutes of FAC's meeting on May 26. FAC is a statutory body under the Union environment ministry. High conservation value areas are natural habitats of significant importance due to their high biological, ecological, social or cultural worth. FAC has also approved, in principle, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd's plan to divert 313.88 ha. of unclassed forest for construction of Tato-II Hydro Electric Project (700 MW) on Siyom river and deferred a decision on the diversion of 261.53 ha of u...