New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- Shelved twice as it requires diversion of 1,165 hectares of 'luxuriant' forest land, the possibility of setting up the controversial 3097 megawatt (MW) Etalin hydroelectric project (HEP) in Arunanchal Pradesh's Dibang Valley is being explored again.
Despite bringing to its notice that the Rs 25,296-crore HEP has been proposed in the region enriched with flora and fauna -about 680 bird species have been recorded which is about 56 per cent of total bird species of the country - the Union Environment Ministry's expert committee on
forest clearances (FAC) has now set up a sub-committee to decide the fate of the project. The FAC had held clearance to the project twice in the past-in 2015 and then in 2017.
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