The Union home ministry on Tuesday appointed 1995-batch IPS officer Rajesh Kumar as the new director general of police (DGP) of Arunachal Pradesh, a day after he was prematurely repatriated from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to his parent cadre.
The project, envisioned as one of India’s largest hydropower initiatives, has faced sustained opposition from sections of the indigenous Adi community, particularly residents of the proposed project-affected areas. The opposition stems primarily from apprehensions over the submergence of ancestral villages, displacement, loss of agricultural land and forests, and the possible disruption of the community’s traditional way of life. The change comes at a time when a section of the tribal community in Arunachal Pradesh has been protesting against the proposed 11,200-megawatt multipurpose hydroelectric project on the Siang River, considered one of India’s largest.
