{"id":49167,"date":"2026-11-11T12:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T07:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49167"},"modified":"2026-11-11T14:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T09:20:40","slug":"dibang-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dibang-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Dibang River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dibang River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communities living downstream of a hydropower project on the Dibang River have stepped up the heat on the governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, with the latter already burning due to opposition to two other proposed mega dams. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dibang River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important <\/span><b>tributary of the Brahmaputra.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through the states of <\/span><b>Arunachal Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dibang Valley, a district of Arunachal Pradesh, is named after this river.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates near Keya Pass<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/india-china-border-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Indo-Chinese border<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Upper Dibang Valley district<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of<\/span><b> Arunachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The region all along the <\/span><b>upper course <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the river is located in the<\/span><b> Great Himalayan Mountain Range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with its <\/span><b>northern and eastern reaches bordering Tibet.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Cutting deep gorges through <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Mishmi Hill<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, it <\/span><b>enters the plains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Nizamghat (Bomjir) and <\/span><b>meets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Lohit and then the Dihang (Siang) River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near Sadiya in <\/span><b>Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, below which the<\/span><b> combined stream<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><b>known as the Brahmaputra.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stretches approximately <\/span><b>275 kilometers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from its origin in the Mishmi Hills to its confluence with the Brahmaputra River in Assam.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Major Tributaries: Dri, Mathun, Talon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Eme, Ahi, Emra, and Awa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important lifeline for the<\/span><b> Idu Mishmi tribal community<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, supporting their traditional lifestyle, agriculture, and fishing practices.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Dibang Multipurpose Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>flood control cum hydroelectric power project<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> planned to be developed on the <\/span><b>Dibang River in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At <\/span><b>2,880 MW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> installed capacity, it will be the<\/span><b> country\u2019s biggest hydropower facility.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is being developed by India\u2019s state-run<\/span><b> National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Project is designed as an energy storage project, with flood moderation as one of the key objectives, besides power generation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It involves the construction of a <\/span><b>278-metre-high concrete gravity dam, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is planned to be <\/span><b>India&#8217;s highest concrete gravity dam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dam is planned to be <\/span><b>constructed with the Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technique, and it <\/span><b>will be the highest RCC dam in the world.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/arunachal-pradesh\/opposition-builds-over-third-mega-dam-project-on-dibang-river\/article71686340.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dibang River is an important tributary of the 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