While considering the accordance of forest clearance for 750 MW Tawang-I and 750 MW Tawang-II projects, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, (MoEF and CC) asked the Government of Arunachal Pradesh to conduct a study on Tawang river basin with the following objectives: To assess the impact of thirteen hydro-electric projects planned in the basin, ancillary industries/activities, including influx of migrant workers, displacement of local ST population etc., on local ecology and biodiversity; To assess the ecological water flow at different places along Tawang river and its tributaries; To prepare a biodiversity management plan at the landscape level for the river basin; To prepare a 15-20 years perspective plan for the cumulative development of the Tawang river basin; and To assess carrying capacity of Tawang river basin.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/report-tawang-river-basin-study-cumulative-impact-assessment-proposed-hydel-power
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-k-barik
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/north-eastern-hill-university-1
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-basin
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tawang-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arunachal
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-impact-assessment-eia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carrying-capacity
