Massive Protests In Assam After Landslide Hits Mega Power Project

This comes weeks after another disaster hit the Northeast - a dam breach in Sikkim following a glacial lake outburst caused massive flash floods and several deaths.

Massive protests have erupted in Assam after a massive landslide hit an under-construction dam in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, affecting a 2,000 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric project and reducing water flow in Assam's Subansiri river.

"We have already seen the adverse effect of dams in Sikkim, how it breached and so many people died. Now this sudden reduction of water in Subansiri has made us worried, we don't sleep the entire night since we live beside the river," one of the protesting villagers, Deben Dutta, told NDTV.

Another protesting villager Maya Nath said, "We are worried, suddenly there might be a huge rush of water, we are keeping a constant watch on the river, we are not sending children to school, we have kept boats prepared, we are in panic mode".