The Brahmaputra basin, one of India’s most fragile ecological zones, is under fresh assault. In a reckless “dam race” with China, the Indian government is pushing massive hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh, displacing indigenous communities and threatening the river’s ecology. Villagers say, “We don’t want to go elsewhere”, but governments and corporations ignore their cries. Instead of protecting vulnerable lives, the state chooses to gamble with floods, earthquakes, and ecological collapse—all to serve corporate power producers and geopolitical chest-thumping. This is not development; it is destruction packaged as progress. The Brahmaputra, a lifeline for millions, is being strangled in the name of national interest while ordinary people pay the price.
Dam Wars on the Brahmaputra: People’s Lives Sacrificed for Geopolitical Games
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