Hydro-Territorial Colonisation? Advancing Large Dams in the Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh

The Siang River, known locally as Aane Siang (mother Siang) in Arunachal Pradesh, holds profound cultural and spiritual significance for the indigenous Adi community. This transboundary river originates in the Angsi glacier of Tibet and flows through Arunachal and Assam before entering Bangladesh. It is the anchor of the ecological, socio-economic, and cultural existence of the region’s indigenous communities.