India, June 25 -- On June 24, the Poosa area of Arunachal Pradesh's Keyi Panyor district woke up to horror. A huge gush of water washed away houses of the NEEPCO (North Eastern Electric Power Corporation ltd.) colony and nearby Poosa village under the Yazali circle.

The NEEPCO colony is the residential complex for officials of the Panyor Lower Hydroelectric project, known as the Ranganadi dam in local parlance. News came flashing about the horrific incident with speculation about cloud bursts as well as release of heavy water through the dam gates.

Cloud burst, dam or other unseen factors?

Dams or hydroelectric power projects have been an issue of serious concern in Northeast India, with wide scale resistance against them. Massive prot...