Guwahati, Aug. 2 -- Environmental activists and civil society representatives from Uttarakhand and Northeast India have accused the central government of creating a climate of fear over China's dam on the Brahmaputra River to justify its own large-scale hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, activists urged the government to hold a dialogue with China to better understand the river's hydrology before moving forward with the project.

The proposed Siang Upper Multi-Purpose Project (SUMP) would involve building a 300-meter-high dam on the Siang River. This dam would submerge 27 villages and affect approximately 150,000 members of the Adi tribe.

The activists alleged that both the central an...