SUMP dialogue push: Khandu agrees in principle to reduce security deployment, withdraw FIRs

Itanagar, Oct. 13 -- Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has agreed in principle to proposals for reducing the deployment of security forces in the Siang Valley and withdrawing FIRs as confidence-building measures to facilitate dialogue over the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP).

Khandu announced the decision following an interactive meeting with the Adi Baane Kebang Youth Wing (ABKYW) and the Adi Students' union (AdiSU), along with Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, on the way forward for wider consultations and meaningful dialogue on the proposed project.

In a social media post soon after the meeting, the Chief Minister said he had received requests from the two organisations seeking a reduction in security deplo...