23 May 2020



 A group of experts has panned a ‘flawed’ conservation plan by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) that could pave the way for a mega hydroelectric project in an ecologically fragile part of Arunachal Pradesh.

The flaws, they said, include overlooking several endemic species of flora and fauna, reporting animals not found in Asia, transporting butterflies from elsewhere in India and ignoring the WII’s own report on the existence of the Royal Bengal tiger in Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh.

The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Environment Ministry on April 23 accepted the WII Wildlife Conservation Plan for the impact zone of the 3097 MW Etalin Hydroelectric Project “in toto”.

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