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    Sikkim disaster: A wake-up call to fix accountability for ecological damage 

    Should a Rs 13,000 crore hydroelectric power project which took two decades to build in an ecologically sensitive glacial region have been allowed to come up, critically without climate adaptation features? 

    Subir Roy
    October 09, 2023 / 09:52 IST
    Sikkim disaster: A wake-up call to fix accountability for ecological damage 

    Not just experts but the local Lepchas—the indigenous people of the region--who are ultimately left holding the baby have a negative view of hydroelectric projects and the dams that go with them

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