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| owner = [[NHPC Limited]]
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| plant_turbines = 12 x 250 [[megawatt|MW]] [[Francis turbine|Francis-type]]
| plant_capacity = 2880 MW<ref>{{cite web|title=Features|url=http://www.nhpcindia.com/Projects/English/Scripts/Prj_Features.aspx?Vid=31|publisher=NHPC|accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref>
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The '''Dibang Dam''' is a planned concrete [[gravity dam]], located in the [[Lower Dibang Valley District]] in [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[India]]. If constructed,<ref>[http://www.processregister.com/Dibang_Power/Project/pid22003.htm Dibang Power Project]. ProcessRegister.com. Retrieved 16 June 2013.</ref> it will be India's largest dam and the world's tallest [[Dam#Gravity dams|concrete gravity dam]], standing {{convert|288|m|ft}} tall. The Dibang Dam is expected to provide up to 3,000 [[megawatt]]s of [[hydroelectric]] power and will also assist with [[flood control]] in the Dibang Valley.<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/2008/01/31235804/Dibang-hydroelectric-project-y.html "Dibang Hydroelectric project yet to get nod"]. ''Live Mint''. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2013.</ref>

==History==
The foundation stone for the dam was laid on 31 January 2008 by Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]]. Construction on the project, however, has yet to begin. In 2013, the [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|Ministry of Environment and Forests]] rejected the project's application but [[NHPC Limited]] resubmitted it in 2014. The dam has also been under intense local and international opposition to its tentative negative environmental impacts and forced relocations of Idu Mishmi tribal peoples.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140421/jsp/northeast/story_18261953.jsp#.U3lUhvldWSo | title=Fresh shot at Dibang dam | publisher=The Telegraph - India | date=21 April 2014 | accessdate=18 May 2014}}</ref>

The [[Modi government]] gave a renewed go-ahead for the project in 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Pisharoty|first=Sangeeta Barooah|date=22 July 2019|title=Explainer {{!}} The Controversy Surrounding Dibang Dam, India's Largest Hydropower Project|url=https://thewire.in/government/dibang-dam-arunachal-pradesh-hydropower-project|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-16|website=The Wire}}</ref> The main purpose of the project will be flood control and electricity generation.<ref name=":0" /> As of 2020, work was not progressing on either of the two major dam projects in the Assam region, the Dibang and the [[Subansiri Lower Dam|Lower Subansiri]].<ref name="ncAssam">{{cite news|last1=Talukdar|first1=Sandipan|date=Nov 28, 2018|title=Big Dams in Arunachal-Assam Border likely to Resume Work after NGT Green Signal|publisher=NewsClick|url=https://www.newsclick.in/big-dams-arunachal-assam-border-likely-resume-work-after-ngt-green-signal|accessdate=27 December 2018}}</ref><ref>Aggarwal, M., 2019. Hydropower: Dibang Dam Approval And Dam Safety. ''Mongabay-India.'' Available at: https://india.mongabay.com/2019/07/hydropower-projects-come-back-in-focus-with-dibang-dam-push-and-the-dam-safety-bill (Accessed 18 September 2020).</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nhpcindia.com/Projects/English/Scripts/Prj_Introduction.aspx?vid=31 Dibang Project] at NHPC

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Dibang Dam - Revision history

>DiplomatTesterMan at 13:58, 16 June 2021