The central worry is that China's infrastructure capable of storing or regulating water could have consequences for the timing and volume of flows reaching. China is building a mega dam upstream. India wants an 11,000 MW dam on the Siang. Locals fear submergence, displacement and the loss of their river. Protests erupt in Arunachal Pradesh over the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project, as the Adi community raises displacement and seismic safety concerns.