Anti-dam activist rejects Arunachal government’s invitation for talks, says time for negotiations is over

Katon Moyong, popularly known as ‘Abor Man’ and a prominent voice opposing the proposed 11,200-MW hydropower project in the Siang valley of Arunachal Pradesh, has rejected the State government’s offer of talks, saying the time for negotiations has passed. The engineer-turned-activist, whom the Delhi Police detained recently for protesting the project in the national capital, dismissed the government’s national security argument for building the dam on the Siang river as an attempt to overcome public resistance.