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Subansiri dam will wash away elephants crossing downstream

Guwahati: One thousand five hundred fifty-eight hectares of elephant habitat across the river Subansiri have been lost due to NHPC’s dam construction infrastructure, says a Wildlife Institute of India (WII) report. “Notwithstanding the potential impacts of the dam operations, major establishments of the NHPC have already caused considerable habitat loss for elephants and other wildlife. […]