Itanagar: The Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh has reportedly turned muddy all of a sudden indicating construction activities by China in upstream locations.
This has turned out to be a major concern living downstream.
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As per reports, the river turned muddy/turbid three days ago.
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As per the official, the change in colour or the mud in the water is unnatural as there has been no rain in the recent past.
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The authorities are now monitoring the situation but the primary reason has been termed to be some construction activities on the Chinese part of the river.
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In China, the river is called Yarlung Tsangpo and it is suspected that there might be earth-cutting over it which has turned out to be a major concern now.
Another cause may be landslides in Upper Stream but nothing can be said till a proper investigation is done.