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🇮🇳🇨🇳⚡- Protests in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, turned violent over the past 24 hours, with demonstrators setting fire to an NHPC office and a police headquarters. The unrest was triggered by New Delhi’s decision to move forward with the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project, SUMP, a 11,200 MW hydroelectric project that has faced strong opposition from local groups since 2009. Protestors are demanding the release of detained activists and the withdrawal of Indian security personnel from the area. China, which claims the entirety of Arunachal Pradesh as part of its southern Tibet territory, has also strongly condemned the project.