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July 12, 2026Geoforum0 citationsOpen Access

Impact of Hydropower Dams on Infrastructural Violence in Northeast India

How do blood and water flow together? Hydropower dams perpetuating fear and violence in northeast India

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SVSumit VijHNHilde Nijland

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Qualitative study explores the psychological effects of hydropower projects on local communities in northeast India, highlighting the urgency for infrastructural justice.

Key Points

  • This research investigates how hydropower dams contribute to infrastructural violence and fear among communities in northeast India.
  • Employed qualitative research methodology with in-depth interviews.
  • Engaged activists, environmental lawyers, journalists, and local communities near dam projects.
  • Focused on various hydropower projects in the Brahmaputra River Basin.
  • Perpetuated fear central to psychological violence relating to displacement and dam failure.
  • State brutality against resistance exacerbates community fears.
  • Findings urge a renewal of infrastructural justice undermined by nation-building efforts.

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Vij et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a532e624f7abc118adeca84https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2026.104761
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