No "Cumulative Impact" for a project that has & will impact the entire 150-odd kilometre length of the whole Teesta River Valley, affecting everything that lies downstream in a snow-river's wake?!!!! The MoEFCC must have proper and independent experts’ appraisals for such hazardous proposals.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/expansion-of-hydro-projects-without-changes-in-key-design-exempted-from-cumulative-impact-assessments-101739040481506.html?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ht_site

Over 10 years ago, the National Hydropower Corporation (NPC) had assured that there was no threat to the Teesta III project, but it has seen two major disasters. Local populations have opposed the project because of safety issues and the likely impact on the environment. No consultations have been held with them as is mandated in the case of such projects. The Himalayas are the world’s youngest mountains. They are still forming and are unstable, with climate change multiplying the risks. Any infrastructure project in the region needs the highest level of scrutiny. That does not seem to have gone into the Teesta project, in spite of warnings and disastrous past experiences.

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/editorial/new-dam-old-warnings-3393904

(Photo credit: PTI. Road along the Teesta flooded by swollen river.)