According to Hindu mythology, Parashuram, the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu, bathed in the river Lohit to wash his hands of the axe with which he killed his mother. That axe is now likely to fall on the pilgrimage spot– thanks to a proposed dam.Hindu groups in the Northeast want the Ministry of Environment and Forests not to clear the 1,750 MW Demwe Lower hydroelectric project on Lohit -- one of the...
