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Construction of Large Dam Projects have many negative and positive impacts where, positive impacts are supply of water though canals, hydro electricity generation, flood control of rivers, pisciculture, navigation and recreation and some major negative impacts are the displacement, valuable land loss, forest loss, environment degradation and biodiversity depletion. Big River Valley Projects have effect towards climatic change, damage natural eco- system, high soil erosion and creates air and water pollution. Mega Projects facing big challenges in the ground of massive involuntarily displacement which causes movements and unrest by various Social Organizations, environmentalists, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), affected Indigenous People and Human Right Activists. The role of environment is not appreciated properly by the public decision-making process. No more river valley projects are considered as symbolic dogma and temple of growth of the nation. This research paper is an enquiry to investigate the major problems involved in Upper Kolab Multipurpose Dam Project. Only from the stock-taking of the project and secondary data collected from various institutions is processed and analyzed to deduce the inferences.