中南
Ecological concerns focus on the inundation of an area that is the border of the Indo-Burma and South Central China biodiversity hotspot. The Mali and N'mai River confluence region falls within the Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rainforests. Nevertheless, the dam would increase the shipping capacity of Irrawaddy River. The floods, currently an annual occurrence, would only occur once every twenty years. Since hydropower is renewable and green energy, the energy produced by the dam would decrease the need for polluting sources of energy such as fossil fuels. The construction and the maintenance of the dam would employ a large number of people.