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Tsering Dhundup
DHARAMSHALA, Aug 27: India has raised alarm over China’s planned construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet, warning that the project could reduce water flows of the Brahmaputra River by as much as 85% during the dry season, according to a government analysis and four sources familiar with the matter. The findings, corroborated by Reuters, have prompted New Delhi to fast-track its own mega-dam in Arunachal Pradesh as a strategic countermeasure.
The concerns, laid out in a confidential government report, mark the first time the potential scale of impact from Beijing’s project has been revealed. In December, China announced plans for the $170 billion hydropower dam in Medog County, Tibet, on the Yarlung Tsangpo just before it enters India as the Siang and later becomes the Brahmaputra. Work reportedly b...
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