Amid growing concerns over China's plans to construct the "world's largest dam" on Brahmaputra, experts from India and Bhutan have voiced serious reservations about the project, warning of environmental and geopolitical risks.
Experts from different countries have expressed deep concern at the 'International Seminar on Ensuring Water Security, Ecological Integrity, and Disaster Resilience' over China's proposed "Great Bend Dam" on the Yarlung Tsangpo which is known as Brahmaputra in Tibet.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Arunachal Pradesh Tapir Gao expressed concern over China's domination in Tibet and said that what China is doing on its Tibet site will be devastating for the entire Northeast, not only Assam, Arunachal Pradesh or Bangladesh.
BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh, Tapir Gao on Tuesday raised serious concerns over China's proposed construction of the "Great Bend Dam" on the Yarlung Tsangpo River, warning that the dam's impact will severely affect the downstream regions of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and the broader North
Global experts have expressed deep concern over China's proposed "Great Bend Dam" by China on Yarlung Tsangpo, as Brahmaputra is known in Tibet, during a seminar held in Guwahati on Tuesday.
In a written response to a query in the Rajya Sabha, Kirti Vardhan Singh said that the government is monitoring all developments related to the river and taking necessary measures to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of Indian citizens living in downstream areas.
Phuntsok Tobgyal, the UN Advocacy Officer at the Office of Tibet in Geneva, raised serious concerns about the environmental and social impacts of China's proposed Metok Dam during the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), as reported by Tibet.net.
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China's construction and operation of dams has sparked controversy as building river dams and artificial reservoirs causes "irreversible modification of natural landscapes" and "such extensive interfeence can even increase the risk of earthquakes, according to The Institute for Security and
Speaking at the inaugural function of a seminar titled 'Environment and Security' in Itanagar at the Dorjee Khandu Auditorium Hall of the state Legislative Assembly, the Chief Minister drew attention of all stakeholders towards the Chinese plan to construct the world's largest hydropower
Soon after China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower project on the Brahmaputra river, also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, the Tibetan experts in-exile have said that it will have multiple implications not only for India but for many other South Asian countrie