Beijing’s approval of a controversial mega dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which flows from Tibet autonomous region into India, has sparked concerns about the environmental impact of the project, as well as the effect it could have on China-India ties amid signs of a thaw between the two neighbours. The…
China has approved the construction of a huge hydroelectric dam in Tibet, which would be the world’s largest hydropower plant with triple the capacity of the current biggest operational project, the Three Gorges Dam, which is also in China. The Chinese government has now approved the construction of the new project in the lower reaches…
China has approved the construction of a colossal hydropower project on Tibet’s longest river that could generate three times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday. Total investment in the dam could exceed 1 trillion yuan (US$137 billion), which would dwarf any other single infrastructure project on the…