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…
The Chinese foreign ministry defended its decision to give a green signal for the world’s largest dam on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, despite India and Bangladesh expressing their reservations, reported Times of India on Friday. On Friday, China assured us that their hydropower development in the lower reaches would not negatively affect the area….
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China will be constructing the world’s largest hydropower dam on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could impact India. The dam will be located in the lower reaches of Yarlung Zangbo, producing 300 billion kwh of electricity annually. Here are the concerns and implications of China’s Tibet dam project on India The dam…
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…