China's plan to build dams along a contested border with India is raising tensions
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China's plan to build dams along a contested border with India is raising tensions

NPR  

China's plan to build dams along a contested border with India is raising tensions China is planning to build a series of enormous hydropower dams. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Georgetown University professor Mark Giordano about the project and its effect on Sino-Indian relations. GIORDANO: The area where this dam is built on the Tibetan Plateau borders the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China still calls Southern Tibet. One of the advantages for China building this dam, as well as the other dams it has on the Tibetan Plateau, is it's putting roads, it's putting cities, it's putting infrastructure into the Tibetan Plateau right up against the Indian border, helping it with its own territorial claims.

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India on alert regarding China's proposed dam on Brahmaputra: Rajnath Singh
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1 day, 15 hours ago

India on alert regarding China's proposed dam on Brahmaputra: Rajnath Singh

The Hindu  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the government is on alert regarding China's plan to construct a mega dam on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, close to its border with India. Days after China announced its plan to construct the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra, India said it will continue to monitor and take necessary measures to protect …

Rajnath reacts to China's proposed dam on Brahmaputra: ‘Will take measures to protect India’s interest’
1 day, 18 hours ago

Rajnath reacts to China's proposed dam on Brahmaputra: ‘Will take measures to protect India’s interest’

India TV News  

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reacted to China's proposed dam on Brahmaputra and said the Central government is on alert regarding China's plan to construct a mega dam on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, close to its border with India. The reaction came days after China announced its plan to construct the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra, and India …

Why China wants control over a vital Indian resource
2 days, 18 hours ago

Why China wants control over a vital Indian resource

India Today  

India and China, already at odds over various geopolitical and territorial issues, could soon face a new frontier of conflict—water. A massive $137 billion dam that China plans to construct on the Brahmaputra River has sparked fresh concerns in India, highlighting a long-standing fear of water being weaponised. With its control over the river’s origin, China can manipulate water flow, …

World's biggest dam over Brahmaputra will not impact water flows to India: China
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3 days, 7 hours ago

World's biggest dam over Brahmaputra will not impact water flows to India: China

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: China on Monday reiterated its plan to build the world's biggest dam over the Brahmaputra River in Tibet near the Indian border, saying the planned project has gone through rigorous scientific verification and will not have any negative impact on downstream countries India and Bangladesh. China's construction of the hydropower project over in the Yarlung Tsangpo River downstream has …

China claims its world's biggest dam over Brahmaputra won't affect water flow to India
Top News
3 days, 18 hours ago

China claims its world's biggest dam over Brahmaputra won't affect water flow to India

India TV News  

Beijing: China on Monday reiterated its plan to build the world's biggest dam over the Brahmaputra River in Tibet near the Indian border, saying the planned project has gone through rigorous scientific verification and will not have any negative impact on downstream countries -- India and Bangladesh. China's construction of the hydropower project over in the Yarlung Tsangpo River downstream …

India's reminder to China over Brahmaputra Dam: Activities upstream shouldn't harm downstream states' interest
4 days, 18 hours ago

India's reminder to China over Brahmaputra Dam: Activities upstream shouldn't harm downstream states' interest

India TV News  

Days after China announced the construction of the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra River, India has responded by saying that it will 'protect its interests'. New Delhi also sent a reminder to Beijing asserting its rights to the waters of the river while seeking transparency over China's mega construction plan in the environmentally sensitive Himalayan zone in Tibet. Indian …

India flags concern over China’s mega dam plan
5 days, 23 hours ago

India flags concern over China’s mega dam plan

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi India on Friday flagged its concern about China’s plan to build a mega dam on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra river and the creation of two counties in an illegally occupied section of Ladakh, with the external affairs ministry saying these matters have been formally taken up with Beijing. India flags concern over China’s mega dam plan …

India redflags China’s mega dam plan in Tibet, 2 new counties in occupied Ladakh
6 days, 4 hours ago

India redflags China’s mega dam plan in Tibet, 2 new counties in occupied Ladakh

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India on Friday flagged its concerns about China’s plan to build a mega-dam on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra river and the creation of two counties in an illegally occupied section of Ladakh, with the external affairs ministry saying these matters had been formally taken up with Beijing. External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal referred to a …

The dangers of China’s planned megadam
6 days, 16 hours ago

The dangers of China’s planned megadam

Live Mint  

China is giving the world a dubious gift. The Great Bend hydroelectric project, which would sit on China’s contested border with India, would inflame tensions between the two giants and aggravate other South Asian nations. The ambitious new complex would have three times the power-generating capacity of the world’s current largest hydropower project—the Three Gorges Dam on China’s Yangtze River. …

Will China's Massive Dam Project Spark A Water War With India?
1 week, 3 days ago

Will China's Massive Dam Project Spark A Water War With India?

India Today  

China’s controversial plan to construct the world’s largest dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet is raising alarm bells in India, as tensions between the two nations escalate. Beijing claims that the ambitious project is primarily for energy generation, but experts are concerned that it could drastically disrupt the river’s water flow, sparking a potential water crisis for millions downstream. …

Why India, Bangladesh must worry about China's mega Brahmaputra dam
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1 week, 3 days ago

Why India, Bangladesh must worry about China's mega Brahmaputra dam

India Today  

China’s decision to construct the world’s ‘largest’ dam on the Brahmaputra river, locally known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, is a transformative moment in hydropower engineering. However, the dam also underscores China’s geopolitical aspirations, raising concerns about its impact on downstream countries like India and Bangladesh. By harnessing the hydropower potential of the Brahmaputra, the project is expected to …

Siang project not just for generating power but mitigating flood risks posed by China: Arunachal CM
1 week, 4 days ago

Siang project not just for generating power but mitigating flood risks posed by China: Arunachal CM

Hindustan Times  

Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project, estimated to cost ₹1.13 lakh crore, was being planned by the Centre not just for generating electricity but to maintain the natural flow of the river all year round and mitigate risks of flooding if China released excess water. Siang project not just for generating power but …

China defends plan to build world's largest dam over Brahmaputra River in Tibet; says will not affect lower reaches
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1 week, 6 days ago

China defends plan to build world's largest dam over Brahmaputra River in Tibet; says will not affect lower reaches

The Hindu  

China on Friday defended its plan to build the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, saying the project will not “negatively affect” lower riparian states and that safety issues have been addressed through decades of studies. She said China’s hydropower development in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo river aims to speed up the development of …

China Plans Dam Near India That Could Be World’s Biggest
1 week, 6 days ago

China Plans Dam Near India That Could Be World’s Biggest

Live Mint  

-- Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing. China is pressing ahead with plans to construct a mega-dam near its contested border with India, a colossal undertaking that could generate three times as much power as the Three Gorges Dam. The dam could become a source of tension between …

China approves construction of world’s largest dam on Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet
1 week, 6 days ago

China approves construction of world’s largest dam on Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet

Op India  

In what could be a significant cause of concern for India, China has reportedly approved what would be the world’s largest hydroelectric project on Tibet’s longest river Yarlung Tsangpo. The world’s largest hydropower dam with an estimated cost of 1 trillion yuan would be built in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which becomes Siang in India’s Arunachal …

India concerned as China approves world’s largest dam in Tibet
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2 weeks ago

India concerned as China approves world’s largest dam in Tibet

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China has approved the construction …

China gives go-ahead to construction of world's largest dam over Brahmaputra river: Will it impact India?
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2 weeks ago

China gives go-ahead to construction of world's largest dam over Brahmaputra river: Will it impact India?

India TV News  

In what can be seen as a major infrastructural push in the Himalayan topography, China has given a go-ahead to the construction of the world's largest dam, dubbed the planet's biggest infra project, on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet close to the Indian border. Impact on India The announcement is likely to raise concerns in the neighbourhood as the dam …

China plans to build world's largest dam on Brahmaputra near India border
2 weeks ago

China plans to build world's largest dam on Brahmaputra near India border

India Today  

China has approved the construction of the world's largest dam, stated to be the planet's biggest infra project costing USD 137 billion, on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet close to the Indian border, raising concerns in riparian states - India and Bangladesh. The Chinese government has approved the construction of a hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung …

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding
1 month, 1 week ago

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding

China Daily  

Editor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Twenty-one years after the switch being flicked on at the world's largest hydroelectric power project at the Three Gorges Dam in Central China's Hubei province, millions of terawatts …

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding
1 month, 1 week ago

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding

China Daily  

Editor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Twenty-one years after the switch being flicked on at the world's largest hydroelectric power project at the Three Gorges Dam in Central China's Hubei province, millions of terawatts …

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding
1 month, 1 week ago

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding

China Daily  

Editor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Twenty-one years after the switch being flicked on at the world's largest hydroelectric power project at the Three Gorges Dam in Central China's Hubei province, millions of terawatts …

India’s plan to build hydropower plants in the Himalayas angers China
5 months, 4 weeks ago

India’s plan to build hydropower plants in the Himalayas angers China

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China has reacted angrily to …

Myanmar quietly announces plans to study controversial Chinese dam project suspended 13 years ago
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar quietly announces plans to study controversial Chinese dam project suspended 13 years ago

Associated Press  

BANGKOK, Thailand — Myanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project, work on which was suspended more than a decade ago after protests over its possible impact on the environment. The $3.6 billion project in the northern state of Kachin, along the country’s Irrawaddy River, was supposed to export about 90% of the electricity …

Three Gorges in China: What you should know about the massive dam that is slowing Earth's rotation
1 year, 5 months ago

Three Gorges in China: What you should know about the massive dam that is slowing Earth's rotation

India TV News  

Dams often attract significant national and international controversies, yet few dams would come as close as China's Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project. Making the world's largest dam was obviously going to be expensive, and by some counts, the cost of constructing the Three Gorges Dam, by some counts, went up as high as $37 billion. Here are …

China steps up preparations for future water war with India: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

China steps up preparations for future water war with India: Report

Op India  

China has stepped up preparations for a future water war with India by accelerating the construction of a huge dam on the Mabja Zangbo river, just a few kilometres north of the trijunction border with India and Nepal, Kathmandu-based online magazine Epardafas reported. Experts and analysts say that China by building a dam near Uttarakhand can establish complete control over …

4 Dams on the Upper Mekong in Yunnan, China: 2011-2019
3 years, 8 months ago

4 Dams on the Upper Mekong in Yunnan, China: 2011-2019

The Diplomat  

These photos document the construction of four dams – from north to south, Wunonglong, Lidi, Tuoba, and Huangdeng – along a 200-kilometer stretch of the upper Mekong in Yunnan, China, and the transformation of the river from a free-flowing current to a series of stagnant reservoirs. In 2014, I walked and hitchhiked north along the Mekong starting from Yingpan, to …

Hydropower projects are wreaking havoc in the Himalayas
3 years, 9 months ago

Hydropower projects are wreaking havoc in the Himalayas

Al Jazeera  

On February 7, a Himalayan glacier broke and caused a flash flood in the North Indian state of Uttarakhand. “It shows that nature will strike back if we disregard the ecological limits of fragile regions like the Himalayas through reckless dam building and other infrastructure development.” After the 2013 flash flood, the Supreme Court of India also mandated a national …

China gives green light for first downstream dams on Brahmaputra
3 years, 10 months ago

China gives green light for first downstream dams on Brahmaputra

The Hindu  

A draft of China’s new Five-Year Plan, which is set to be formally approved on March 11, has given the green light for the first dams to be built on the lower reaches of Yarlung Zangbo river, as the Brahmaputra is known in Tibet, before it flows into India. The draft outline of the new Five-Year Plan for 2025 and …

‘Carefully monitoring’ Brahmaputra amid China dam plans, says India
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Carefully monitoring’ Brahmaputra amid China dam plans, says India

The Hindu  

India on Thursday said it “carefully monitors all developments on the Brahmaputra ” river, even as Beijing said it was its “legitimate right” to develop hydropower projects on the lower reaches of the river. A State-run Chinese hydropower firm, POWERCHINA, is planning to build the first downstream dam on the Brahmaputra, known as the Yarlung Zangbo in Tibet, with officials …

Damming Brahmaputra: With mega-dam plans, China might end up hurting itself more than India
4 years, 1 month ago

Damming Brahmaputra: With mega-dam plans, China might end up hurting itself more than India

Firstpost  

The true idea of a river is not of a single stream of water between two banks, but a nervous system of watery arteries and capillaries that form the circulatory system of a living ecosystem in a particular river basin. Any event related to the Brahmaputra, even if it is only a natural one, also gets certain members of India’s …

India Plans Dam on Brahmaputra River to Offset Chinese Construction Upstream
4 years, 1 month ago

India Plans Dam on Brahmaputra River to Offset Chinese Construction Upstream

News 18  

India is considering a plan to build a 10 gigawatts hydropower project in a remote eastern state, an Indian official said on Tuesday, following reports that China could construct dams on a section of the Brahmaputra river. “The need of the hour is to have a big dam in Arunachal Pradesh to mitigate the adverse impact of the Chinese dam …

India plans dam on Brahmaputra to offset Chinese construction upstream
4 years, 1 month ago

India plans dam on Brahmaputra to offset Chinese construction upstream

Live Mint  

India is considering a plan to build a 10 gigawatts hydropower project in a remote eastern state, an Indian official said on Tuesday, following reports that China could construct dams on a section of the Brahmaputra river. "Our proposal is under consideration at the highest level in the government," Mehra said, adding the Indian plan would create a large water …

China to build a major dam on Brahmaputra river in Tibet: Report
4 years, 1 month ago

China to build a major dam on Brahmaputra river in Tibet: Report

India Today  

China will build a major hydropower project on Brahmaputra river in Tibet and a proposal for this has been clearly put forward in the 14th Five-Year Plan to be implemented from next year, the official media on Sunday quoted the head of a Chinese company tasked to build the dam as saying. Yan Zhiyong, chairman of the Power Construction Corp …

India Irked as China Plans to Build Major Dam on Brahmaputra River, But Beijing Downplays Anxiety
4 years, 1 month ago

India Irked as China Plans to Build Major Dam on Brahmaputra River, But Beijing Downplays Anxiety

News 18  

China will build a major hydropower project on Brahmaputra river in Tibet and a proposal for this has been clearly put forward in the 14th Five-Year Plan to be implemented from next year, the official media on Sunday quoted the head of a Chinese company tasked to build the dam as saying. Yan Zhiyong, chairman of the Power Construction Corp …

China hydropower company plans first downstream dam on Brahmaputra
4 years, 1 month ago

China hydropower company plans first downstream dam on Brahmaputra

The Hindu  

China’s media reported on Sunday that authorities have given the go-ahead for a Chinese hydropower company to construct the first downstream dam on the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra river, or Yarlung Zangbo as it is known in Tibet, marking a new phase in China’s hydropower exploitation of the river with potential ramifications for India. A report in the Chinese …

Study on China dams brings the Brahmaputra into focus
4 years, 8 months ago

Study on China dams brings the Brahmaputra into focus

The Hindu  

A new study highlighting the impact of China’s dams on the Mekong river has raised fresh questions on whether dams being built on other rivers that originate in China, such as the Brahmaputra, may similarly impact countries downstream. China blocks tributary of Brahmaputra to build dam While China’s southwestern Yunnan province had above-average rainfall from May to October 2019, there …

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