Siang River Turns Muddy

The water in Arunachal's Siang river has turned muddy, an indication of possible construction activity in upstream China, alarming people in the border state, an officialsaid.

Earlier this week, China officially stated the Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh may have turned muddy due to a series of earthquakes in Tibet in November. Beijing also alerted India of possible massive floods in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam due to the formation of massive landslide dams that might burst.

Scientists who are studying water issues in the Brahmaputra basin have agreed that a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Tibet in November could have made the water of Siang River, in China, to turn muddy as it flowed into India. Siang is known as Tsangpo river in Tibet and it enters India in Arunachal Pradesh; it becomes Brahmaputra near Sadiya i...

Assam's lifeline, the mighty Brahmaputra, could be turning into a threat to life along the river that it supported all along. Its waters are muddy and black.

An 82-year-old retired government employee, Kakut Tayeng has lived by the blue waters of Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh all his life. So when about two months ago, the water of the started turning black, muddy and turbid, Mr Tayeng was in for a shock.

The water in Arunachal's Siang river has turned muddy, an indication of possible construction activity in upstream China, alarming people in the border state, an officialsaid.

Earlier this week, China officially stated the Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh may have turned muddy due to a series of earthquakes in Tibet in November. Beijing also alerted India of possible massive floods in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam due to the formation of massive landslide dams that might burst.

Scientists who are studying water issues in the Brahmaputra basin have agreed that a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Tibet in November could have made the water of Siang River, in China, to turn muddy as it flowed into India. Siang is known as Tsangpo river in Tibet and it enters India in Arunachal Pradesh; it becomes Brahmaputra near Sadiya i...

Assam's lifeline, the mighty Brahmaputra, could be turning into a threat to life along the river that it supported all along. Its waters are muddy and black.

An 82-year-old retired government employee, Kakut Tayeng has lived by the blue waters of Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh all his life. So when about two months ago, the water of the started turning black, muddy and turbid, Mr Tayeng was in for a shock.