Tibet Dam

China is planning a mega dam in Tibet able to produce triple the electricity generated by the Three Gorges -- the world's largest power station -- stoking fears among environmentalists and in neighbouring India.

China's parliament on Thursday adopted the 14th Five-Year Plan, the mega blueprint containing billions of dollars worth of projects, including the controversial hydropower project on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet close to the Arunachal Pradesh border over which India has raised concerns.

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.

There is a possibility of floods in the Siang River if the artificial dam formed by the landslide in the Yarlung Tsangpo River is breached, according to officials in Arunachal Pradesh. Upper Siang district collector Duly Kamduk said in a circular today that the department of disaster management had informed the district administration about the lan...

Members of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile are visiting Mumbai to create awareness about the environmental degradation in Tibet due to China's activities in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) or the Tibetan Plateau.

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.

China, which is constructing many hydropower projects in Tibet, plans to focus on dam building on rivers close to its provinces and not on the Brahmaputra which sparked concerns in India, Chinese media reported today.

Chinese engineers are testing techniques that could be used to build a 1,000-km long tunnel, the world's longest, to carry water from Brahmaputra river in Tibet close to Arunachal Pradesh to the parched Xinjiang region, a media report said today.

Refuting reports of China joining water wars between India and Pakistan by blocking a tributary of Brahmaputra river, Chinese official media said today that Beijing is ready to join a multilateral cooperation mechanism with India and Bangladesh to share the waters.

Justifying its move to blockade a tributary of the Brahmaputra to construct a dam, China today sought to allay apprehensions that it would effect the river flow into India saying that there will be no adverse impact on downstream areas.

China has blocked a tributary of the Brahmaputra river in Tibet as part of the construction of its "most expensive" hydro project which could cause concern in India as it may impact water flows into the lower riparian countries.

China has approved the construction of three more dams on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet region apart from the Zangmu hydroelectric project that started operations in October, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday.

China today operationalised the largest dam in Tibet, built on river Brahmaputra, raising concerns in India over the likelihood of disrupting water supplies.

China has begun generating electricity from Tibet's biggest ever hydro-power project, the latest dam development on Himalayan rivers that has prompted concern in India.

Notwithstanding pledges to take the bilateral relationship to a new level, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his first meeting with new Chinese President Xi Jinping has sought a joint mechanism to assess the construction work on dams on Brahmaputra river in Tibet.

China is planning a mega dam in Tibet able to produce triple the electricity generated by the Three Gorges -- the world's largest power station -- stoking fears among environmentalists and in neighbouring India.

China's parliament on Thursday adopted the 14th Five-Year Plan, the mega blueprint containing billions of dollars worth of projects, including the controversial hydropower project on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet close to the Arunachal Pradesh border over which India has raised concerns.

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.

There is a possibility of floods in the Siang River if the artificial dam formed by the landslide in the Yarlung Tsangpo River is breached, according to officials in Arunachal Pradesh. Upper Siang district collector Duly Kamduk said in a circular today that the department of disaster management had informed the district administration about the lan...

Members of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile are visiting Mumbai to create awareness about the environmental degradation in Tibet due to China's activities in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) or the Tibetan Plateau.

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.

China, which is constructing many hydropower projects in Tibet, plans to focus on dam building on rivers close to its provinces and not on the Brahmaputra which sparked concerns in India, Chinese media reported today.

Chinese engineers are testing techniques that could be used to build a 1,000-km long tunnel, the world's longest, to carry water from Brahmaputra river in Tibet close to Arunachal Pradesh to the parched Xinjiang region, a media report said today.

Refuting reports of China joining water wars between India and Pakistan by blocking a tributary of Brahmaputra river, Chinese official media said today that Beijing is ready to join a multilateral cooperation mechanism with India and Bangladesh to share the waters.

Justifying its move to blockade a tributary of the Brahmaputra to construct a dam, China today sought to allay apprehensions that it would effect the river flow into India saying that there will be no adverse impact on downstream areas.

China has blocked a tributary of the Brahmaputra river in Tibet as part of the construction of its "most expensive" hydro project which could cause concern in India as it may impact water flows into the lower riparian countries.

China has approved the construction of three more dams on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet region apart from the Zangmu hydroelectric project that started operations in October, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday.

China today operationalised the largest dam in Tibet, built on river Brahmaputra, raising concerns in India over the likelihood of disrupting water supplies.

China has begun generating electricity from Tibet's biggest ever hydro-power project, the latest dam development on Himalayan rivers that has prompted concern in India.

Notwithstanding pledges to take the bilateral relationship to a new level, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his first meeting with new Chinese President Xi Jinping has sought a joint mechanism to assess the construction work on dams on Brahmaputra river in Tibet.