With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...
The proposed dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, known as Brahmaputra in India, is expected to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, about three times the ...
On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo.
In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest ...
But China’s Medog project on the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo river — the upstream part of the Brahmaputra river — is ...
The project has stoked concerns about displacement and environmental impact downstream in India and Bangladesh.
Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy ...
China plans to build the world’s largest dam on a river that originates in Tibet but flows down through India and Bangladesh ...
Beijing announced construction of a dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra weeks after a reported thaw in frosty China-India bilateral relations.
China has approved a $137,000,000,000 project to build the most powerful hydro dam - but the move has left people concerned.
Hydropower project on Yarlung Tsangpo River could get unprecedented investment to tackle daunting engineering challenges China has approved the construction of a colossal hydropower project on Tibet's ...
The new $137-billion dam project could risk geological disasters and impact the flow of water from China to India ...