India to monitor situation on Chinese hydropower plant over Brahmaputra

Anti-dam groups here, however, argued that the northeast, being the lower riparian state, would face cumulative impact and New Delhi should have engaged more with China on water and dam safetyThe Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) alleged that the Centre had not been serious about the cumulative impact on the northeast due to dam construction on the Chinese side. It is the Brahmaputra’s tributaries in Arunachal Pradesh, along with the rains in India that contribute to the rest of the river’s water supply.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said the reported move by China to operationalise a hydro-power station on the Brahmaputra will cause irreparable damage to Assam.

The sharing of river waters has been discussed by the two countries, with Beijing maintaining that it has no intention of obstructing flows into India.

China remains the biggest hydroelectric project on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet freeze all the six units of the hydropower station has been incorporated into the power grid on Tuesday. It uses the water of the Brahmaputra.

The dam, which is Tibet’s largest hydropower station, will produce 2.5 billion kilowatthours of electricity a year. Jangmu dam is anything other than China. While an Indian official said the government wasn’t concerned as China has assured India it was a run-of-the-river project, visiting Indian ministers and officials have repeatedly expressed unease over dams on the Brahmaputra. Experts have warned that any diversion of water from the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra would have devastating consequences for the way the river flows for downstream areas. The group noted that the three Jiasu Dam, Jangmu and Jiacha 25 km radius of each other and are within 550 km from the Indian border.

Located in the Gyaca County, Shannan Prefecture, the Zam Hydropower Station also known as Zangmu Hydropower Station, harnesses the rich water resources of Brahmaputra known in Tibet as Yarlung Zangbo River, a major river which flows through Tibet into India and later into Bangladesh. River water agreements 2008 and 2010, during the June to October, provides statistics said.