India seeks river data from China as mega-dam construction advances on Tibet’s Yarlung river

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 11: India has renewed its demand for China to resume sharing hydrological data on the Brahmaputra and provide information on upstream river projects, as Beijing moves ahead with the construction of what is expected to be the world’s largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, the river that flows into India as the Brahmaputra.

The issue was raised during the 36th meeting of their ‘Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China Border Affairs, held in New Delhi on August 6, with New Delhi seeking greater transparency over developments on the upstream stretches of transboundary rivers. India has also called for an e...

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