Brahmaputra talks: China looks to play Bangladesh against India

[BDforever]

BEIJING: China could try to play Dhaka against New Delhi during river water negotiations on Brahmaputra, which flows from the Tibetan region to India's Northeast, coursing into Bangladesh.

More, Beijing may also try to use the Brahmaputra issue to push forward its One Belt, One Road or the Silk Road programme — that focuses on connectivity and cooperation between China and the rest of Eurasia — which India has not embraced enthusiastically.

Communist Party of China organ, the Global Times, frequently used by the Communist Party to spread ideas and doubts in international diplomacy, commented, "It's understandable that India may want to reach a deal with China over the construction of dams and the sharing of hydrological data, but Bangladesh should also enjoy similar rights to protect its interests against India."

Sources said Beijing is trying to encourage Dhaka to take up cudgels against India over sharing of Brahmaputra waters. "Just as China's dams on the Yarlung Zangbo arouse vigilance in India, India's efforts to exploit the river -which are no less ambitious than China's -have sparked concerns downstream in Bangladesh," the paper said.

It also advised the Chinese government to take advantage of negotiations over Brahmaputra to press for the Silk Road programme - one of the cornerstones of which is the China Pakistan Economic Corridor or CPEC.


It suggested that the Lan cang-Mekong cooperation mechanism used to resolve disputes along trans-boundary rivers covering China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia should be used as a model for settling the Brahmaputra is sue with India.


China has successfully exploited apprehensions within Nepal's political elite to create business opportunities for itself in recent months, and also eyed defence cooperation+ in recent times.
source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/brahmaputra-talks-china-looks-to-play-bangladesh-against-india/articleshow/56189226.cms

 

[asad71]

09:35 PM, December 26, 2016 / LAST MODIFIED: 09:57 PM, December 26, 2016
Indian Ken-Betwa river-linking project gets wildlife clearance

Star Online Report


The “last” hurdle for India’s ambitious Ken-Betwa river-linking project has been cleared with the wildlife board giving its green signal, the Indian government announced today.

Indian Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said that her Ministry has received wildlife clearance for the multi-crore rupee project, first such initiative aimed at linking inter-state rivers in the country, reports our correspondent from New Delhi.

READ MORE: India's river linking to harm Bangladesh

However, it awaits forest and environment approvals, the correspondent said.

"The NITI Aayog (earlier Planning Commission) had earlier recommended funding pattern for the project as per Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP). I have requested the Aayog that the funding pattern has to be 90:10 (Centre: state sharing pattern) or 100 percent (Centrally-funded),” the Indian minister said.

"The moment the funding pattern is decided, the project will be launched," she added.

READ MORE: The making of a disaster

Bharti did not specify by when the funding pattern will be finalised for the river-linking project.

The Ken-Betwa inter-linking project is the first of the several other projects of linking major rivers across India.

The Ken-Betwa project is expected to irrigate 6.35 lakh hectares of land at an estimated cost of Rs 9,393 crore in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region covering parts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh states.

Bangladesh has voiced concern over the impact of the river-linking project in eastern India and on the flow of water in the common rivers concerned to the lower riparian country. India has in the past repeatedly assured Bangladesh that it would not do anything that would harm the lower riparian country.

 

[Dean Winchester]

And China will fail as always.

 

[asad71]

http://www.thedailystar.net/world/s...nking-project-gets-wildlife-clearance-1335883

India controlled The Daily Star has published this significant in a corner of one of the inside pages. Apparently other news-papers have obeyed RAW regulated DFP which controls and monitors all BD media.

 

[SBUS-CXK]

And China will fail as always.

Not so bad.
We don't use mouths to do things.

 

[cloud4000]

Hopefully Bangladesh will use China-India rivalry to its maximum benefit.

 

[Theparadox]

Well we are linking rivers throughout India so time will tell how China could hurt us regarding this. Either way currently hydro-projects through Brahmaputra won't affect us much but after completion excess water could create flood in Andhra Pradesh.

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

Treating india with their own medicine.

 

[Sanchez]

Indians get angry if China would do just anything upstream because it’s water of India！Indians would manipulate water usage while ignoring complains from downsteam countries. This is what Indians are. Once they were screwed by Brits they behave forever British.