Dhaka concerned over Brahmaputra dams by China, India
Published: April 17, 2021 09:43:23
The development of the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo is in the early stages of planning and assessment, she noted.
@Black_cats, it is needless for BD to cry over the China Dam. Please note the points I wrote in the precise form below:
1) China cannot stop water from coming down even if it wishes to do so. China will certainly build reservoirs upstream and will allow this water to come down through the Dam Turbines continuously, almost evenly, throughout the year.
2) Note what wiki says that the river's yearly average discharge at about 700,000 cu ft/s,
[4] and floods reach about 3,500,000 cu ft/s.
3) Note that a flow of 700,000 cu ft/second in winter is too low to sustain agriculture. But, a monsoon flow of 3,500,000 cu ft/sec is too large that causes floods almost every year in BD.
4) China will build reservoirs in the north of the Himalayas, the purpose is to send quite a large part of this water from there to its arid north to irrigate farmlands.
5) The Project envisions raising a huge quantity of water to a certain mountain top. The water then goes down the slope to its destinations by GRAVITY.
6) But, in order to lift the water to such a height needs a very large amount of power. This is why China will build a gigantic hydroelectric power station north of Arunachal. The power produced there will be used to lift the water to a mountain top.
7) However, please note that in order to produce electricity, China will have to allow a big amount of reservoir water to flow through the dam turbines that will certainly enter BD.
8) However, a lesser amount of water will come down during the monsoon and a higher quantity in winter.
So, I very much believe, the Chinese hydropower plant will help BD to get rid of the monsoon floods