No immediate alarm on China dam on Brahmaputra: India

[Lankan Ranger]

No immediate alarm on China dam on Brahmaputra: India

India today downplayed apprehensions that a dam being constructed by China on river Brahmaputra will affect the country, saying the project is not a cause for “immediate alarm”.

“It is a fact that China is constructing a dam at Zangmu in the middle reaches of Yarlung Tsango. We have ascertained from our own sources that this a run of the river hydro-electric project which does not store water and will not adversely impact downstream areas in India,” External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said.

“Therefore, I believe there is no cause for immediate alarm,” he told reporters while replying to a question on reports of construction of a dam by China on the Brahmaputra river.

Krishna also said recent reports about Chinese plans to construct a dam on the Brahmaputra and possibly divert the river waters to Northern China are “not new but based on previously known facts”.

Noting that a large portion of the catchment area of Brahmaputra is within Indian territory, Krishna said, “It is important that the states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam harness and utilise the waters of Brahmaputra. This is really a very important issue.”

Krishna, who left for Kazakhstan today to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, said he was not sure whether bilateral issues between India and China would be raised there.

“But nonetheless, let me assure my countrymen that India is very closely monitoring all movements and as I said it is for Arunachal Pradesh and Assam to utilise the full potential of Brahmaputra water,” Krishna said.

No immediate alarm on China dam on Brahmaputra: India - Indian Express

 

[Madamaapkocapsicumpasandh]

China was a land of Dinosaurs before Human life started and all these dinosaurs are now extinct thanx to the meteors, but their skeleton are still present all over China, archaeologists are working hard to trace all the skeletons and put them in the museum..!!

 

[Lankan Ranger]

No plans to divert Brahmaputra: says China

The Chinese government on Tuesday indicated it would not carry out projects to divert the waters of the Brahmaputra river, and would take into “full consideration” the interests of downstream countries in taking forward development projects on the river.

Chinese hydropower experts have also ruled out any plan to divert the river’s waters in the near future, describing proposals to direct the flow of the river to western China as unfeasible.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said in response to a question on India’s concerns about any diversion plan that China “adopts a responsible attitude towards the development of cross border water resources.”

“We adopt a policy that protection goes together with development, and take into full consideration the interests of downstream countries,” Mr. Hong said at a regular press briefing.


No plans to divert Brahmaputra, says China - The Hindu: Mobile Edition

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

China was a land of Dinosaurs before Human life started and all these dinosaurs are now extinct thanx to the meteors, but their skeleton are still present all over China, archaeologists are working hard to trace all the skeletons and put them in the museum..!!

dinosaurs ? China ? Dam ,whats the relation ?