The Arunachal Pradesh CM said that sudden releases of water from China’s new dam could cause severe floods downstream, ...

He added that the dam would alter the sediment flow, affecting agricultural plots that rely on the river`s natural replenishment of nutrients. "China`s construction of the world`s largest hydropower ...

But China’s Medog project on the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo river — the upstream part of the Brahmaputra river — is ...

With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu voiced concerns over China's plan to build the world's largest hydropower ...

Concerns swirling over China's recently approved plan to construct the world's largest hydroelectric dam in southern Tibet. It will be built on Tibet's longest river, the Yarlung Tsangpo, and could ...

Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy ...

In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest ...

High on the Tibetan Plateau, the Yarlung Tsangpo River roars through the world’s deepest canyon, plunging nearly 8,000 metres (26,250ft) before crossing into India as the Brahmaputra.

The proposed dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, known as Brahmaputra in India, is expected to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, about three times the ...