China’s mega dam project on Brahmaputra ‘ticking water bomb’ for India: Arunachal CM

Yarlung Tsangpo dam: China’s mega dam being built advance the Arunachal Pradesh border shall be a ticking “water bomb”, an existential chance and a bigger inform than the rest else other than the navy chance, the suppose’s Chief Minister Pema Khandu has mentioned.

In an interview to PTI Videos on Tuesday, Khandu mentioned the sector’s biggest dam project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, the Tibetan identify for Brahmaputra, is a subject of grave inconvenience as China is no longer a signatory to the worldwide water treaty that can have forced it to abide by global norms.

“The difficulty is that China can't be depended on. No one knows what they may perchance compose,” mentioned Khandu within the interview at PTI headquarters.

“Surroundings aside the navy chance from China, it appears to me that right here's a a ways greater inform than the rest else. It is going to trigger an existential chance to our tribes and our livelihoods. It is moderately serious because China may perchance even express this as a form of ‘water bomb’,” he mentioned.

The dam project, is named Yarlung Tsangpo dam, used to be announced after Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited the border space in 2021.

Based on experiences, China well-liked the enchancment of the USD 137 billion, five-year project in 2024. It is projected to make 60,000 MW of energy, making it the sector’s biggest hydropower dam.

Had China signed the worldwide water treaty, Khandu mentioned, there would were no effort because it'd be mandatory to begin a undeniable amount of water downstream for the basin, for aquatic and marine life.

Genuinely, if China used to be a signatory to global water-sharing agreements, this project may were a blessing for India, he mentioned.

For one, it may perchance perchance perchance have averted the summer flooding of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Bangladesh the derive the Brahmaputra flows.

“Nonetheless China is no longer a signatory, and that's the bother… Affirm the dam is built and they begin water, our total Siang belt may be destroyed. In yelp, the Adi tribe and identical groups… would look all their property, land, and in particular human life, undergo devastating results,” he mentioned.

The chief minister mentioned that thanks to this, after discussions with the Government of India, the Arunachal Pradesh authorities has conceived a project called the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project, that may support as a defence mechanism and make decided water security.

“I factor in China is both about to begin or has already began work on their facet. Nonetheless they compose no longer portion any recordsdata. Within the lengthy spin, if the dam is executed, our Siang and Brahmaputra rivers may perchance dry up considerably,” he mentioned.

For India’s water security, he mentioned, if the authorities can complete its hang project as deliberate, this can even be ready to fulfill the water requirements from its hang dam.

Eventually, if China releases water, there'll definitely be flooding, nonetheless it shall be managed, he mentioned.

For that reason, Khandu mentioned, the suppose authorities is preserving discussions with the native Adi tribes and others within the space.

“I will put collectively a gathering very quickly to expand extra consciousness about this inform,” he mentioned.

Asked what the authorities can compose in opposition to the Chinese pass, the chief minister mentioned the authorities correct can not merely assert and sit down slothful.

“Who will fabricate China understand? Since we are going to no longer fabricate China look reason, it is higher that we care for our hang defence mechanisms and preparations. That is what we're absolutely engaged in within the intervening time,” he mentioned.

The Chinese dam is to be built at an astronomical gorge within the Himalayan reaches the derive the river makes an astronomical U-turn to waft into Arunachal Pradesh.

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