Mohan Guruswamy: Worry on Brahmaputra Waters Seems Misplaced

The Asian Age

08 December 2020

Last week, the Chinese state media said the country could build up to 60 GW of hydropower capacity on a section of the Brahmaputra, citing a senior executive Yan Zhiyong, chairman of the state-owned Power Construction Corporation of China who spoke at an industry conference. Yan said plans to dam the river were a “historic opportunity”. The supporters of this narrative believe that China already has a plan to divert the Brahmaputra river’s waters– more specifically, the western route of China’s South-North Water Diversion Projects. Commenting on this, Zhang Hongzhou from RSIS said: “This is a misperception. It was only an idea. And it will be no more than an idea.”

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