10 Mar Chinese dam on Brahmaputra
GS Paper2, India and its Neighborhood- Relations
Source- India Today
Hydropower project on the Brahmaputra river
- China has constructed largest scale dam on the lower Yarlung Tsangpo
- propose inside the Grand Canyon of the Yarlung Tsangpo
- This could be the world’s largest dam providing some 300 billion kilowatt hour of power electricity every year
- China had Earlier plant 5 dams on the Main stretch of the river with two of them completed last year
Importance of China
- clean and renewable hydropower energy
- carbon neutrality
Brahmaputra drainage system
Major left Bank tributaries
Burhi Dihing
Dhansari
Kalang
Major right Bank tributaries
Subansiri
Kameng
Manas
Sankosh
Importance of Brahmaputra drainage system
- The Brahmaputra has braided channel, sitting and meandering
- The Brahmaputra is well known for flood channel shifting and Bank erosion
- This is due to the fact that most of its tributaries are large and bring large quantity of of sediments to owing to heavy rainfall in Its catchment area
consequences
- India is concerned about the Chinese activities affecting the quality of water, ecological balance and the flood management
- India and China do not have a water sharing agreement
- Both Nation share hydrological data so it becomes important to share genuine data and have continuous dialogue on issues like warning of droughts, floods and high water discharges
– Khyati Khare
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