China’s Mega Dam Project in Himalayas’ Creates Concerns for India
China’s mega dam plan on the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet is raising alarm in India over water security. It is also causing concern about ecology and long-term strategic risks. The project is dubbed a potential “water bomb” by Indian policymakers. It sits on the upper reaches of the river that becomes the Brahmaputra in India. This directly links Chinese actions upstream to millions of lives downstream. China’s Mega Dam in the Himalayas China is moving ahead with a massive hydropower system on the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. The estimated cost is $168 billion. It is designed to exploit a dramatic…