Chinese dams worry Arunachal
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Tura, Meghalaya - Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam
Tuki said Saturday he would ask the central government to
look into China constructing three hydropower projects on
the Brahmaputra river in Tibet.
"China building the three dams will affect the interest
of people in the downstream areas. We will soon move New
Delhi to take up this issue with China in the interest of
the people," Tuki told IANS.
He added: "It is a cause of concern for us but we are not
certain how big these dams are..."
The 2,906-km-long Brahmaputra - called Tsangpo in Tibet -
is one of Asia's longest rivers that traverses 1,625 km
through Tibet, 918 km in India and 363 km in Bangladesh
before flowing into the Bay of Bengal.
China's plan to build the dams over the Brahmaputra river
and diverting water into its arid provinces has been
opposed by state governments in India's northeast.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had written to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh requesting him to take up the
matter regarding the construction of the three dams on
the Brahmaputra with Beijing.
"We can't do anything if China is building dams. Our
concern is that the lives of the people in the downstream
should not be affected by the dams," Tuki said.
China announced plans to build three dams - Dagu, Jiacha
and Jiexu - on the river last month as part of its
aggressive plan to provide energy and water needs for its
1.3 billion people.
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