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China starts construction of Tibetan mega-dam
Beijing has linked the project to carbon neutrality targets and economic goals in the Tibet region
The river the project will be built on, known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet and Brahmaputra in India, flows through both regions. (EPA Images pic)
BEIJING: China started building a mega-dam Saturday on a river running through Tibet and India, with Premier Li Qiang attending the commencement ceremony, state media said.
Beijing approved the project in December on the river – known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet and Brahmaputra in India – linking it to the country’s carbon neutrality targets and economic goals in the Tibet region.
“The electricity generated will be primarily transmitted to other regions for consumption, while also meeting local power needs in Tibet,” state news agency Xinhua reported after the groundbreaking ceremony in southeastern Tibet’s Nyingchi.
Once built, the dam could dwarf the record-breaking Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China – and have a potentially serious impact on millions of people downstream in India and Bangladesh.
The project will entail constructing five hydropower stations, with the total investment estimated to be around 1.2 trillion yuan (US$167.1 billion), Xinhua said.
India said in January it had raised concerns with China about the project in Tibet, saying it will “monitor and take necessary measures to protect our interests”.
China “has been urged to ensure that the interests of the downstream states of the Brahmaputra are not harmed by activities in upstream areas”, India’s foreign ministry said then.
In December, Beijing’s foreign ministry said that the project would not have any “negative impact” downstream, adding that China “will also maintain communication with countries at the lower reaches” of the river.
Besides downstream concerns, environmentalists have also warned about the irreversible impact of such mega projects in the ecologically sensitive Tibetan plateau.
Both India and China, neighbours and rival Asian powers, share thousands of kilometres of disputed borders, where tens of thousands of soldiers are posted on either side.
Beijing approved the project in December on the river – known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet and Brahmaputra in India – linking it to the country’s carbon neutrality targets and economic goals in the Tibet region.
“The electricity generated will be primarily transmitted to other regions for consumption, while also meeting local power needs in Tibet,” state news agency Xinhua reported after the groundbreaking ceremony in southeastern Tibet’s Nyingchi.
Once built, the dam could dwarf the record-breaking Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China – and have a potentially serious impact on millions of people downstream in India and Bangladesh.
The project will entail constructing five hydropower stations, with the total investment estimated to be around 1.2 trillion yuan (US$167.1 billion), Xinhua said.
India said in January it had raised concerns with China about the project in Tibet, saying it will “monitor and take necessary measures to protect our interests”.
China “has been urged to ensure that the interests of the downstream states of the Brahmaputra are not harmed by activities in upstream areas”, India’s foreign ministry said then.
In December, Beijing’s foreign ministry said that the project would not have any “negative impact” downstream, adding that China “will also maintain communication with countries at the lower reaches” of the river.
Besides downstream concerns, environmentalists have also warned about the irreversible impact of such mega projects in the ecologically sensitive Tibetan plateau.
Both India and China, neighbours and rival Asian powers, share thousands of kilometres of disputed borders, where tens of thousands of soldiers are posted on either side.
5000yo Bully controls the sources of at least FIVE major Asian waterways which flow from Tibet, which they annexed in 1950: Mekong, Irrawaddy, Brahmaputra, Ganges Indus…..all this RAMPASSED. Now Bully want to claim all the carbon credits for themselves. Typical Bully Behaviour. Meanwhile Mekong Delta rice farmers suffer from sea water back flow, all their padi mati.
ReplyDeleteMfer, the source water is ONLY the initial flow. Most of the water volume comes from tributaries further down the source.
DeleteIf these countries couldn't mitigate their water supplies from the temperate/tropical climate, then they have THEMSELVES to blain!
Typically, Mekong delta region should get more then enough water from the monsoon rainfalls it experienced. Yet, due to water mismanagement & tree fallings, the region now is facing fresh water shortage!
All u mfers, can ONLY blaim China for Vietnam's mismanagement of forestry.
Truly know-nothing dickheads par excellent.
The uninterrupted flow of Brahmaputra water through its valley is absolutely essential to life for 27 Million people who live in its valley in India and Bangladesh.
ReplyDeleteA huge problem for India is that only a small mount of that flow (less than 30%) is actually captured from rainfall within its territory. The rest over 70% arises from snow melt and rainfall in Tibet.
If the CCP weaponises the megadam to throttle or strangle the flow of the Brahmaputra , millions will go thirsty, crops will fail, many millions more will go hungry.
If that happens, and no solution can be worked out, India will probably go after the CCP dam with the biggest bomb available
'A huge problem for India is that only a small mount of that flow (less than 30%) is actually captured from rainfall within its territory. The rest over 70% arises from snow melt and rainfall in Tibet.'
DeleteMfer, this proves yr mfering ignorance & know-nothing about climatological effects of a river water.
Snow & glaciers ONLY provide limited water volume for a river source. Just think, since eon that melting processed have consistently contributed to the water volume of the Brahmaputra/Ganges rivet system. The recent rise in world temperature should have exacerbated those water volume. Yet there is still insufficient water for down stream agricultural activities!
The glaring problem is the destruction of forest in these downstream region where most of the various water tributaries have been exhausted due to forest clearings.
W/O these tributaries to gather moisture & monsoon rainfalls, there r NO significant increase of water volume contributing to the main river system.
Blaming China is so so easy for know-nothing mfets like u.
Mfer, get the 阿三哥 tohit themselves with their biggest nuclear bomb. & make sure they can target & aim properly.
Haha ha...... CK, a very good lesson to these who are already brainwashed by the Anglo-Saxons media, just plain anti-China mindlessly
ReplyDeleteFrom Chat GPT:
ReplyDeleteThe Brahmaputra receives 40% of its water from Tibet and 60% of it from India, according to the Central Water Commission (CWC)
40% is Huge, enough to cause ecological and economic catastrophe in Yindia & Bangladesh.
Which is bigger - 40% vis-a-vis 60%?
Delete'40% is Huge, enough to cause ecological and economic catastrophe'
& where r that 60% now? & what kind of monstrous ecological and economic catastrophes it COULD bestow?
Know-nothing mfer, just fart as usual while drinking turkey shoots.
The CWC is Yindian. Not Anglo-Saxon. 40% data is from them.
ReplyDeleteThe Central Water Commission (CWC) is under the Ministry of Jal Shakti in India. Specifically, it functions as an attached office of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation within that ministry. The CWC is the country's primary technical organization for water resources
So?
DeleteIf that CWC of India couldn't managed that 60% of Indian water, what can it does with that spurious 40% from the melting snow of Xizang?
Mekong River damage caused by Bully Dams:
ReplyDeletehttps://chinaglobalsouth.com/analysis/the-mekong-is-dying-how-chinas-river-diplomacy-neglects-locals-exacerbates-climate-change/
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/cambodia-thailand-china/343-dammed-mekong-averting-environmental-catastrophe
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/chinese-dams-mekong-drought
mfer, anywhere in these 'reports' mentioned about the depletion of Mekong water volume caused by the disappearance of tributaries? What happened to the tropical rainforest, that act as water catchment ecosysyem ?
DeleteMfer, there r many hp6 reports from these NGOs(????!!!). Many of them r just pure fart chambers!
Bully’s assault on Asia’s great rivers flowing from Tibet:
ReplyDeleteReport from The Guardian if The Truth, so it must be True.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/04/china-dam-hydropower-boom-rivers
yaloh, u have NO neurons to do proper analysis.
DeleteBesides, all yr mfering knowledge learned r just inconsequential farts & zionist lies.
The ecological and environmental damage caused by dams is well documented, eg Mekong and our very own Bakun, remember?
ReplyDeleteNot brainwashed, it’s a no brainer…ha3
mfer, the ecological and environmental benefits caused by dams is well documented, eg Mekong and our very own Bakun, remember?
DeleteNo flood controls, agricultural irrigation & domestic water storage?
Brainwashed kawx2, indeed !