China's Brahmaputra mega dam: Can it control river water flowing into India?
China is constructing a massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, known as the Brahmaputra in India. The project has raised significant concerns in India regarding water security, ecological stability, and geopolitical influence in the border region.
Why it matters
The dam represents a major strategic shift in transboundary water management, potentially impacting the water supply and security of downstream nations like India and Bangladesh.
NEW DELHI: China's construction of the world's largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo, known downstream as the Brahmaputra, has renewed concerns in India over water security, seismic safety, ecological impacts and the strategic implications of Beijing's growing control over infrastructure on a transboundary river.The project, commonly known as the Medog Dam or the Yarlung Tsangpo Hydropower Project, is being built at the river's dramatic "Great Bend" in Medog County in Tibet, where the river makes a sharp U-turn before entering Arunachal Pradesh as the Siang River.
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