Days after Beijing announced the mega project, New Delhi responded today, saying India will “protect its interests.”
New Delhi:
Last week, China announced it is building the world’s largest dam in Tibet—even larger than the Three Gorges Dam, which, according to NASA, has slowed the Earth’s rotation by 0.06 seconds. But unlike that one, which is built in central China, the new one will be built in an environmentally sensitive Himalayan zone in Tibet, very close to the border with India.
Besides this environmental impact, the region is also geologically fragile, as it falls in a high seismic zone and is, hence, prone to earthquakes of a relatively higher magnitude. These are two of New Delhi’s concerns about the gigantic project planned on the Brahmaputra river—which China calls the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet.
Days after Beijing’s announcement over the mega project, New Delhi responded Friday that India will “protect its interests”. It also reiterates Beijing’s rights to the waters of the river while calling for transparency of Beijing’s plan.
For now, the Ministry of External Affairs stated that New Delhi will continue closely watching the latest developments, saying that necessary and appropriate action will be taken once required.
