May 25, 2013
China goes ahead with dam construction, while both countries classify hydrological data in the name of national security. Read...
May 25, 2013
While India is seeking a joint mechanism with China for better transparency on the 39 project sites that the latter has identified on the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, what was signed on Monday during the visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was a “renewal” of the...
May 14, 2013
China has responded positively to India’s concerns over Beijing’s plan to build three new dams over Brahmaputra river in Tibet by agreeing to consider improving the present mechanism on sharing of data on water flow, External Affairs Minister Salman...
May 14, 2013
Juxtaposing India’s per capita water availability (1.170 cum/person/year) – i.e. lowering than the global water index vis-à-vis the Chinese geo-political assertiveness against India – to undertake gigantic water resource projects raises serious security alarms in the...
May 14, 2013
China has assured India that it is “essentially” engaged in a run-of-the-river project on the Brahmaputra and there is no cause for worry for downstream riparian countries. But with Beijing not keen to share details about its construction work on the...
May 2, 2013
China has assured India that it is developing projects on the Tibetan part of Brahmaputra river, which will not affect the river’s flow in Indian territory, Union water resources minister Harish Rawat said here on Friday. The Union Water Resources Ministry has...
