Nov 18, 2015
The operational commissioning of the Zam Hydropower Station earlier this month on the Yarlung Zangbo river, also known as the Zangmu Hydropower Project, located in Gyaca county of the Shannan prefecture in China, and considered to be Tibet’s largest such facility, has...
Nov 18, 2015
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said the reported move by China to operationalise a hydro-power station on the Brahmaputra will cause irreparable damage to Assam.Mr Gogoi said the Assam government had all along been taking up the issue of Chinese...
Nov 18, 2015
As China’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Brahmaputra, or Yarlung Tsangpo, became fully operational this month, it has once again evoked concerns in India. The $1.5 billion Zangmu hydroelectric dam has stoked a virtual paranoia over China’s resource choices and...
Nov 18, 2015
RANGPUR, Sept 3 (BSS): The flood situation deteriorated further following inundation of more areas due to further rise of water levels of major rivers in the Brahmaputra basin in 24 hours until Thursday morning. Officials at the Bangladesh Water Development Board...
Aug 25, 2015
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday her government was actively considering construction of a tunnel under the Brahmaputra river to link Balashighat in Gaibandha district with Bahadurabadghat of Jamalpur district, according to our correspondent from...
Jun 12, 2015
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s just-concluded China visit failed to advance cooperation over transboundary rivers. A few weeks before that, China agreed to provide Bangladesh with the Brahmaputra water flow data that it already provides India From the monsoon...
