Jul 24, 2014
New Delhi: The reported building of dams on the Brahmaputra in China was a “matter of serious concern” and any attempt to interfere with the river’s flow should be considered as an “act of aggression”, NPP leader PA Sangma has told Prime...
Jan 12, 2014
India’s move to establish important first user rights to the waters of the Brahmaputra has received a modest leg-up, potentially posing a challenge to China. The boost came on Tuesday, when the environment ministry granted in-principle forest clearance—approval of...
Dec 18, 2013
The mighty rivers of Brahmaputra and Teesta have dried up at an alarming rate and almost turned into crop fields because of the adverse impacts of climate change. The Brahmaputra has now the lowest water flow in some narrower channels that caused emergence of hundreds...
Nov 27, 2013
Prodded by the pace of Chinese constructions along the Brahmaputra and its tributaries in China, India is planning to set up a river authority to speed up the development of its strategic Subansiri basin in Arunachal Pradesh. Read...
Nov 27, 2013
India and China have been engaged in a dispute over the diversion of the Brahmaputra river, which originates in Tibet. Even while India is still exploring a diplomatic option, it has initiated an action plan that would give it user rights. In the first of a ...
Nov 27, 2013
India is planning to build a series of massive water reservoirs in Arunachal Pradesh in order to manage the fallout from Chinese attempts to divert river waters that flow into the Brahmaputra. But the plans have run up against a potential hurdle: the possible...
