Aug 19, 2014
The importance of the Brahmaputra for India in general and the Northeast in particular cannot be overemphasised. Millions of people depend on it for drinking water, irrigation, transportation, fishing and other occupations. It is one of India’s largest rivers, which...
Jul 24, 2014
China also agreed to extend provision of hydrological data, from May 15 to October 15 every year on a daily basis, adding 15 days to an earlier agreement. The data will be provided by three stations at Nugesha, Yangcun and Nuxia in Tibet on the main stream of the...
Jul 24, 2014
China has for the first time formally agreed to allow Indian hydrological experts to conduct study tours in Tibet to monitor the flows on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra, according to a new agreement signed here on Monday during the visit of Vice-President Hamid...
Jul 24, 2014
Beijing: India and China on Monday signed three key MoUs, including one on industrial parks and flood data of Brahmaputra river, coinciding with the visit of Vice President Hamid Ansari in Beijing. The agreements were signed in the presence of Ansari and his Chinese...
Jul 24, 2014
Despite the retreating of glaciers in Himalayas, water supply in rivers like Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus will increase in the coming decades, a new study said.The study was conducted jointly by research organisation FutureWater, Netherlands’ Utrecht University...
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...
