Apr 20, 2013
ROTTUNG, Arunachal Pradesh—I’m standing, weak-kneed, midway across the gorge of the Siang River, one of the three tributaries that converge to form the Brahmaputra River. Treading slowly over a bamboo suspension footbridge 300-odd meters long and just a meter wide, I...
Apr 20, 2013
The Inter-Ministerial Expert Group (IMEG) on the Brahmaputra has said China is carrying out a series of cascading Run-of-the-River (ROR) projects in the middle reaches of the river and the same may be replicated in the Great Bend Area as a viable alternative to a...
Apr 20, 2013
Will India and Bangladesh quickly sign the Teesta River water-sharing agreement now that Mamata Banerjee has publicly pledged to stand by the central government in external affairs matters? Will India and Bangladesh quickly sign the Teesta River water-sharing...
Apr 20, 2013
An inter-ministerial expert panel on the Brahmaputra has asked the government to intensify monitoring construction projects in the middle reaches of the river by China. It has also cautioned that China may replicate the same in the Grea Bend area. Read...
Apr 20, 2013
NEW DELHI, April 17 – China has turned down India’s proposal for a new mechanism to deal with issues of water, made in the backdrop of construction of three more dams on the Brahamputra by the Chinese which had raised concerns here, reports PTI. Read...
Apr 10, 2013
More positive and concrete engagements need to take place between India and China within the framework of a policy dialogue under a well-planned institutional arrangement on the trans-boundary rivers.This was the observation made by noted environmental scientist Prof...
