By embarking on building a super-dam, the largest ever conceived, in the seismically active Sino-Indian border region, China is potentially creating a ticking water bomb for millions of people living ...

China is constructing a 60,000 megawatt “super dam” on the Yarlung Tsangpo river—the Brahmaputra’s upper reaches—in Tibet’s ...

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, which could affect nearby countries. By Tiffany May Isabelle Qian and ...

Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

India is closely watching China's hydropower ambitions on the Brahmaputra river, especially the construction of a massive 60,000 MW dam in Tibet. Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh assured the Rajya ...

China’s massive hydropower dam project will be the biggest in the world In December 2024, China approved the construction of the super dam to be called the Medog Hydropower Station on a lower section ...

The government is closely monitoring developments on the Brahmaputra river and China's plans to construct a massive ...

After Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu has raised concern about China's plan to construct the largest hydropower dam in eastern Tibet ...

Despite local protests, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam – the world’s largest – upstream in Tibet. Millions of people in India and Bangladesh ...

But China's plans to build a US$137 billion hydropower dam in Tibet could threaten to escalate tensions. The project will sit on the Yarlung Tsangpo River that flows into India as the Brahmaputra ...

China is constructing a 60,000 MW "super dam" on the Yarlung Tsangpo river -- the Brahmaputra's upper reaches -- in Tibet's Medog county.