Overview of the Yarlung Tsangpo Project On December 25, China approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower ...

The Medog Dam will be built across the Brahmaputra river and is expected to generate an enormous 300 billion kilowatt-hours ...

The river is only partially responsible for carving out the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon. The region sits on tectonic plates and suffers regular earthquakes. It's also one of the deepest canyons ...

China’s unapologetic announcement in December 2024 to go ahead with the construction of a massive $137 billion dam on the ...

saying in 2020 that China has a "legitimate right" to dam the river and has considered downstream impacts. The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, also known as the Yarlung Zangbo Grand canyon ...

Beijing announced construction of a dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra weeks after a reported thaw in frosty China-India bilateral relations.

The dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River is expected to be the ... built on a section referred to as the Grand Canyon, or the “Great Bend”, on the lower reaches of the Yarlung ...

China’s recently approved a proposal to build a 60-giga-watt dam at the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet has sent shockwaves in India. The highly reactive and securitised ...

The mega project that will grant Beijing control over the Brahmaputra must catalyse cooperation among downstream countries, ...

China is now the world’s most dammed country, with more large dams in operation than the rest of the world combined.

The river also flows into Bangladesh ... on a section referred to as the Grand Canyon, or the "Great Bend", on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo. According to a 2020 estimate by state ...