The project is slated to be built on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet near the border of India at a cost of US$137 billion. It's part of China's 14th "Five-Year Plan," which includes ...

The area where the dam is being built is prone to earthquakes. The Tibetan river being dammed, the Yarlung Tsangpo, flows into neighboring India as the Brahmaputra and into Bangladesh as the ...

The dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River is expected to be the world’s largest hydroelectric project, but it has caused serious concern about the impact on the Brahmaputra – as it is known ...

The 300 billion kWh dam will run along 31 miles of the Yarlung Zangbo River, close to the Indian border, but the plans have raised concerns in the region about the environmental impact.

IT IS SOMETIMES called the “Everest of rivers” owing to its extreme topography. One section of the Yarlung Tsangpo falls 2,000 metres over a stretch of 50km (31 miles). But what interests Chin ...

RIPPLE EFFECT: The Medog project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river involves drilling four tunnels through the Namcha Barwa mountain | Photo Credit: Graphic by Danish A In a world afflicted by climate ...

Mr Khandu drew the attention of all stakeholders towards the Chinese plan to construct the hydropower project - which can generate 60,000 MW of power - on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, which enters ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - India's foreign ministry said on Friday that New Delhi has conveyed its concerns to Beijing about China's plan to build a hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Zangbo ...

India's foreign ministry yesterday said that New Delhi has conveyed its concerns to Beijing about China's plan to build a hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Zangbo river which flows into India.

The dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River is expected to be the world's largest hydroelectric project, but it has caused serious concern about the impact on the Brahmaputra - as it is known downstream ...