The Yarlung Tsangpo originates in Tibet and flows into ... aquatic ecosystems and the livelihoods of communities relying on fishing and farming. Additionally, the region is highly earthquake ...

China has tried to reassure India over its plans for a mega dam in the Tibetan Plateau, which has prompted fears it will ...

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu voiced concerns over China's plan to build the world's largest hydropower ...

The quake brings focus on China’s latest plan to build the World’s biggest dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, very close to the Indian territory of Arunachal Pradesh. Tibetan region ...

If completed, the proposed Yarlung Tsangpo Hydroelectric Project will eclipse the Three Gorges Dam production by nearly three times. For a sense of scale, the largest hydroelectric power plant in ...

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 ...

One section of the Yarlung Tsangpo falls 2,000 metres over a stretch of 50km (31 miles). But what interests Chinese officials is the river’s hydropower potential. On December 25th Xinhua ...

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 ...