Northern Indian Group Protests Chinese Tsang-Po Dam Project
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A Chinese plan to dam up a river in Tibet could have big consequences for people living downstream in northern India. Indian protesters gathered on Sunday to raise awareness of the issue. Here's that story.
Members of the protest group Jan Chetna Manch gathered on Sunday in India's northern city of Allahabad. They're protesting a Chinese dam project they say could harm their region.
Chinese officials have said they plan to build a hydroelectric power plant and dam up the Tsang-Po River—known as the Brahmaputra River in India. The river starts in Tibet, and flows down into India and Bangladesh.
Opponents of the plan are concerned about the environmental impact the dam will have on agriculture and drinking water downstream.
[Shahid Jalal, Member of Jan Chetna Manch]:
"The chief ministers of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have repeatedly asked the federal government to stop the dam that is being built on the Brahmaputra River... but no action has thus far been taken on the part of the government."
There are also worries that the dam would give the Chinese regime the power to control the flow of water into India and Bangladesh. This could create a political lever that the Chinese leadership could use to influence the Indian and Bangladeshi governments.
Regardless, the dam would have an impact the ecosystems and farming communities of northern India and Bangladesh. Chinese plans call for diverting significant amounts of water from the river to irrigate barren regions of the Himalayan plateau in China.
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A Chinese plan to dam up a river in Tibet could have big consequences for people living downstream in northern India. Indian protesters gathered on Sunday to raise awareness of the issue. Here's that story.
Members of the protest group Jan Chetna Manch gathered on Sunday in India's northern city of Allahabad. They're protesting a Chinese dam project they say could harm their region.
Chinese officials have said they plan to build a hydroelectric power plant and dam up the Tsang-Po River—known as the Brahmaputra River in India. The river starts in Tibet, and flows down into India and Bangladesh.
Opponents of the plan are concerned about the environmental impact the dam will have on agriculture and drinking water downstream.
[Shahid Jalal, Member of Jan Chetna Manch]:
"The chief ministers of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have repeatedly asked the federal government to stop the dam that is being built on the Brahmaputra River... but no action has thus far been taken on the part of the government."
There are also worries that the dam would give the Chinese regime the power to control the flow of water into India and Bangladesh. This could create a political lever that the Chinese leadership could use to influence the Indian and Bangladeshi governments.
Regardless, the dam would have an impact the ecosystems and farming communities of northern India and Bangladesh. Chinese plans call for diverting significant amounts of water from the river to irrigate barren regions of the Himalayan plateau in China.