China stars a $167B Tibet Mega-Dam project
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Al Jazeera on MSNChina starts construction of world’s biggest hydropower dam in TibetThe project on a river that runs through Tibet and India downstream could dwarf the Three Gorges Dam when completed.
The dam will be located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo. India and Bangladesh have already raised concerns about its possible impact on the millions of people who live downstream.
China has officially launched construction of what experts call the world’s largest hydropower project, a colossal dam on the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) in southeastern Tibet.