China is building the world’s largest hydropower dam on a river that flows into India and Bangladesh with potential impact on ...

Geologically, the Tibetan Plateau ranks among the most seismically active areas worldwide, serving as a convergence zone for the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates ...

The proposed dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, known as Brahmaputra in India, is expected to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, about three times the ...

With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...

India-China relations remain tense over an ongoing border dispute in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, despite a top-level meeting late last year aimed at military disengagement - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Water security: The SUMP will ensure a steady water supply for the region, especially in times of water scarcity caused by upstream activities in China. The dam will act as a buffer, storing water ...

But China’s Medog project on the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo river — the upstream part of the Brahmaputra river — is ...

In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest ...

China plans to build 193 massive dams in Tibet, potentially disrupting ecosystems and displacing 750,000 people. This ...

On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung ...

Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy ...

Estimated $137-billion hydroelectric project, which would be three times larger than China's Three Gorges Dam, has raised ...