New Delhi: India consistently delivered its views and concerns to China about the development of the Brahmaputra River and urged neighboring countries to ensure that the interests of downstream countries were not harmed by every activity in the upstream area, the government had notified parliamentary panels.
The center carefully monitors all developments in Brahmaputra, the External Ministry (MEA) told the committee to water resources.
The panel submitted a report before Lok Sabha on Thursday.
“The Chinese side has delivered to us on several occasions that they only carried out Run-of-the-River hydropower projects, which did not involve the transfer of Brahmaputra water,” Mea said told the panel.
In a written response to the question by the panel about whether China has a proposal to build a dam to Brahmaputra, MEA said “12-year 12 years plan for the economic and social and social development of the People’s Republican” supported in March 2011 showed that the three hydropower projects were in the main flow Rivers in the Tibet autonomous region are approved for implementation by Chinese authorities.
A hydroctu project in Zangmu was declared fully operating by China in October 2015.
“The government carefully monitors all developments in the Brahmaputra River.” As a lower Ridarian country with well-established user rights for cross-border river waters, the government consistently expresses its views and concerns to China’s authorities and has urged them to ensure that the interests of downstream countries are not harmed by any activities in the upstream area “Mea said to the panel.
Various problems related to the cross-border river are discussed with China under the ambit mechanism of the institutionalized expert level, which was founded in 2006, and through diplomatic channels.” We intend to remain engaged to China about cross-border river problems.
To keep our interests, “Mea said Afternoon when entering India through Arunachal Pradesh.
Next ber Join several tributaries to take the form of Brahmaputra.
There are concerns on the side of India on China slamming Brahmaputra, which is a critical source of water to the northeast and also Bangladesh.
In November last year, Yan Zhiyong, Chair of the Corporation of Power Construction of China, said the neighboring country would “implement the exploitation of hydropower in the downstream Yarlung Zangbo River” (Tibetan name for Brahmaputra) and the project can serve to keep water.
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On sharing hydrological data by China for the Brahmaputra and Sutlej river, the Ministry of Jal Shakti told the committee that except for 2017, data was supplied by the Chinese for both rivers in accordance with the mold signed between the two countries.
The gap in the supply of data in 2017 also coincides with 73 stand-off doklam days between the two neighbors that occurred during the summer peak period.
Hydrological data (water levels, rainfall and release) from Brahmaputra for three stations in the autonomous Tibet (TAR) – Nugesha, YangCun and Nuxia – supplied regularly from May 15 to October 15, twice a day (0800 hours and 2000 hours of time China).
Similarly, hydrological data from Sutlej for Lone Station in Tar – Tsada – is supplied periodically from June 1 to October 15, 2020, twice a day (0800 hours and 2000 hours of China), the panel was told.
India consistently expressed its concern to the development of Brahmaputra: MEA to Parliament Panel
