US EditionShould India Worry About China's Massive Dam?
TIBET, CHINA, JUL 29 – The Motuo Hydropower Station will generate 60 gigawatts, ten times more than the Grand Coulee Dam, raising concerns over regional water security and geopolitical tensions with India.
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China is building the world's biggest hydropower dam. Is it a 'water bomb' aimed at India?
China has begun construction on the world's largest hydropower dam, a project so massive that Premier Li Qiang called it the "project of the century." But the dam could also create a big problem for China's next-door neighbor, India.The Motuo Hydropower Station on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet could eventually "generate three times more energy" than current champion Three Gorges dam, said the BBC. But the $167 billion project has "attracted…
Twin earthquakes shakes Tibet, raises alarms over seismic risk amid China’s mega-dam projects
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, July 30: Tibet was jolted by two earthquakes just hours apart on Wednesday, underscoring the region’s extreme vulnerability to seismic activity and intensifying concerns over China’s ambitious and controversial mega-dam project now underway on the Yarlung Tsangpo river. The first quake, measuring 4.3 in magnitude, struck at 6:58 AM IST near the Tibet–Nepal border, followed by a second tremor of magnitude 4.0 at 11…
The largest hydroelectric power plant in the world is currently being built in Tibet. It could make it easier for China to get out of coal – but with serious consequences.
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