Articles Archive for 3 April 2008
China related, Current Affairs, Enviroment Related, Geo-Strategic Issues (incl. Nuclear, Oil, Energy), India & Its Neighbours, Politics and Governance in India »
From Monday’s Telegraph(“Brahmaputra jitters from China project“):
“…Hints have emerged from China that it may be gearing for a project on the Brahmaputra that threatens drought in Indias Northeast, environment experts and Indian officials claim.
Delhi, however, has decided to ignore the developments and instead volunteered to pay Beijing for help in avoiding floods in the region, government sources here said…
China, despite official disclaimers, has long been suspected of planning to divert the waters of the Brahmaputra which originates in southwest Tibet as the Yarlung Zangbo or Tsangpo to its thirsty …


