China to build ‘super’ dam on its part of Brahmaputra River

China is going to build a “super” dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo river, close to the Line of Actual Control, in Tibet, in a move that could have long-term impact on northeast India’s water security.

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Originating in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), the trans-border Yarlung Zangbo flows into Arunachal Pradesh where it is called Siang and then to Assam as Brahmaputra before flowing into Bangladesh.

The dam could come up in the Medog county of TAR, which is close to Arunachal Pradesh.

China has already built several smaller dams on the Yarlung Zangbo river.

The new dam’s ability to generate hydropower could be three times that of central China’s Three Gorges Dam, which has the largest installed hydropower capacity in the world.