To prevent future Chinese misadventures, India Redesigns 11,000 MW Power Project On Brahmaputra In Arunachal

Fearing a Chinese threat of “water wars”, India has initiated its biggest hydroelectric project of 11,000 megawatt (MW) in Upper Subansiri in Arunachal Pradesh.

Responding to Chinese dams coming up close to its borders in the north-east, India is also expediting three stalled projects for possible allocation to NHPC after recommendations of an evaluation committee and in-principle approval by ministry of power.

According to government sources, a 60,000MW Chinese project on the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) planned at Medog on Arunachal Pradesh’s border could be a cause for concern for multiple reasons – scarcity of water if China decides to divert it, floods affecting lakhs in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam if China sudenly releases water, as well as environmental concerns.