Brahmaputra dammed for 510MW project

China has dammed the Brahmaputra River in order to begin construction of a 510-MW Zangmu hydropower project.

India has raised concerns in this regard because it may affect the flow of waters towards it. 

But China has assured New Delhi that the project was not aimed at diverting the river waters to affect the flow to India and other lower riparian countries.

The issue of the dam figured high in the fourth round of the India-China strategic dialogue held between foreign secretary Nirupama Rao and Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Zhijun here.

The Zangmu Hydropower Station project in the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra river in Gyaca County of Lhoka Prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region.


This is the first major dam on the Brahmaputra, and China has called the project a landmark hydropower generation project for Tibet's development.