Operationalisation of the $1.5 billion Zangmu Hydropower Project marks the beginning of a series of Chinese dams on the Brahmaputra and other rivers originating in …

The first section of the 510 MW project began generating power.

This is the reason why the Indus basin experienced massive flooding in the 2010-11 water year with total freshwater availability exceeded 150 Million Acre Feet (MAF). A network of crisscrossing canals was to provide water for winter cultivation in 2,600 square kilometres of erstwhile rain-fed agricultural land and powerhouses at the dam were to generate 45 MW. Dam on Brahmaputra : Consequence and Reality Check. The Ganges and its all tributaries, especially the Yamuna, have been used for irrigation since ancient times. Dams and canals were common in gangetic plain by fourth century BCE. The EIA, thus, should have looked at

The Rajghat dam on the Betwa was envisioned to be a multi-purpose, multi-state venture to bring irrigation, food and water security to the region. The cumulative impact of a number of dams on a river is not simple addition of impacts of individual dams. Why India is worried about China's dam projects on the Brahmaputra river China said it was building a dam on a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo, as Brahmaputra is known in Tibet. This will be its ‘most expensive hydel project’. "By engaging in a race to dam the Brahmaputra as quickly as possible, China and India will cause cumulative environmental impacts beyond the … The New Horizon. The current trends of glacial melts suggest that the Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra and other rivers that criss-cross the northern Indian plain could likely become seasonal rivers in the near future as a consequence of climate change. It is assumed the underwater area behind the dam has a net biomass loss. The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin has a huge hydroelectric potential, on the order of 200,000 to 250,000 megawatts, nearly half of which could be easily harnessed. But scientists studying the … So the dam pulls the GHGs from the future into the present. Today’s reality of Climate Change and the natural variability of river flows mean that annual freshwater availability (in most river basins) can vary dramatically.

Pushing GHGs into the future to balance the prior time shift. Posts Tagged ‘brahmaputra’ Dam on Brahmaputra : Consequence and Reality Check. A view of the mighty Brahmaputra river, that floods every year in the state (Photo by Vishnu Varma) Justifying its move to blockade a tributary of the Brahmaputra to construct a dam, China Saturday sought to allay apprehensions that it would effect the river flow into India saying that there will be no adverse impact on downstream areas. If a dam has a 50 year life, after 50 years trees return behind the dam and take up GHGs. I have been reading about Chinese dams in Brahmaputra in Indian newspapers. What Chinese dam on Brahmaputra means to India - Two days ago, on Sunday, China operationalised its first major dam on the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra. with 50 comments. A new world explored with a rational view. While there has been a considerable amount of literature produced on transboundary river cooperation issues, little has been written about the relationship between transboundary cooperation, the damming of shared rivers and state security. `China has assured us on Brahmaputra dam` Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said China has given an assurance that the dam it was building on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet will not harm India`s interest and "we trust" its statement.