Indian voice is wary of China’s plan to build the world’s largest dam in Tibet.

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India has expressed concern about the planning of Beijing, three times the world’s largest hydropower, three times the three valleys in China.

The hydropower project, which was announced last month, is one of the dam network built throughout Tibet, because China is aimed at increasing the renewable energy share of power consumption this year to 33 %. It was announced that it was a club. 2020 cents.

“This is a many ecological disorder mega -pro, and does not take into account the interests of the state of the riverbank,” said Randil Jaiswal, a spokesman of the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs this month.

This column comes when trying to repair the relationship following the fatal border collision in 2020. In October last year, New Delhi and Beijing signed a contract to solve the military stand -off and agreed to the military patrol along the contested Himalayas border.

India is afraid that the dams in the Tibet of the earthquake spurse floods and water shortages to the downstream, and at the same time giving the dominance of a potential stand -off among nuclear armed neighbors. Was described.

“Everything can be afraid,” said Shibushan Karl Mennon, a former Indian national security advisor and chairman of the China Research Center. “Geopolitics is obviously not useful because no one trusts this.”

Tibet has one -third of China’s hydropower potential. Yarlung Tsangpo, the world’s highest waterway, is the longest river in Tibet, and is called Bramputra in India before changing to Jamna in Bangladesh.

The 60 Giga Wat Dam, a rim on the Tibetan Plateau, is near the border with Arnachal Pradesh, India, and Beijing claims sovereignty, and two teams fought in the war in 1962.

“India and Bangladesh are concerned that dams change the flow of the river, and may confuse access to water for agriculture, drinking, and other human needs,” said South Asia. Nee -Radi Shin Manhas, a specialist in the security of the border river and water, states.

Barry Sortman, a politician at the Hong Kong Science and Technology University, stated that China was not the main water source of Bramaptra. “Somewhere between 7 % and 30 % of the water comes from Tibet. The rest come from rainfall (downstream),” says Sautman.

When he officially announced the dam on Christmas days, Beijing said, “It will bring more profits, happiness, and safety to all Tibetan groups.”

Chinese officials have rejected concerns about the impact on the environment or downstream water supply. “This project does not have a negative impact on the rights and interests related to the ecological environment, geographical conditions, and descending countries’ water resources,” said GUO JIAKUN, a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China. I am.

Activists have argued that 193 hydroelectric projects, built in Tibet, have led to serious environments and human rights violations. A large -scale dam construction project in Tibet has previously attracted intense opposition, such as around Kamutok, Gang Tuo, and Hydraul in East Ginsha River.

According to Malik Fida Khan, the executive director of the Bangladesh Environment and Geographical Information Service Center, the government research center:

India is also planning to build a Cyan Upper Multipus Project, the largest dam on the sub -continent with 11 GW output capacity in Arnachal Pradesh.

Pema Kandu, the Prime Minister of Arnachal Pradesh, said to India’s News PTI, “China” said, “Because China is” unpredictable and can do anything, “it” reduces potential flood risks from the release of water. He said that he was aiming for that.

The Indian Dam Project is also igniting from the local population and concerns of Bangladesh.

Additional reports by Nian Rue in Beijing, creating maps by Steven Bernard, visualization of data by Bob Haslet