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India says it conveyed concerns to China over hydropower dam in Tibet

Workers are seen on railway tracks at a bridge over Yarlung Tsangpo river as they work on the construction of the railroad linking Lhasa and Nyingchi, in Tibet Autonomous Region, China November 26, 2018. Picture taken November 26, 2018.
Workers are seen on railway tracks at a bridge over Yarlung Tsangpo river as they work on the construction of the railroad linking Lhasa and Nyingchi, in Tibet Autonomous Region, China November 26, 2018. Picture taken November 26, 2018. Photo : Zhao Lang/CNS via REUTERS/Files

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India’s foreign ministry said on Friday that New Delhi has conveyed its concerns to Beijing about China’s plan to build a hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Zangbo river which flows into India.

Chinese officials say that hydropower projects in Tibet will not have a major impact on the environment or on downstream water supplies but India and Bangladesh have nevertheless raised concerns about the dam.

The Yarlung Zangbo becomes the Brahmaputra river as it leaves Tibet and flows south into India’s Arunachal Pradesh and Assam states and finally into Bangladesh.

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