INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
On the Tibetan plateau, a super dam will harness the roaring river of Yarlung Tsangpo, generating triple the electricity of the Three Gorges
Dam.
But politicians in India, sitting downstream, have voiced fears the dam could be a “water bomb” exacerbating floods in monsoons, or
that it could steal water in dry seasons.
Since Beijing approved the project in December last year, there have been lots of discussions, but
little proof.
Now a joint study by Hohai University and China’s Ministry of Water...
