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In its presentation to the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) formed to assess Chinese plans regarding possible diversion of the Brahmaputra’s water, the NRSA presented evidence of “houses, construction/excavation, and movement of trucks” in and around a 3-4 km range at the site.
Accordingly, the CoS, headed by Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, decided that the issue was too significant to be handled by the expert-level mechanism on flood-water data-sharing. Instead, it decided that it would be better to tackle the issue at the political level through the Ministry of External Affairs.
The meeting of the CoS, also attended by RAW chief K C Verma, representatives of Environment, Water, Power, and External Affairs Ministries, decided to “constantly monitor” various aspects of the construction through different sub-groups set up by the CoS.
The CoS also decided that a subgroup on power should coordinate with all departments concerned to “expedite” hydro-power projects in Arunachal Pradesh.
Sources said it’s possible that construction was for a water storage project. However, the real intention of the project isn’t very clear.
The NRSA’s findings confirm The Indian Express report last month on the ongoing construction for a dam on the river which China calls the Yarlungzangbo (better known as Yarlong Tsangpo to the Tibetans) at Zangmu.
It’s learnt that the Zangmu hydroelectrical project was inaugurated on March 16 this year and the first concrete was poured on April 2. The 1.138-billion Yuan (1 Yuan = $0.15) project has been awarded to a five-company consortium with China Gezhouba Group along with NIDR (China Water Northeastern investigation, design and research) involved in its construction.
Involved in its financing is the Huaneng Corporation, one of China’s biggest power companies.
The proposed dam was planned to generate 540 MW; its height at 116 m, length 389.5 m, width at the top 19 m and at the bottom, 76 m.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had taken up this matter with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India and East Asia Summit late last month.
The construction raised concerns as there is no treaty between the two countries over trans-boundary rivers. Both set up an expert level group in 2006 to discuss sharing of flood-related data.
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India has been systematically building damns and dramatically impact the livelihood of smaller countries in the region? Have some of you ever wonder why it is OK if India build damns but not OK if others do the same?
You Guys Cannot Even have control of water resource in your country. Frist Nationalise rivers in India and have a common law of sharing water between states then you can talk about dam constructed by china.
If India did, so don't need care whether China will do it. Indian just concentrate the domestic affairs. that is my opinion.
The most effective method of remote sensing reveals China building dam across Brahmaputra but we are satisfied with a mere denial by the Chinese. Will the government of India ask the Chinese government to permit our experts to visit the area and satisfy for ourselves on this vital issue? The whole world knows that China is desperately pursuing projects to divert waters from the south flowing rivers to the north. It is too serious a matter for us to leave it to 'ritual denial by the Chinese'.
In spite of being one of the largest country's in the world, China still wants to usurp more land, fight for extension of their nation across the borders - Tibet,etc. What is their objective, except to unsettle India. Why do they need more land? First came the plans to construct a road to the Everest last year. Now a dam. Damn it all.
China is developing its infrastructure within Chinese border. Do you have a problem with that?
Even if 25% of the Brahmaputra water is diverted then Assam's flood woes can be taken care of for good and there will not be loss of land by errosion which is chronic on the banks of the Brahmaputra.Scientists ought to comment on this issue.
SAB CHALTA HAI BHAI!!WHY SO MUCH WORRY ? FIRST NEHRU AND GANDHI SOLD INDIA TO UN BY RAISING ISSUE OF KASHMIR AS DISPUTED SITE. NOW KASHMIR IS GONE, THEN NEHRU LET TIBET GO AWAY TO CHINA, NOW HIS NEHRUVIAN IDEOLOGICAL MINISTERS ARE SELLING INCH AND INCH OF INDIA TO CHINA, PAKISTAN, USA , ITALY AND OTHERS, AND WE ALL SO CALLED CITIZENS ARE USED TO THIS. WE NEVER PROTEST, WE NEVER ASK GOVT. OF WHAT BULL SHIT IS GOING ON, AND WE NEVER CHALLENGE THE BUREAUCRATS...HENCE THE RESULT. AFTER 20 YEARS, WE WILL HAVE LESS THAN HALF OF TODAY'S INDIA LEFT FOR US.
We fully agree with Yuvaraj.There was no need to go to UN on Kaskmir issue. Indian forces had driven the Pakistani forces out of Kashmir but Pandit Nehru a great nationalist wanted to prove that he was also a great interntionalist and took Kashmir issue to UN. All of us in India knew that UN was guided by UK, America, a friend of UK, France, China, then a protege of America. Russia, though on the face a friend of India but without any guts, and the UN decision would go against India. And this is what happened.In 1959 when it came to be known that China has entered Aksai Chin, Pandit Nehru told the Lok Sabha that there is nothing to worry because not even a blade of grass grow there. But unfortunately the things happened differently and we lost more than 3000 lives in 1962 attack by China. Apart from those killed we were left with thousands disabled.The way things are proceeding clearly show that Yuvaraj's assessment, though very alarming, is going to be true. is
India accepted China's rule over Tibet in 1907. Nehru was 18 years old and had nothing to do with it. Kashmir is not gone and will never be gone! Be grateful to Nehru!
Stupid fool.look at eth map of India before independence & now.You will realise how much we have lost.extremely idiotic
It doesn't include Jammu Kashmir Ladakh, Hyderabad, Mysore, Junagadh along with many others. It includes Pakistan and Bangladesh. Johnson Line was drawn unilaterally and so was McMahon Line. Chinese were scared and were removed from discussions by British. What we got was the best compromise. Thanks to Nehru and Patel! You don't know what you're saying. Rant with no essence. Just cry and cry, and blame Nehru. Along Chinese border, we got exactly what British and Hari Singh controlled at the time of Independence.
I liked the comments , specially from Chinku Chor . Thanks Man you are great !!! Now let us be realistic. That part of river is under china controlled Tebet. So don't they have rights to control the water same way as we control the water from Jammu
The National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) confirmed on Tuesday that construction was on at the Zangmu site on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra river, prompting the government to take up the matter with China at a political level.P.M. must take immediate action so that chinese cannot do this type os act. If nothing is done it means we are giving chance to do more the same type of infiltration in our loc.
Where is goofee ? Has he gone underground ? Or he is consulting "inner voice". If "maut ke saudagers" were in government, Chinese would not have constructed any dams, Pakis would not have made India sweat and India wouldn't be sick joke.
Our politician lac the guts to talk against Chine. They are timid mined because of corruption. Currupt people naturally lac the moral courage. All Independednt countries have Indipendence to defent its terrtory and cause. One bad day India will be a Indipendent country only in books. INDIAN'S BE BRAVE WAKE UP BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.
The commies in India will deny the fact. None of them open their mouth - why because they are funded by the commie party of China
Idiotic is your posting. Commies or Bajapa or any other party is/are not singly or collectively responsible for the incompetence of Congress government.
The Dragon know the inept nature of Indian polity and so it alwayz takes us for a spin.. they wil keep on denying and we wil keep mum.. thats how itz meant to be
Antony: PM, Can we talk to take this damn down by bombing it.PM: I will get back to you on this one.PC: PM, Can we talk about this dam construction on Brahmaputra in media by our Chinese neighbours?PM: I will get back to you on this one.-----Meanwhile,PM: Soniaji, Can we nuke dam on Brahmaputra by Chinese?Soniaji: Are you crazy? Just talk them out and Chinese will release water regularly to us. You then need to handle media properly.PM: Got it.PM: Wen, Hu, friends, hindi chini bhai bhai...he he...we would want to secure water from Brahmaputra!!!China: Only if you concede Arunachal (our Tawang)PM: I will consult with my counter parts and get back to you during my next term.-------------Indians: We are tired to this gross incompetence of generations by Congress politicians from Nehru till Rahul Gandhi...
I expect the next in this series will be either of these: a. Government of India has made it clear that the dam doesn't pose any risk to India because it is not actually a "DAM" as commoners understand that term. The media has also been requested not to hype things up ORb. The government has asked NRSA to confirm that the input given by it (NRSA) to government is authentic and there is no goof-up because as for govt's information, China is NOT constructing a dam.
This bloody India is a funny country ... even if you put zillion evidence on face of its people , their PM would still bend backwards to tell the world that we are not building any dam. Who wouldn't want to love such pliable populace? Indians should forget about all of north and east India - We'll probably leave UP for them to manage with all their fodders and stuff! heee hee
I liked the comments , specially from Chinku Chor . Thanks Man you are great !!! Now let us be realistic. That part of river is under china controlled Tebet. So don't they have rights to control the water same way as we control the water from Jammu
Oh, India has only detected by remote sensing a Dam in China. But think the possibilities of Chinese Space
Now our pace dove PM and his equally coward colleagues, particularly our home minister, defense minister and foreign minister will deny it. Head of remote sensing agency will either deny the report (media “mis-quoting”) or will be removed soon. If they have to admit that, then our PM will issue a statement that building such dams is not a matter of concern for India (BTW, who cares for NE states in Delhi).
What to expect from a country run by Communist dictators who have built it on the foundations of human rights abuse and stifling of freedom and physical elimination of leaders who have a different point of view! China is another Hitler's Germany which poses a threat to all other democratic nations.
China is a frakenstein created by US and its allies which is devouring itself. And, we Indians live in a seige mentality. When we recognised Tibet as a part of China for reciprocal recognition of Sikkim's accession to India, we should have watched our backs. Our political leaders are adept at manipulating "goons" and distort "facts" to the gullible Indian public. But when it comes to international diplomacy, squimper like a squirrel helter-skelter. Thanks to the Indian diaspora that despite the failings of their leaders, they still see India with pride and sense of belonging. So the next question is to find what hurts China most. One is the Dalai Lama. The other is Taiwan. Open diplomatic relations with Taiwan at Consular level. Encourage trade with them. Chinese ships passing the 10-degree channel should be placed under intense scrutiny by Navy including boarding then for suspect contraband. The Chinese will come to the table.