Chinese Dam Won’t Affect Downstream Flow to Brahmaputra: Krishna

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has said that China assured India that the dam it is constructing on the Tsang Po river in Tibet for generating power will not have a bearing on downstream flow to the Brahmaputra, said media reports.

“It is a fact that when we met in Beijing, the question of the power station did come up. The Chinese foreign minister assured me that there would be no water storage at the dam and it would not in any way impact on downstream areas,” Krishna was quoted as saying during question hour in Rajya Sabha.

He made the remarks while answering a supplementary from Ravi Shankar Prasad of the BJP on the impact of the Chinese dam, for the two countries have no water sharing treaty.

(Based on internet reports)