China approved construction of three more dams on Brahmaputra

Beijing:  China has approved construction of three more dams on Brahmaputra river in Tibet. A document approved by the Chinese cabinet recently mentioned three dams to be built at Dagu, Jiacha and Jiexu on Brahmaputra, Indian officials here said.
“Any new project has to go through scientific planning and study with consideration of the interests of lower and upper stream countries”, he said.
In his interactions with media after the talks, Menon has spoken about the two sides discussing water flows and China assurance that nothing what it is doing will affect the flows.
China has been arguing that its dams are run of the river designs, therefore would not be affecting the flows of the water.
India has been expressing its concerns on this issue during the bilateral meetings.
It figured during the then External Affairs Minister, S M Krishna’s visit in last March.
About India’s concerns about Zangmu dam, Hong said at that time that the dam was not big enough to affect much of the flow to the lower riparian regions and China has not developed new hydro projects on the river.