China gives green light for first downstream dams on Brahmaputra
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Nod in new five-year-plan for hydroprojects near border with India
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A view of the Brahmaputra in Assam. China has given the green light for dams on the lower reaches of the river in Tibet, just before it enters India. File
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Nod in new five-year-plan for hydroprojects near border with India
A draft of China’s new Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), which is set to be formally approved on March 11, has given the green light for the first dams to be built on the lower reaches of Yarlung Zangbo river, as the Brahmaputra is known in Tibet, before it flows into India.
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