Overview
- China officially launched its $167.8 billion, 60,000 MW Yarlung Tsangpo project with a July 19 groundbreaking at the river’s Great Bend in Tibet
- Beijing has offered to share hydrological data with India and Bangladesh while declining to enter a legally binding water-sharing treaty
- India’s Ministry of External Affairs has lodged formal objections and set up remote monitoring of Brahmaputra flows for sudden releases or reductions
- Bangladesh has joined India in pressing for a treaty to secure year-round water supply, protect agriculture and manage flood risks
- In Arunachal Pradesh, protests in Parong village forced suspension of feasibility surveys for India’s proposed 11,000 MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project