According to Chinese officials, China has begun building a large, large burger on the Yalong Zangbo River in Tibet, which could become the world’s largest source of hydropower.
Large-scale projects in the foothills of the Himalayas will include five hydropower stations on the river, also known as the Brahmin River, the lower reaches of India, and the Jamuna River in Bangladesh.
China Xinhua News Agency reported that Prime Minister Li Qiang attended the opening ceremony of the dam on Saturday.
Beijing has planned this project several yearsand was approved last December to link development with the country’s carbon neutrality targets and the economic targets of the Tibet region.
“The power generated will be mainly transmitted to other regions for consumption, while also meeting Tibet’s local electricity needs,” Xinhua News Agency reported after a groundbreaking ceremony held in Nyingchi, Tibet, southeast Tibet.
Xinhua News Agency said the project is expected to cost 1.2 trillion yuan ($167.1 billion).
India said in January it drew attention to China’s project, saying it would “surveillance and take the necessary measures to protect our interests”.
The Indian Foreign Ministry said at the time that China “urged China to ensure that the interests of the countries downstream of Brahmin Muputra are not damaged by activities in the upstream areas.”
In December, Beijing’s foreign ministry said the project would not have any “negative impact” downstream, adding that China “will also maintain communication with countries downstream of the river.”
China annexed Tibet in 1950 and built several dams on rivers in the region. Gaining attention From Tibetans to the potential impact on the unique ecosystem of the Tibetan Plateau.
Tibet’s vast glaciers and major rivers provide fresh water to 1.3 billion people in 10 countries, according to Yale’s E360 Environmental Magazine.
Yarlung Tsangpo is the highest river in the world, at an altitude of about 5,000 meters (16,404 feet) and is Considered to be sacred Go to Tibetans.
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangte River in Yichang, Hubei Province, China [File Stringer/Reuters]
The new dam was also built 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the vast border between China and India, most of which were controversial, with thousands of soldiers posted on both sides.
Once built, the dam may have three times the energy of the Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River in central China.
Three Canyon Dams completed in 2003 are controversial About 1.4 million displaced people.
According to local media reports, in 2015, Tibet was much less populated, with about 2,000 people displaced for the construction of the Yagen hydropower station.
