Adverse impact of Chinese dam on the Brahmaputra

A draft of China’s new Five-Year Plan 2021-25 has given a green signal paving the way towards constructing a large dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo (Zangbo) river.

The draft outlines the plan (FYP) for 2025 and “long-range objectives through the year 2035”, submitted before the National People’s Congress (NPC) — China’s ceremonial legislature — specifically approved the building of hydropower bases on the lower reaches of the river as priority basis in next five years.