With a capacity to generate three times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam, the new dam will be located on the transboundary Brahmaputra River (known as the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet).

China recently authorized the construction of the largest dam in the world, which is expected to cost about $137 billion, on the Brahmaputra River in ... which is located on a tectonic plate ...

NEW DELHI, (ANI) – India has strongly urged China to ensure that its upstream activities on the Brahmaputra River do not adversely impact downstream states, following reports of a mega dam ...

China on Monday (January 6, 2025) reiterated its plan to build the world’s biggest dam over the Brahmaputra River in Tibet near ... around ₹137 billion, is located in the ecologically fragile ...

This is particularly the case in the downstream nations of India and Bangladesh, where that same river is known as the Brahmaputra. The proposed dam highlights some of the geopolitical issues ...