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Experts raise concern over China’s ‘Great Bend Dam’

Guwahati, Apr 8 (UNI) Global experts and policymakers voiced concerns about China’s proposed “Great Bend Dam” on the Yarlung Tsangpo River, known as the Brahmaputra in India, during a seminar organised by the Shillong think-tank Asian Confluence at NEDFi House, here in Assam
Various speakers highlighted the potential environmental, geopolitical, and security challenges posed by the 60,000 MW mega-dam project in Tibet’s Medog County.
The seminar, titled “Ensuring Water Security, Ecological Integrity, and Disaster Resilience in the Sub-Himalayan Region: The Case of the Brahmaputra,” brought together leading voices to discuss the risks associated with the project.
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