NEW DELHI: The recent project of China to construct a dam in a region located in the Tibet Autonomous Region known as Medog County, as a part of generating renewable energy initiatives, has drawn heightened tensions to the states on India’s border. This has been another addition to the construction of dams along the mainstream of the Yarlung Tsangpo which began long back in 2010. The new dam could help generate up to 60 gigawatts of power, three times that of central China\u2019s Three Gorges Dam, which has the largest installed hydropower capacity in the world now. The project has drawn more tensions on the downstream states of India owing to the project as this will harm its agriculture and water resources and will even drop an unfavourable seismological and ecological impact.<\/p>\n
To fabricate more space for discussion on the same notion, New Delhi based Red Lantern Analytica (RLA) hosted an expert panel discussion titled \u2018Decoding China’s Hydropower Strategy: Threats, Challenges and Responses\u2019 on 6th February, 2021. The panel comprised Ninong Ering (MLA Pasighat West, Arunachal Pradesh, and Former Union Minister), Dr. Sriparna Pathak (Assistant Professor at Jindal Global University), Dr. Evan Ellis (Research Professor Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute), Dr. Dhanasree Jayaram (Assistant Professor, Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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