印度稱已向中國表達對西藏水力發電廠的擔憂

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India says conveyed concerns to China over hydropower dam in Tibet

Reuters

Updated Fri, January 3, 2025 at 4:18 a.m. PST·2 min read

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's foreign ministry said on Friday that New Delhi has conveyed its concerns to Beijing about China's plan to build a hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Zangbo river which flows into India.

Chinese officials say that hydropower projects in Tibet will not have a major impact on the environment or on downstream water supplies but India and Bangladesh have nevertheless raised concerns about the dam.

The Yarlung Zangbo becomes the Brahmaputra river as it leaves Tibet and flows south into India's Arunachal Pradesh and Assam states and finally into Bangladesh.

"The Chinese side has been urged to ensure that the interests of downstream states of the Brahmaputra are not harmed by activities in upstream areas," Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a weekly media briefing.

"We will continue to monitor and take necessary measures to protect our interests," he said.

The construction of the dam, which will be the largest of its kind in the world with an estimated capacity of 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, was approved last month.

Jaiswal said that New Delhi had also lodged a "solemn protest" with Beijing against its creation of two new counties - one of which includes a disputed area also claimed by India - last month.

"Creation of new counties will neither have a bearing on India's longstanding and consistent position regarding our sovereignty over the area nor lend legitimacy to China's illegal and forcible occupation of the same," he said.

Relations between Asian giants India and China, that were strained after a deadly military clash on their disputed border in 2020, have been on the mend since they reached an agreement in October to pull back troops from their last two stand-off points in the western Himalayas.

The two armies have stepped back following the agreement and senior officials held formal talks for the first time in five years last month where they agreed to take small steps to improve relations.

(Reporting by Sakshi Dayal and Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by YP Rajesh)

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印度稱已向中國表達對西藏水力發電廠的擔憂

新德里（路透社）—印度外交部週五表示，新德里已向北京表達了對中國計劃在流入印度的雅魯藏布江上建造水力發電大壩的擔憂。

中國官員表示，西藏的水力發電計劃不會對環境或下游水源產生重大影響，但印度和孟加拉仍對該水壩表示擔憂。

雅魯藏布江離開西藏後，向南流入印度阿魯納恰爾邦和阿薩姆邦，最後流入孟加拉國，成為布拉馬普特拉河。

印度外交部發言人Randhir Jaiswal 在每週新聞發布會上表示：“我們敦促中方確保雅魯藏布江下游各州的利益不會因上游地區的活動而受到損害。”

他說：“我們將繼續監控並採取必要措施保護我們的利益。”

該大壩的建設已於上個月獲得批准，該大壩將成為世界上最大的同類大壩，預計每年可發電 3,000 億千瓦時。

Jaiswal表示，上個月，新德里還向北京提出 “嚴正抗議” ，反對中國設立兩個新縣，其中一個縣包括印度也聲稱擁有主權的爭議地區。

他說：“設立新縣不會影響印度長期以來對該地區主權的一貫立場，也不會為中國非法強行佔領該地區提供合法性。”

亞洲大國印度和中國之間的關係在2020年在有爭議的邊界發生致命軍事衝突之後一直緊張，自從10月達成協議，從喜马拉雅山脉西部的最後兩個對峙點撤軍以來，兩囯關係一直改善。

上個月，雙方高層官員舉行了五年來的首次正式會談並達成協議，同意採取小步驟改善關係, 兩軍已各退讓一步。

So, India has conveyed its concerns to Beijing about China's plan to build a hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Zangbo river which flows into India. I am wondering how this project will affect the nature habitat in the region.