But all of that is now at risk, he said, as India moves to build its largest dam over their land. The $13.2bn Siang Upper Multipurpose Project will have a reservoir that can hold nine billion ...

India is building a giant hydropower dam near ... approved the building of its "most ambitious – and the world's largest –dam over the Yarlung Zangbo river, in Tibet's Medog county", just ...

Mettur Dam built across river Cauvery in Tamil Nadu is one of the largest dams in India and a major tourist draw ...

A study of the Chinese media over the years indicates that the construction of a single mega dam was abandoned well before the latest announcement in favour of a more elaborate project ...

The cost of construction of the dam was almost US $ 1 billion. A cost-benefit analysis done by India National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) concluded that the construction cost of ...

The deputy leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha demanded that water-sharing and management be a key component of India's diplomatic engagement with China. PTI Last Updated : 11 February 2025, 13:45 IST ...

In India, however, the prospect of a major dam in Tibet has raised both environmental ... create over 676 million kilowatts of energy, the largest in the world. Of this amount, Tibet accounts ...

India has firmly voiced its opposition to ... in December 2024 about the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which becomes the Brahmaputra River ...

Its dam-building spree in pursuit of hydropower has led to the displacement of people, deforestation and disasters in the Himalayan region.