China to construct world’s largest dam close to border; India waits & watches | India Information – Occasions of India

China has accepted the development of the world’s largest dam, acknowledged to be the planet’s largest infrastructure undertaking, on the Brahmaputra in Tibet, near the Indian border, elevating considerations in riparian states India and Bangladesh.
The undertaking is ready to return up within the decrease reaches of Yarlung Zangbo river, the Tibetan identify for Brahmaputra, in keeping with an official assertion quoted by state-run Xinhua information company on Wednesday (Dec 25). The entire funding may exceed one trillion yuan ($137 billion), which might dwarf every other single infrastructure undertaking on the planet, together with China’s personal Three Gorges Dam, thought to be the biggest on this planet, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Submit reported Thursday.
Whereas there was no official response from India, govt sources stated India rigorously screens all developments on the Brahmaputra and that China has up to now conveyed to India that it undertakes solely run-of-the-river initiatives on the river.