China defends plan to build world's largest dam over Brahmaputra River in Tibet; says will not affect lower reaches
Brahmaputra River in Tibet saying that the project will not affect riparian states and safety issues have been addressed through decades of studies. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning played down apprehensions over the massive project estimated to cost around USD 137 billion being built in the ecologically fragile Himalayan region located along a tectonic plate boundary where earthquakes occur frequently.
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She said China has carried out in-depth studies for decades and taken safeguard measures.
China has always been responsible for the development of cross-border rivers, Mao told a media briefing here a question on the concerns related to the dam.
She said the hydropower development in Tibet has been studied in an in-depth way for decades and safeguard measures have been taken for the security of the project and ecological and environmental protection.
The project will not affect lower reaches, she said.
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