Public sentiment is largely negative regarding China's construction of a mega-dam on the Brahmaputra River, with widespread concerns about ecological disruption, displacement of communities, potential flooding, and increasing geopolitical tensions, particularly affecting downstream countries like India and Bangladesh. Commenters often reflect on India's historical damming practices, leading to perceptions of hypocrisy and karmic retribution while expressing apprehension about the broader consequences of China's actions.

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Article didn't mention, but what are the effects downstream?

Marchello_E

Weirdest part is the name. I’d figure China would use a Chinese name.

daredaki-sama

isummonyouhere

You can’t even read the article due to the amount of ads Jesus

MuchAligned38

And it'll be finished by the end of next week!

UnarmedRobonaut

India has dams too on same river. Feel sorry for Bangladeshis downstream.

China stops water, india stops water.

China releases their dam, India releases water in their dam.

Both ways bangladesh gets fook !!

Smoochy_dog

I’m sure this will go over well with India /s

ZEROs0000

&gt; According to a 2023 report, the hydropower station is expected to generate more than 300 billion kWh of electricity each year – enough to meet the annual needs of over 300 million people.

1,000 kWh per person seems like a rather low estimate, even for China. 

For comparison: The average US household uses over 10,000 kWh per year.

green_flash

BS report. This project is NOT a dam. It's a tunnel connecting different parts of the river to generate electricity with the height difference.

hextreme2007

Meanwhile idiot trump announces that he persuaded coca cola to use cane sugar.

New_Faithlessness384

Fit-Lion-773

China's best accomplishment in the 21st century is public infrastructure. 

Too bad it is very aggressive towards foreigners trying to become citizens.

Entire-Start5565

For those who don't understand its an economic attack on India

They'll sell power to India irf influence and opening their markets.

Historical-Tough6455

Anytime one of these megaprojects is built, an article mentions by how much the water retension will change the earth rotation.

Dry-Difference-396

I hope they make it a whole hell of a lot better than all of the other tofu dreg shit that’s going up lately

TheMailerDaemonLives

HobsNCalvin

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First they fucked up Southeast Asia with their dams, and now they're going to fuck up South Asia with their dams.

China is destroying the environment and its relations with other countries exactly for what? It's not for going green, cause it's currently reliant on coal and will be reliant on coal as long as it won't be willing to fire millions of its coal miners.

ilivgur

TeknoPagan

It actually affect Bangladesh more than India you should realize

Thatonemf2704

tsangpo originates in chemayungdung,tibet and it becomes the mighty brahmaputra only after namcha barwa .

if china stops the water from their side ,we will still have a fully potent brahmaputra with much lesser flood prone areas if china never releases the water during monsoon .

Fit_Salamander_8879

Education is haram in Pakistan, don't blame them

Lucifer1007

It would probably be a problem since china could hold in water and threaten to release alot of water in india causing flooding into Guwahati and other Major cities near the river it might even effect all of Bengal which would kill millions. But this take a veryyyyy long time to prepare and Somehow Hiding a dam from the world would make this impossible unless china wants the dam to be destroyed early

MalemPO_king

The Chinese dalals in the subcontinent (looking at the two Pakistans) are digging their own graves in the long run.

Choice_Ad2121

I read somewhere that 80% of the water that flows into India from Brahmaputra comes from rains in Arunachal Pradesh

Impressive-Guess6810

Sir-Notorious

Would it reduce the floods making more areas flood free though?

TheIronDuke18

Dr_Respawn

Honestly fuck it we will see when it comes be it anyone.

They tried that some years back... Got flooded and had to release the water. Eventually leading to a raging river that passed through our state

Fluffy-Sentence-2733

People always think about water scarcity when they talk about river its more about, china releasing water strategically can flood assam arunachal and meghalaya, there is a reason why people used to call bhahmaputra sorrow of assam

Hungry-Good-8128

Electronic_Place3970

mrzib-red

HotandFunTravellerM

Primed_Optimus01

I swear arunachal pradesh is very important for india and we don't realise it .

Much_Range_1208

Actually they can't as they are making a hydro power dam and they have to release water to make electricity.

Social_Giant

doesn't even affect india even if they manage to stop all of brahmaputra's flow, its more important religiously than agriculturally/ politically

New-Present7953

Also, if China stops Brahmaputra, it becomes even more important that we have Indus water no?

Dr_Balls_Sr

This river gets most of its volume from its tributaries in Arunachal Pradesh. Before that it is a regular sized river. So no problem, China may stop it, yet it'll keep flowing.

Willing-Concert3365

People don't realise actually how huge the brahmaputra is and its volume at peak monsoon. India has narly 80% of the water in brahmaputra within its territory

Conscious_State_9903

Exactly. China building a dam won't affect India's water security in the northeast. But the greater issue is irregular release of water can be weaponised leading to floods. But India has already started plans for constructing a dam in Arunachal Pradesh on the Dihang as a countermeasure for excess water retention

dreamy_stargazer

Even if they do so they'll lose the claim over Arunachal Pradesh forever. People of Arunachal Pradesh won't forgive them for a long time.

Regular-City9599

Strange-Guess2091

I think it's not 70 percent. It may be somewhere close to 80% or more.

Life-Connection-6932

As a Chinese, I was previously confused as to why India had been worried about China blocking India's water supply.



Until I read about India blocking Pakistan's water sources.



How about you Indians just say so if you want to do it yourselves? Why do you have to say that other countries will do it?



Interestingly, China has a reason to do it now - because India did it first.

bjran8888

What about Satluj? Even it originates from Tibet

srimaran_srivallabha

About 20% of Brahmaputra basin is in PRC, specifically Tibet. With Himalayas being the villain, large scale dam construction is a pita. And the quantum of water reduction will bankrupt BD more than India.

JayYem

One reason is that anything China does with water on their end affects Bangladesh more than it does us

Black_Dragon_1099

They can block water and build dam but it wont affect us that much . For Ganges most of the water is coming from our territory itself . For Bahrmaputra even if they make a dam  we can build our dams to control the flow of water . Even if they divert the water to somewhere else it will affect bangladesh more than us

Nedunchelizan

 True. But close to 70% of Brahmaputra basin is in India itself. So even if China dams it completely, we still have enough water to cater for our needs. Who gets affected the most? It’s Bangladesh.

Latter_Swimming_1009

They already do that , they have stopped sharing hydrological data , we buy it from them .

psat14

It will take years, cost billions, make Tibet vulnerable to earthquakes and affect Bangladesh a lot more than India.

Dean_46

Sadly for China 60-65% of Catchment of Brahmaputra exist in Arunachal Pradesh.....
Krle jo krta hai

Also there is Bangladesh in Bottom 🤣

janemaan

It will impact us, but now India does represent it’s voice on International Level , so doing this would come at a cost for China ofc. China can create a dam or you can say block the river flow, but doing so won’t be good for China’s diplomatic relationships. Although Bangladesh will be the one to suffer the most.

Character_Berry_5080

Read somewhere that almost 80% of water volume of bbramhaputra originates in india, specifically indian side of Himalayan range. So even if they build a dam and block it off, the water levels won't be that low. Still, a big dent to the asam valley, and flooding threats increase.

N0oB_GAmER

No because of Bangladesh, anyways we are not historical enemies like Indo-Pak for them to take such a bold move.

Adi_Boy96

It will impact India alot especially the Asam region as it will block a huge amount of water entering Indian controlled areas. Since the area is already a declared disputed area no one knows due to change in geopolitics if china captured it it will dent India very badly as 60 percent of it's agriculture on plain areas is dependent on Barhamaputra and it's tributeries.


So before India could do anything with Pakistan waters China will do the same much earlier. It's better to not mess with principles of Nature. Also Pakistan clearly said that water is it's red line and it will blow up any dams on Pakistan waters.

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\- Firstly Brahmaputra is a very different kind of river. Its flow is not straightforward, and its water comes from very different places. So, even building dams on it is very tough.

\- Since a large part of brahmaputra's water comes from within India, the impact will be limited.

\- Also, we don't have a treaty with China, so they have already build a lot of infrastructure on the brahmaputra river, and is planning to build a mega dam on it in tibet. So, us staying away from indus rivers has not stopped them from building the dams that they want. So, no reason for us to get additionally scared on this front.

Finally, if china stops water in brahmaputra the most affected country would actually be bangladesh, since India would then use up whatever water is available.

SrN_007

Majority of catchment area of the Brahmaputra is in India, especially Arunachal Pradesh. China blocking/diverting the flow of Brahmaputra will not be a problem for India

Key_Owl5629

Not much, Actually Brahmaputra originate in India. After the confluence of Siang(that comes from China), Dibang and Lohit both originates from Arunachal. Lohit holds the Longest river bridge in India. All other Rivers that drains into Brahmaputra originates within India itself 

Yes it will make the river prone to more erosion as it will be de-silted and most of the silts are carried on by Siang river. 

Other than that not much India can build its own dams to control any unforseen water release by China.

Epsilon009

dude only 5% of brahmaputra comes from china rest are generated from arunachal pradesh

One-End5764

Nothing much even if they stop full flow

Cause i read 80 percent source is from rains within india.

Only cons can be china can cause a massive flood

ElectronicCurve7704

They cant its just not possible physically Brahmaputra is biggest and widest river it cant be stopped at best diverted but cant be stopped.Also impact would massive if they were successful in north east but they wont.So dont worry much.I love that river.Reminds me of nostalgic memories

IronMan8901

old_jeans_new_books

It will most likely affect Bangladesh more. Because China would stop some water. We will use what we get. Bangladesh will get reduced flows.

IamWasting

Don't worry they simply can't, practically impossible. At least for the next 100 years.

Many-Ad-333

they will never do that like us.

and we can survive without water or little water

nateguo

It's good for India. the catchment area in India is more than sufficient for India and Bangladesh. Less chemical contamination from China.

JustASheepInTheFlock

Dams don’t work that way. They don’t fully block the flow. They might block temporarily while it’s being filled up, but once filled up the flow goes as normal.

simplearms

abhiSamjhe

I read not much. I find main objective of it is to capture north east India by flooding it overnight and cutting off connection with mainland India.

AshutoshRaiK

Was it because India broke the Indus Treaty that it suddenly remembered it was in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River?

daxiong828

This is a mega project on an absolutely mind boggling scale. The cost, the output, the scale, everything.

ProtoplanetaryNebula

Spider_pig448

This will bring untold amounts of power to Tibet, greatly benefiting the economy. The river valley is very deep and is extremely sparsely populated. The effect downstream is also overstated - Brahmaputra (the river flowing into India and Bangladesh) gets most of its catchment inside Indian territory.

My only gripe about this (and dams in general) is that dams block sediment and deposit them instead within the reservoir. So in a century or so they'll be facing a massive problem with all that clogged up soil in a very deep river valley.

fufa_fafu

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China has started the construction of a mega-dam on the Brahmaputra River, raising concerns about its impact on millions of people downstream in India and Bangladesh.

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