China’s plan to build a $168 billion hydropower system, also known as the “mother of all dams”, on Yarlung Tsangpo remains shrouded in secrecy due to lack of transparency around the project and widespread concerns in India about the potential weaponisation of water.
In a detailed report, the CNN highlighted how the lack of transparency around the dam, dubbed as an engineering marvel by China, is causing unease in neighbouring India, which has already expressed its concerns and said that it is closely monitoring the construction. China’s project is on the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, which becomes the Brahmaputra downstream.
The report said that the dam, which will be the world's most powerful, is part of President Xi Jinping’s ambitious infrastructure expansion plan with an eye on boosing national security. It appears that Beijing not only wants to ramp up energy supply but also tighten control along the India border amid recent tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
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