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China starts construction of world’s biggest hydropower dam in Tibet

The dam will be built on the Yarlung Zangbo River in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China [File: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images]

China has started building a mega-dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, which could become the world’s largest source of hydroelectric power when completed, according to Chinese officials.

The mega-project in the foothills of the Himalayas will include five hydropower stations on the river, which is also known as the Brahmaputra, further downstream in India, and the Jamuna River in Bangladesh.

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