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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

India seeks river data from China, flags concerns over Tibet mega-dam

India has urged China to resume sharing water-flow data amid rising concerns over Beijing's construction of what will be the world's largest dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo, a river that flows from Tibet through India into Bangladesh, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of External Affairs.

New Delhi underlined the need for an early meeting of the Expert Level Mechanism on trans-border rivers and emphasised the importance of sharing technical details of upstream river projects, the MEA said in a statement issued on Friday, following the 36th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China Border Affairs.

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