NEW DELHI: The Union government has “taken note” of China’s announcement of a mega dam project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo (upper reaches of the Brahmaputra) river in the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Centre informed Parliament. Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, in a written response to a query in the Rajya Sabha, stated that various issues related to trans-border rivers are discussed with China under the framework of an “institutionalised Expert Level Mechanism,” established in 2006, as well as through diplomatic channels. The…
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