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A River under Siege
Gamble is currently working on her third book—a history of the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River. “While the Medog project is a significant hydropower initiative, it does not require the ...
The historic building, constructed after 1855 along the Brahmaputra River, was reportedly dismantled ... "served as a ready archive, containing maps, administrative orders and all kinds of land ...
Story continues below this ad • With the ‘rules of origin’ featuring early in the negotiations ... 1. The source of river Teesta is the same as that of Brahmaputra but it flows through Sikkim. 2.
One such example is its ambitious plan to construct the world’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Brahmaputra River. While this ... an expert on Asian politics and history, highlighted how ...
An inter-ministerial panel has recommended the construction of India's longest under-river tunnel across the Brahmaputra in Assam ... proposed road between the origin and destination.
A refinery in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district has been discharging hazardous effluents into a tributary of the Brahmaputra River, endangering its fragile aquatic ecosystem, an environmental ...
What is their starting point? So, let’s understand it in a very easy way. A river is a natural stream of flowing water. When Himalayan glaciers melt, the water flows down the mountains ...
The government is ”carefully” monitoring all developments relating to the Brahmaputra river, including plans by China to construct a hydropower project, and taking necessary measures to ...
Bertil Linter, an expert on Asian politics and history ... Chairman of Brahmaputra Board, Dr Ranbir Singh pointed out that the Brahmaputra Basin is the only water-surplus river basin in India ...
NEW DELHI (ANI)- India is closely monitoring China’s plans to develop hydropower projects on the Brahmaputra River, ensuring its interests and those of its downstream citizens are safeguarded ...
Dibrugarh: As the sun sets over the mighty Brahmaputra river in Dibrugarh, the sound of drums and the sweet music of the pepa (buffalo hornpipe) fill the air. It's the arrival of Rongali Bihu ...