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I think unless there is some kind of
International Law against such action, I don't think India or any other country
can do anything. Might is the right. China will prevail. This is not even
democracy we are talking about. China can justify that it has every right to
divert water in its own land for its economic survival. Luit will be no more the
Luit which may be good and bad.
I hope somebody will do an investigative
write up leaving aside the emotion.
Rajen Barua
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Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:31
PM
Subject: [Assam] Brahmaputra may not be
mighty anymore
Our government will do very
little against the chinese as it lacks ability and ofcourse India needs an
able leader like Netaji.
thanks
pradip
Brahmaputra may not be mighty anymore
By a Staff
Reporter (sentinel assam)
GUWAHATI, Oct 23: Worried over Chinas
reported plan to dam the Brahmaputra river and divert 200 billion cubic metres
of water annually to feed its ageing Yellow river, Dispur is expected to take
up the matter with the Union Water Resources as well as the Foreign
Ministries.
A media report on Monday said though it is still at the
discussion stage and presents an enormous engineering challenge, the plan,
backed by Chinese President Hu Jintao, aims to take the diverted water to feed
north-eastern China watering Shaanxi, Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin areas that
could face a parched future.
The proposed project, called the Greater
Western Water Diversion Project, is part of the gigantic South-North water
project that has already been started by China, the report said.
Clearly,
if the project goes through, it could strangle one of the countrys biggest
sources of water.
Highly-placed sources said that the Asom Government has
taken note of the media report, and is likely to verify the authenticity of
the report with the Union Water Resource as well as Foreign Ministries. If
China really has such plans, it is a major concern to the State and Central
Governments, the sources said.
Asom Water Resource Minister Bharat Narah,
who is currently in New Delhi, is expected to take up the matter with the
Chief Minister when he arrives in the State.
It is learnt that Indian
officials are preparing for detailed discussions with their Chinese
counterparts over the next few months.
It is pertinent to note that
responding to Indian media reports that China had built a dam on the Sutlej
river, the Chinese foreign ministry acknowledged the dam in Zhada county in
Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) but said they did it for electricity for the
local population. In doing so, they considered fully the impact on lower
reaches.
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