It is said that the third world war will be fought for WATER. On Nov 22, 2017 1:05 PM, "E DeSousa" <ejd...@att.net> wrote:
> > It appears, not everybody appreciates the"waterway to heaven".Chinese > engineers wait forGovernment approval of proposed world's longest 1000 Km > tunnel to divertBrahmaputra from the Tibet plateau to the arid Taklamakan > desert in Xinjiang in northwest China.Given that the Brahmaputra is knownto > make up to 30 per cent of India's water supply the implications of this > planare quite dire for India. So far the Chinese have been building > "run-of-the-river dams for electricity generating purposes with little > impact onIndia’s water security downstream"Now Chinese engineers want > to"divert water from Sangri county, in Tibet, before the Yarlung Tsangpo, > asit is known in Tibet, enters India in Arunachal Pradesh." The > statedobjective is to "turn the Chinese desert into a new California". > > > http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/chinese-engineers- > brahmaputra-tibet-xinjiang-india/1/1078395.htmlhttp:// > www.theshillongtimes.com/2017/09/21/water-wars-brahmaputra- > and-indo-china-relations/ > > > > > > >
