China's Diversion of Brahmaputra to Hit Arunachal Power Units

New Delhi, Apr 20 : The Government today conceded that the power generation in various hydro-electric schemes in the Brahmaputra would be 'adversely affected' during the lean flow months in the event of China diverting water before the mighty river takes a hair pin bend and flows into Arunachal Pradesh as Siang.

In a written answer in the Rajya Sabha regarding the Chinese plans to divert water from the upper reaches of Brahmaputra, Minister of State for Power Bharatsinh Solanki said no specific study had been made to assess the impact of the proposed diversion of 40 Billion Cubic Metre (BCM) Brahmaputra waters known as Yalun Zanbo in China for Xiangiang and Gansu (Gobi Desert).

A Technical Group headed by Member of Central Water Commission was constituted to study the implication of possible diversion of Brahmaputra water by China.