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June 17, 2011 / IANS, New Delhi / DC.
True, RoR Dams do not hold water nor they hinder the river flow into riparian states, but only wheel the water via the Hydroelectric turbine.
The heated debates on Channels were uncalled for and the hot debates indulged in by some of the very hot debaters are all founded on unfounded doubts and half-baked knowledge, on the issue.
while getting agitated to such possible threats is very much essential, one should be sure that their hue and cry is based on some valid doubts but not perceived ones!
June 17, 2011 / IANS, New Delhi / DC.
India on Thursday said it has satellite imagery proof that China was building only a run-of-the-river (RoR) dam for power projects on the Brahmaputra river and that it posed no threat to Assam or Arunachal Pradesh.
"India today has assets and satellites that produce superb, high-calibre imagery and we have ascertained from our own sources of information and imagery that China is only building a run-of-the-river dam at Zangmu in middle reaches of Yarlung Tsango (as the Brahmaputra is called in Tibet)," a top government official said.
Stressing that the clarification this time on the Chinese dam was different, the sources pointed out that all along India had only quoted Chinese foreign minister or the prime minister's assurances in this regard to state that there was no danger of diversion of the Brahmaputra's waters.
"We don't just discuss or just trust...we also verify," the official said, noting that India had the satellite capability for the last three years now. India launched Cartosat-2 satellite, having a very high resolution, in 2007.
China is likely to complete the work on the dam by July 2012 after which the water will flow through the dam, the sources said, noting that till such time the work is complete, a temporary dam in the midstream of the river had been done to aid construction.
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