Mega project being built on Brahmaputra is a serious threat to India-Bangladesh:

Beijing/New Delhi: The huge dam built by China on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet (called Yarlung Tsangpo in China) has become a serious concern for India and Bangladesh for both water security and national security. It is being counted among the most ambitious hydroelectric projects in China, which has been called by Tibetan activists as ‘disastrous’, as the project indicates the construction of the infrastructure with a ‘double -use’ infrastructure for controlling water flow and even strategically and possibly military purposes.

This mega-dak, due to being located in the upper flow of the river, provides China the ability to regulate the water flow of the Brahmaputra, or even bend large amounts of water. This will directly affect crores of people in India and Bangladesh who are dependent on this river for irrigation, drinking water and electricity generation. Analysts believe that China can use water as a geopolitical weapon, affecting the countries at the bottom.

Concerns are also being raised on serious environmental risks associated with this project, including changes in river ecology and loss of biodiversity in the region. India and Bangladesh, who are the main users of Brahmaputra water, have advocated a transparent conversation with Beijing on the issue, but further enhances the privacy concerns of the project.