On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo.

The Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project has raised concerns it will cause water shortages downstream in India, where it is a ...

BANGKOK, April 13 (Reuters) – China’s Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water ...

That is enough to meet the needs of more than 300m people and more than triple the capacity of the Three Gorges dam, which is ...

On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung ...

“This means it’s not the normal Mekong water. It’s water that’s been stored behind a dam.” River water should instead be full of silt. The Mekong, South-east Asia’s main ...

Estimated $137-billion hydroelectric project, which would be three times larger than China's Three Gorges Dam, has raised ...

The dam, the first to span the Mekong itself, will generate more electricity than Egypt’s Aswan Dam. Despite the solid advances, however, the Mekong plan’s future is in doubt. The immediate ...

Concerns were raised at a forum yesterday over the likelihood of the proposed construction of the Sanakham hydropower project ...

such as the Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas). Other speakers questioned the need for EGAT to commit to purchasing power from the dam, given the country’s excessive oversupply of ...

By Maureen Harris, Senior Advisor of International Rivers Today, 24 January 2025, marks three years since the unjust trial ...

India concerned over China's approval of construction of hydropower dam in Yarlung Zangbo river. Read more at ...