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China s Hydropower Strategy: Threats, challenges and responses Monday, February 08, 2021 By: ET
The recent project of China to construct a dam in a region located in the Tibet Autonomous Region known as Medog County, as a part of generating renewable energy initiatives, has drawn heightened tensions to the states on India s border. This has been another addition to the construction of dams along the mainstream of the Yarlung Tsangpo which began long back in 2010. The new dam could help generate up to 60 gigawatts of power, three times that of central China’s Three Gorges Dam, which has the largest installed hydropower capacity in the world now. The project has drawn more tensions on the downstream states of India owing to the project as this will harm its agriculture and water resources and will even drop an unfavourable seismological and ecological impact.
Ering added that Chinas proposed mammoth hydropower project in Medog county of Tibet will be a great threat to India and negatively impact Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and other states. The proposed dam threatens the complete inundation of low-lying areas in Arunachal Pradesh.
China’s geoengineering push dangerous for the region
Sun Online Desk
21st December, 2020 07:26:30
Amidst India-China clashes in the Galwan Valley and continuing border tensions, China’s alleged attempt to alter the Galwan river and potentially create flash floods to disrupt Indian infrastructure projects and military deployment needs to be looked at seriously.
China’s announcement to develop a large-scale weather modification system by 2025 has set the alarm bells ringing, especially in its neighbouring countries. According to the State Council’s circular, “the total area of artificial rainfall (snowfall) operation will reach beyond 5.5 million square kilometres, and for hail suppression it should go beyond 580,000 square kilometres”. The rationale for advancing its weather modification capabilities is mostly pinned on environmental concerns such as climate change, environmental protection/conservation, and disaster management (particularly, preparedness) among others
The far-reaching implications of climate change-affected food production in South Asia
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By Dhanasree Jayaram, MAHE
With climate change increasingly affecting food production in South Asia, it is time to focus on making food markets more resilient to climate shocks.
In September 2020, India imposed a ban on onion exports due to the vegetable’s shortage in the domestic market. One of the reasons for the shortfall in onion supplies was excessive rain in several parts of the country in August. This step taken by the Indian government sent ripples across the region, particularly in countries such as Bangladesh. In fact, Bangladesh also registered its protest against India’s “unannounced” move, which had led to a surge in the price of the staple food in the country.