By IANS,
New Delhi : India said Thursday it will be determining if China is building a large-scale dam project on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra river in its territory.
In response to a media report, the ministry of external affairs spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said the Indian government would be examining if there had been any change in the Chinese position.
The spokesperson said at earlier meetings of India-China experts on trans-border river issues “the Chinese side has categorically denied that there is a plan to build any such large scale diversion project on the Brahmaputra river”.
But, in light of the news reports, India will be asking China if it is building any major project “as such a project may have significant impact on the socio-economic condition of people living downstream”.
The Brahmaputra flows for 1,625 km inside China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, with the Indian part being 918 km long.
“We are looking into the said newspaper report to ascertain whether there are recent developments that suggest any change in the position conveyed to us by the government of China,” he said.