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February 25, 2025 at 01:03 AM
*🛡️China’s Mega-Dam Project*
♟️Capacity:- 60 GW (14th Five-Year Plan, for 2021–2025); Three times the capacity of China’s current Three Gorges Dam.
♟️China aims to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
♟️Cost: About $137 Bn.
♟️Location:- At the Great Bend, where the Brahmaputra river takes a U-turn, in the Medog county of the Tibetan Autonomous Region.
♟️China has previously constructed significant dams like the Three Gorges Dam (Yangtze) and Zangmu Dam (Yarlung Zangbo).
💎Yarlung Tsangpo (Zangbo) River
♟️It originates in Tibet, and enters Arunachal Pradesh, where it is known as the Siang.
♟️In Assam, it is joined by tributaries such as Dibang and Lohit, and is called the Brahmaputra.
♟️The river then enters Bangladesh, and makes its way to the Bay of Bengal.
♟️The main river does not flow through Bhutan, but 96% of the country’s area is within the basin.
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