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- A new study has confirmed the presence of an active tectonic fault beneath China's Medog hydropower project on the Brahmaputra river, the world's largest hydropower project currently under construction.
- The report raises serious questions about the geological, environmental and strategic risks of the project.
- India has long argued that China's project on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo) is environmentally and strategically sensitive, while China has maintained it is scientifically designed and poses no major threat to downstream countries.
- The study, reportedly by Chinese scientists themselves, adds new weight to these concerns for India and other downstream nations.
What to watch next
- Further scientific assessment of the fault's implications for dam safety and earthquake risk
- India's and other downstream countries' response to the new findings
- Whether China releases or revises its own risk assessments for the Medog project
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Named China · India · Paichen Fault · Brahmaputra · Chengdu University of Technology · China Geological Survey · Medog Hydropower Project · Yarlung Tsangpo
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