Zangmu Dam ( Over Brahmaputra)

Giving much air to the  Brahmaputra (The Yarlung Tsangpo) diversion issue the Republic of China has given the green signal for the construction of three new hydropower dams on the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra river (inside the China territory), ending a two-year halt in approving new projects on the river amid concerns from India and environmental groups.

According to a top Chinese Water Resources Ministry official the already proposed the three new dams have been approved by the State Council, or Cabinet, under a new energy development plan for 2015 that was released on January 23

According to various newspapers, till now China has only begun construction on one major hydropower dam on the main stream of the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra. Till now the construction of the project is going on.  After completion of  this project , a near about 510 MW hydro electric power will generate from this project. This project is goinig on Zangmu in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), which began to be built in 2010. One of the three app

roved new dams is bigger than the Zangmu project. A 640 MW dam will be built in Dagu, which lies 18 km upstream of Zangmu. Another 320 MW dam will be built at Jiacha, also on the middle reaches of the Brahmaputura downstream of Zangmu. A third dam will be built at Jiexu, 11 km upstream of Zangmu. The capacity of the Jiexu dam is, as yet, unconfirmed. The three projects were listed in the State Council’s energy plan for the Twelfth Five Year Plan period (2011-15), which was released on January 23.