- Recent Tibet quake damaged four reservoir.
- Experts says, It shown that risk of adding hydropower project in Himalayas.
- Dams in region are 68, with 101 planned or to be built.
- China building World’ s largest hydro power project in Tibet.
Recent Tibet earthquake of 6.8 magnitude in rickter scales, which killed 126 people & damaged four water reservoirs this week before and highlights the risks from a hydropower project building spree by the Asian Giants China, and India’s Northeast, the region one of the most remote, and highest earthquake prone zone of the World, as Expert says.
Some 68 major dams in Himalayan region which exploit the enormous hydropower potential High altitude lakes and rivers- just one fifth,of which has been tapped, researchers says, but to face seismic risk.
Even before the quake centred in Tingi county, the northern gate gay of Mt.Everest, expert had told, about the hydropower ambitions there, China plans the World largest hydropower dam.
This hydro power project, three times more in size than three gorges dam, in central china, which one the world largest with the capacity of 33,000 kilowatt per hour ( 33,000 kw/h) of Green Energy vital to china’s carbon emissions before 2030.
Fan xiao, a chief engineer in Geology and Mineral Bureau of southwest china, told ” a strong earthquake could cause direct damage , and the project inan earthquake prone zone”.
Hydropower project in remote mountain area, highlights tensions between the risks of building there, and enormous demand of clean power to China & India, the world’s number 1, and numbers 3 emitters of green house gases respectively.
The Dam is constructing in the upper stream region of Brahmaputra, namely there in Tibet Yarlung Zangbo , and the tectonic activity in the region could make hazardous, as told by an expert from Potsdam University, who studied the formation of changes of earth surface.His studies upto 2018, shown the regions projects were at risk of moderate to severe damage in future earthquake.
China says, the dam will play a major role in carbon peaking and neutrality goals and will stimulate the economy and create jobs. The country and also neighbouring India can occupy with it’s functioning.
