As the Brahmaputra bends

China has caused some confusion in India over its Brahmaputra (Yarlung-Tsangpo) diversion plan. Recently, Water Resource Minister Harish Rawat allayed fears about Chinese projects affecting India's water usage. Yet an inter-ministerial panel report asked the government to closely monitor China's plan for a series of cascading run-of-river projects in the middle reaches of the river.

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