雅鲁藏布江大坝不会影响流向印度的河水

Brahmaputra dam not to affect flow to India: China

雅鲁藏布江大坝不会影响流向印度的河水

BEIJING: Justifying its move to blockade a tributary of the Brahmaputra to construct a dam, China sought to allay apprehensions that it would affect the river flow into India claiming that there will be no adverse impact on downstream areas.

中国为其在雅鲁藏布江一条支流上截流筑坝辩护，努力消除人们对筑坝会影响流入印度河流的忧虑，称此举不会对下游地区造成负面影响。

Terming the Lalho dam project on the Xiabuqu river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra which is locally called as Yarlung Zangbo, as an important livelihood project to address food security and flood safety in Tibet, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the tributary river is located completely within the Chinese side.

拉洛水利枢纽，位于雅鲁藏布江支流夏布曲上，是一项重要的民生工程，为的是解决粮食安全的问题，解决洪涝安全的问题。中国外交部表示，这条支流全部位于中国境内。

“The reservoir capacity of the project is less than 0.02 per cent of the average annual runoff of the Yarlung Zangbo- Brahmaputra. It cannot have an adverse impact on the downstream,” Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a written reply to PTI to a question on India’s concerns over the dam.

该工程的蓄水能力不到雅鲁藏布江整条河流流量的0.02%，不可能对下游地区造成负面影响。