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In an interrogation with The Indian Express, Saikia spoke astir his concerns implicit ecological imbalances that tin effect with the dam’s construction. (Express File)
Assam BJP president and Mangaldoi MP Dilip Saikia connected Monday raised the contented of a ample dam purportedly being constructed connected the Brahmaputra stream successful Tibet by China adjacent the Indian border, wherever helium urged the Centre to speech to the Chinese authorities fixed the dam’s imaginable to origin harm successful Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
In an interrogation with The Indian Express, Saikia spoke astir his concerns implicit ecological imbalances that tin effect with the dam’s construction. Excerpts:
What are your concerns regarding the dam’s construction?
If the Brahmaputra’s h2o is stopped, it would beryllium a situation for america arsenic the stream is our lifeline. Our culture, civilisation and economical activities volition beryllium affected. I raised the substance successful the Lok Sabha truthful that the Centre tin speech to their Chinese counterparts astir their plans. I petition the authorities to speech to them adjacent if determination is nary concern.
Have you spoken to anyone successful the Central authorities connected the issue?
No, I person not spoken to anyone yet.
What are your circumstantial concerns regarding the project?
The ecological situation successful the Northeast volition look challenges, which volition decidedly beryllium a substance of concern. My volition is lone to rise this concern. The portion is simply a precocious seismic portion truthful dams are ever a substance of concern. Research should beryllium done connected what its interaction would beryllium connected the radical connected the little broadside of the Brahmaputra. Our interest is besides regarding the rehabilitation of the radical who volition beryllium affected successful lawsuit determination is immoderate harm oregon a earthy calamity.
The interaction of the task connected the situation and colonisation should beryllium discussed arsenic they are matters related to cosmopolitan importance… There is simply a play erstwhile the Brahmaputra is astir adust and erstwhile it rains, the stream reaches the information mark. When the Chinese unfastened the gates of the dam, the h2o volition travel into the Indian broadside and could origin devastation. This is my lone concern.
Can these concerns that you are raising make caller tensions successful India-China ties?
India and China indispensable unrecorded unneurotic peacefully, and person amended diplomatic and economical ties. We are moving towards that. There indispensable beryllium nary misunderstanding. Both countries are demographically and economically among the strongest nations successful the world.
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