China's Dam Project and India's Response

China is building the world's largest dam,

and India is countering it. But

why are there protests over this in India?

So China, on the Brahmaputra

River, which in Tibet

is known as the Yarlung Tsangpo,

is building the world's biggest dam,

which it could weaponize against India

at any time by releasing huge amounts of water,

which could cause

devastating floods in India's northeast.

To counter this, the

Indian government has

also

fast- tracked an 11,000- megawatt

dam project on the same river

so that even if China releases

water upstream, this dam can

control it, or if China stops the water,

then from this dam's reservoir

those water needs can be met.

And protests against this

dam are currently underway

in Arunachal Pradesh,

in which the CBI has already [taken

action against] activist Bhanu Tatak

has been arrested because he received two

million rupees in funding from foreign NGOs

that are based in Ireland, the Philippines, and the UK.

Now think for yourself.

In India, this

dam is being built to counter whom?

China. So who would want to stop it?

Obviously, China. But you'll say the

funding is coming from here and there,

not from China.

That's the catch. Foreign funding always

comes through NGOs from here and there

so that no one can track the money trail.

And this is just one case.

In the Narmada Dam case, Medha Patkar,

because of whom the Narmada Dam

remained stalled for 30 years,

and now in the Great Nicobar

Island project, it's the same case.

So these aren't all

coincidences. That's why

I just hate protests,

because protests over genuine

issues do get started,

but they get hijacked to

destabilize any country. And

That's why the Indian government was

going to make the FCRA

rules much stricter.

But then the CJB protest happens.

I didn't say anything.

The rest, you understand.

You're smart enough to figure it out yourself.