June 21, 2026
News Desk
bdnews24.com
China has begun work on the world’s largest hydroelectric dam, situated on the lower reaches of Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo River, about 50km from the Indian border, reports Indian broadcaster NDTV.
In response, India is also pushing forward with an initiative of its own – a 11,000MW hydroelectric and flood-control mega dam under the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) on the Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh. If built, it would become India’s largest hydropower project, generating an estimated 47 billion units of electricity annually at a projected cost of $13 billion.
