Even as China races to build the world's largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, its own government-backed geologists have warned that the mega dam sits above an active fault line capable of triggering landslides, earthquakes and structural instability.

New analysis brings call for slope reinforcement for massive mega-dam project in Tibet to mitigate risks of landslides and collapses.

Research emerging from China points to structural vulnerabilities and geological threats which make foundation-bearing capacity of projects near Paizhen Fault more susceptible to…