We ourselves should not be led astray by foreign media! The construction of the Yarlung Tsangpo River hydropower project has nothing to do with strangling India. The fundamental reason for building such a project is to solve domestic power problems and achieve our goal of energy transition. In fact, from the construction plan to the total cost of the project, we have not squeezed India in the slightest.
Firstly, regarding the design plan, this hydropower project uses the vertical drop of 2,300 meters at the large bend in Motuo, cuts the river bend and builds a 50-kilometer-long mountain tunnel to divert water for power generation, and also constructs five cascade hydropower stations. Overall, we are still using this natural drop. Therefore, our plan is not to build a tall dam.
Since there is no tall dam, there is no situation where we store a large amount of water and the downstream lacks water, nor is there a situation where we suddenly release water to the downstream. Moreover, the total investment in our project is as high as 1.2 trillion RMB. To use such a huge cost to squeeze India's neck is just a joke. In fact, the reaction from within India to this hydropower station construction was not very intense.
From our design plan, no country can find any fault, because our design plan is indeed advanced. We are increasingly able to achieve a balance between the development of natural resources and environmental protection. The so-called intention to strangle India's neck is merely the imagination of some Indians, and it is also an intentional guidance by some media. We do not regard India as an opponent, and there is no deliberate targeting of India. In fact, we are just doing what we should do.
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