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High water discharge from China threatens Arunachal
News:
- High discharge of water from china is threatening to flood along river siang in arunachalpradesh.
Important News:
- 2 villages in Arunachal Pradesh along the river Siang are under threat of flood after China discharge water which is highest in 50 years.
- The Siang has already eroded 12 acres in Borguli village in East of Siang
- Assam has also issued the similar alert.
- As per the report, due to heavy rainfall in Tibet has caused high discharge of 9020 cumec (cubic meter per second) as compared to 8070 cumec of water from YarlungZangbo (Tsangpo). Incremental discharge of 950 cumec is matter of concern.
- India has shown the concern, besides talking to China an effective measure is need of an hour to tackle the situation.
- Central water commission need to watch the level of water closely, as it holds the importance at National, International and Local level strategically and geographically.
- High level of water in Siang can also impact Bangladesh.
- It seems the water is discharged suddenly from man-made dam which was formed due to landslips caused by earthquake in Tibet region of China.
- India concern was needed as it has a potential to cause disaster at large scale once collapse.
