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Beijing hasnt denied plans to divert Brahmaputra flow: Expert NEW DELHI: Chinas reaction to the alarm in India over diversion of Brahmaputra waters has failed to convince Indian experts even as the government tries hard to downplay the threat. China said on Tuesday that it will take into full consideration the interest of lower riparian countries while implementing any project but once again refrained from denying directly that it was planning to divert the flow of Brahmaputra. The Chinese foreign ministrys statement (that Chinas policy is to take full consideration of the interests of the downstream states) is what Beijing has repeated ad nauseam while quietly building more dams to siphon off the waters of the Mekong, Irtysh and Illy rivers, strategic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney said, adding that China had again not denied diverting Brahmaputra through mega dams. What is making matters worse for India is that China rejects the very notion of any water-sharing arrangement or treaty, like Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan, with any riparian neighbour. The terms -- water sharing, shared water resources, treaty and common norms and rules -- are anathema to it. China is one of the only three countries that voted against the 1997 United Nations Convention on the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. This international convention lays down norms and rules which China rejects, Chellaney said. Back |
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