Remote sensing confirms China building dam

The National Remote Sensing Agency(NRSA)confirmedtoday that construction was on at theZangmusiteontheChinesesideof theBrahmaputrariver,promptingthe government to take up the matter with China at a "political" level.

In its presentation to the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) formed to assess Chinese plans regarding possible diversion of the Brahmaputra's water, the NRSA presented evidence of "houses, construction/excavation, and movement of trucks" in and around a 3-4 km range at the site.

Accordingly, the CoS, headed by Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, decided that the issue was too significant to be handled by the expert-level mechanism on floodwater data-sharing.

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