{"id":179567,"date":"2025-07-21T14:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=179567"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:15:16","slug":"india-faces-blowback-of-water-weaponization-as-china-builds-mega-dam-on-brahmaputra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/07\/21\/india-faces-blowback-of-water-weaponization-as-china-builds-mega-dam-on-brahmaputra.html","title":{"rendered":"India faces blowback of water weaponization as China builds mega-dam on Brahmaputra"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Delhi: India is facing the consequences of its own water weaponization strategy, as China\u2019s colossal hydropower project on the Brahmaputra River near Arunachal Pradesh exposes New Delhi to the same insecurity it once used against its neighbors.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the $168 billion mega-dam, set to become the world\u2019s largest, could drastically alter river flows, affecting millions in India\u2019s northeast.<\/p>\n

Strategic analysts say this marks a turning point: India, long accused of using the Indus Waters Treaty as leverage against Pakistan, is now on the receiving end of hydrological coercion. Opposition parties have criticized the Modi government\u2019s silence, warning of a future where China could engineer floods or droughts to exert pressure.<\/p>\n

With upper-riparian dominance now in Beijing\u2019s hands, calls are growing for India to reconsider its own practices, including holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, as the Brahmaputra becomes a stark symbol of regional water politics turned on its head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi: India is facing the consequences of its own water weaponization strategy, as China\u2019s colossal hydropower project on the Brahmaputra River near Arunachal Pradesh exposes New Delhi to the same insecurity it once used against its neighbors. According to Kashmir Media Service, the $168 billion mega-dam, set to become the world\u2019s largest, could drastically …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":179569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t