India - China: Relations And Developments

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<b>Quietly, China constructs barrage across the Sutlej</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->For the past few years, Chinese authorities have been building a barrage on the river in a remote part of west Tibet. Located across the Zada (Tsamda) gorge, an important crossing point, the barrage is probably intended to generate power for Zada town.

The satellite images of the gorge, which is also the access point to the ancient Toling monastery and Tsaparang (capital of the ancient Guge kingdom), show the barrage distinctly.<b> The images suggest work on the barrage has been completed, but it could not be confirmed. China has not sought publicity for it, as it had done for the Three Gorges Dam</b>.

Whatever be the stage of construction, the idea of a barrage across the Sutlej — which enters

<b>India near Shipki La in Himachal Pradesh — is bad news for the country. Given the wide body of evidence showing the drying up of lakes, streams and rivers on the northern side of the Himalayas, the barrage raises concern that China may finally be controlling the flow of water into India.</b>

<b>Such constructions could also lead to disasters. In 2004, an artificial lake on the Parichu stream (a tributary of the Spiti in Tibet) caused floods after a landslide, leading to heavy loss of life in the Sutlej and Spiti valleys. In 2005, flash floods in the Sutlej Valley at Kinnaur again turned the attention towards the artificial lake</b>
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Look at India, have all type of nonsense treaties with Pakistan and when its China, tail is between legs.