Himalayas Endangered By a Vast Dam-Building Project

All these proposed dams would be among the world’s tallest dams that will be able to generate more than 4,000MW, as much as the Hoover dam located on the Colorado River in the U.S.

Chinese Academy of Sciences in Kunming Ed Grumbine said, "The result, over the next 20 years, could be that the Himalayas become the most dammed region in the world. India aims to construct 292 dams-doubling current hydropower capacity and contributing 6 percent to projected national energy needs. If all dams are constructed as proposed, in 28 of 32 major river valleys, the Indian Himalayas would have one of the highest average dam densities in the world, with one dam for every 32km of river channel. Every neighbour of India with undeveloped hydropower sites is building or planning to build multiple dams, totaling at minimum 129 projects," reported The Guardian.

China, by constructing multiple dams on all the major rivers running off the Tibetan plateau is likely to become the ultimate controller of water for nearly 40 percent of the world's population.

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