{"id":4227,"date":"2026-08-08T09:33:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/?p=4227"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:33:41","slug":"india-presses-china-for-trans-border-river-data-amid-concerns-over-mega-dam-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/08\/india-presses-china-for-trans-border-river-data-amid-concerns-over-mega-dam-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"India Presses China for Trans-Border River Data Amid Concerns Over Mega-Dam Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India and China held the 36th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) in New Delhi on Thursday, engaging in &#8220;frank discussions&#8221; regarding border management and trans-border cooperation.<sup><\/sup> During the talks, New Delhi strongly reiterated the need for the early convening of the Expert-Level Mechanism on trans-border rivers, emphasizing that China must share technical details regarding its upstream projects.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These demands come amid growing Indian concerns over a massive $137-billion hydropower project China is constructing on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) river in Tibet.<sup><\/sup> As a lower riparian state, India has repeatedly urged Beijing to ensure transparency, fearing that the dam\u2014expected to be the world&#8217;s largest\u2014could cause significant environmental impacts and disrupt water flows for millions downstream in India and Bangladesh.<sup><\/sup> India has not received consistent hydrological data from Beijing since a bilateral data-sharing agreement expired in June 2023.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond water security, both sides reviewed the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and reaffirmed their commitment to utilizing existing diplomatic and military channels to resolve outstanding issues.<sup><\/sup> The discussions, led by Sujit Ghosh, Joint Secretary (East Asia) for India, and Hou Yanqi, Director General of the Boundary and Oceanic Affairs Department for China, followed recent high-level diplomatic engagements aimed at normalizing bilateral relations.<sup><\/sup> Both nations emphasized that maintaining peace and tranquility in border areas remains essential for the broader development of their bilateral ties.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India and China held the 36th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4229,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions\/4229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}