New Delhi/Itanagar: China has alerted India about the rising water in river Tsangpo, called Siang in Arunachal Pradesh and Brahmaputra in Assam, leading to a possibility of floods in downstream areas, Arunachal Pradesh MP Ninong Ering said Thursday.
A senior official of the Union Water Resources Ministry said it was an unprecedented situation on the Chinese side where Tsangpo broke a 150-year record with swollen waters and hence China has shared the information with India.
Ering said the communication from China came following heavy rains in that country after which Tsangpo’s water level rose.
According to a Chinese government report, 9020 cusec of water was discharged into Tsangpo/Brahmaputra river as observed at various stations Thursday.
This was the first time this year that China shared the river data with India, the official said.
The Brahmaputra originates from China’s Tibet and flows into Arunachal Pradesh, where it is called Siang, and then Assam, where it becomes Brahmaputra, and later drains into the Bay of Bengal through Bangladesh.