‘Even at Rs 82L a year, China data on B’putra can’t be counted on’

Guwahati | Tuesday | 5th March, 2019

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But China went ahead in sharing the data with Bangladesh he same year,” said Kurian. She added that the discrepancy that is involved in sharing data in the absence of any institutional mechanism is in fact putting population in the lower riparian at risk.However, after the Doklam crisis was over, hydrological data sharing with India resumed. During the Siang floods in October last year, China informed India about a landslide on the river in Tibet region that might might burst any time. China did not give data then. The information helped the Arunachal Pradesh government to get prepared for the imminent flash floods, which ultimately did not happen, beforehand..