Govt says no need to worry as Gogoi raises Brahmaputra issue

New Delhi (PTI) - Citing assurances from China
and its own "verification", Indian Government on Thursday said
the course of Brahmaputra was not being diverted as being
apprehended but maintained that activities across the border
are being monitored.
The assurance by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna
came when Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi called on him with
a request that concerns of his state over the reported Chinese
plan be conveyed to Beijing.
"I have said earlier and would like to repeat it again
that we have been monitoring the developments both through our
satellite pictures as well as our interactions with the
Chinese authorities," Krishna said.
"Chinese authorities have conveyed to us that it is
going to be a run of the river power project. There is not
going to be any reservoir. As result of that, the question of
any diversion or any storage of water does not arise," he
said.
The External Affairs Minister said government has made
its own verification on the project.
"We have also made verification on our own. It is a
fact that China is creating a run of the river power project
and the question of any water being impounded is not there,"
he said.
The Brahmaputra, which enters India from Tibet, is
considered the lifeline of Assam.