Environmental risk posed by Medog Dam

The office of Tibet in Geneva has flagged the significant risks posed by the planned construction of China's Medog (Metok) Dam on Tibet's Yarlung Tsangpo River—Brahmaputra in India—during the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

- Dar Ovais

DHARAMSHALA:

According to a report published by Dharamshala-based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Phuntsok Tobgyal, UN Advocacy Officer at the Office of Tibet in Geneva, in his address during the session recently highlighted that the dam project seriously threatens the environment, people, and regional stability while emphasizing that such large-scale infrastructure development would severely damage Tibet's fragile ecosystem and jeopardize water security for millions across South Asia.