Secys to discuss China dam

With Arunachal Pradesh and Assam raising the pitch over the reported construction of dams on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra,the Cabinet Secretary has summoned a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) on October 30 to discuss the issue.

Last week,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had raised the issue with Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal after a report in The Indian Express that there was evidence now to show that Beijing had begun work on the dams.

“As of now,we have no evidence of any significant diversion of water by China but we are keeping a watch,” Bansal told The Indian Express.

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A delegation from Assam headed by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi,which met Bansal today,is also learnt to have raised the dam issue.

Efforts are on to obtain satellite images and other details ahead of the CoS meeting.