ITANAGAR, Jul 19:  Hydropower is the only source of revenue and development of the state said, MLA & Advisor to Minister Hydropower Ninong Ering during his address in the State Assembly on Friday.
He also claimed that, if state can tap hydro energy in a proper way, it will get at least Rs. 2 lakh crore per day as revenue. However, expressing concern over the under-construction mega dam by China near Arunachal Pradesh which poses a threat of a flood-like situation in the state, senior BJP MLA Ninong Ering on Friday urged the government to take up the issue with the Centre.
China is building a 60,000 megawatt dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Medog, near the international border.
Tsangpo is known as Siang in Arunachal Pradesh and Brahmaputra in Assam. The main channel of this river is the Jamuna, which flows through Bangladesh before joining the Bay of Bengal.
 “We cannot trust our ‘neighbour’. You never know what they can do. They can either divert the entire river flow drying up our Siang or release water at once causing unprecedented flood havoc downstream.” He added that not just India, but the construction of the dam might also affect Bangladesh.
“People’s safety and country’s security cannot be compromised. Our motto should be ‘Nation First’ and we have to think for India’s security,” said Ering.
While supporting construction of dams with storage capacity to check floods in the region, the MLA from Pasighat West assembly constituency informed that there is no water treaty between India and China so far. (With input from PTI)

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