Pakistan is repeatedly making nonsense that what will happen if China also stops the water of Brahmaputra river. On this question, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has given a strong answer. Also, through statistics, it has been told that such an attempt of the dragon will have no effect.

Himanta Biswa Sarma on Brahmaputra River: Pakistan is very upset since India postponed the Indus Water Treaty. It does not understand how to respond to this attack of India. Now it has started playing the China card to erase its embarrassment. Pakistani leaders are saying that what will India do if China also stops the water of Brahmaputra. On this, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has now given a befitting reply to Pakistan. Sarma said that this is nothing but a 'baseless attempt' to create fear on an imaginary scenario related to the Brahmaputra river. 

'What will happen if China stops the water of Brahmaputra'

In a hard-hitting post on X, Sarma responded to the claim, “What if China stops giving Brahmaputra water to India? Let us bust this myth, not with fear, but with facts and national clarity,” Sarma wrote.

Sarma wrote, The Brahmaputra is a river that naturally flows into India, not one that shrinks due to upstream control. As for China, it contributes only 30 to 35 per cent of the total flow of the river, which comes mainly from glacial melt and limited rainfall on the Tibetan Plateau. While the remaining 65 to 70 per cent of the river's flow is generated through monsoon rains in India and flows from its many tributaries in the Northeast.

India is not dependent on Brahmaputra- Himanta Biswa

Citing hydrological data, Sarma said the river flow at the India-China border (Tuting) averages between 2,000 and 3,000 cubic metres per second, but it increases dramatically to 15,000-20,000 m³/s in Assam during the monsoon, evidence of India's dominant contribution to the river's volume.

He said, "Brahmaputra is not a river on which India is dependent. It is a rain-fed Indian river system, which has strengthened after entering Indian territory."

'India will not suffer any loss due to construction of Chinese dam'

The Assam CM further argued that even in the unlikely event of China reducing water flow, this move could actually benefit India by reducing the frequent floods in Assam, which displace hundreds of thousands of people every year.

He stressed that China has never officially threatened to weaponise the Brahmaputra and called the suggestion "imaginary fear-mongering". Taking a dig at Pakistan, Sarma said the country, which has long benefited from the Indus Water Treaty, is now scared of India reclaiming its legitimate water sovereignty. "The Brahmaputra is not controlled by any one source. It is governed by our geography, our monsoon and our civilisational resilience," he said.

PC: Zeenews