India’s two Northeastern states, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, have been put on a flood high alert after upper riparian state China alerted India on Thursday about the rising water levels in Tsangpo river.
Tsangpo, which enters India through Arunachal Pradesh is known as the Siang river in the state. Further downstream, Siang river joins Lohit and Dibang rivers to form the Brahmaputra in Assam. Thus, a spate in the Chinese river puts both states on a threat of flooding.
According to a Chinese government report, Tsangpo was in spate because of heavy rains in the river basin. The various gauge and discharge stations on the Tsangpo had observed a discharge of 9,020 cumec water on Wednesday, official sources said.
According to the Central Water Commission (CWC) data, water level is currently rising in Beki river (Barpeta district in Assam) and Jiabharali river (Sonitpur district in Assam) in the Brahmaputra basin.
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