03-Jun-2025 07:47 PM
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New Delhi, June 3 (Reporter) After the nuclear blackmail during Operation Sindoor, Pakistan has resorted to a new threat asking what if China Stops Brahmaputra water to India. The narrative was, however, demolished by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma before it could gain currency.
In a response to Pakistan’s new scare narrative, the Assam Chief Minister tweeted 'After India decisively moved away from the outdated Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan is now spinning another manufactured threat: What if China stops the Brahmaputra’s water to India ?”
'Let’s dismantle this myth — not with fear, but with facts and national clarity,' the Chief Minister said.
'Brahmaputra : A river that grows in India — not shrinks. China contributes only 30–35 percent of the Brahmaputra’s total flow, mostly through glacial melt and limited Tibetan rainfall. The remaining 65–70 percent is generated within India, thanks to torrential monsoon rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland and Meghalaya and major tributaries like Subansiri, Lohit, Kameng, Manas, Dhansiri, Jia-Bharali, Kopili," he said.
He said additional inflows are from the Khasi, Garo, and Jaintia Hills via rivers such as Krishnai, Digaru, and Kulsi. The Chief Minister said the Brahmaputra is not a river India depends on upstream, it is a rain-fed Indian river system, strengthened after entering Indian territory.
The Truth that Pakistan should know is that even if China were to reduce water flow (unlikely as China has never threatened or indicated in any official forum), it may actually help India mitigate the annual floods in Assam which displace lakhs and destroy livelihoods every year.
Meanwhile, Pakistan, which has exploited 74 years of preferential water access under the Indus Waters Treaty, now panics as India rightfully reclaims its sovereign rights.
The Chief Minister said Brahmaputra is not controlled by a single source. 'It is powered by our geography, our monsoon and our civilizational resilience...////...