Himalayan hydropower projects are becoming riskier because dams, tunnels, roads and transmission lines are being built in young, fragile mountains exposed to e…
India and Pakistan signed the Indus Waters Treaty on September 19, 1960, brokered by the World Bank, dividing rights over the Indus basin's six rivers and shaping India'…
India's government launched the 50,000 MW Hydroelectric Initiative on May 24, 2003, identifying 162 projects across 16 states, with Arunachal Pradesh accounting for the…
The first 1,000 MW stage of the 260-metre Tehri Dam on the Bhagirathi river was commissioned in 2006 after decades of protest and delay, becoming a symbol of both Himala…
China commissioned the first generating unit of the 510 MW Zangmu Dam in November 2014, the first large-scale hydropower station on the main stem of the Yarlung Tsangpo,…
China's 14th Five-Year Plan included hydropower development on the lower Yarlung Tsangpo; construction of the ~60 GW Medog project began in July 2025 after December 2024…
A South Lhonak glacial lake outburst flood destroyed the 1,200 MW Teesta III dam on October 4, 2023, killing 129 people and damaging infrastructure across 385 km, accord…
India and Nepal signed a 25-year, auto-renewing power trade agreement on January 4, 2024, committing Nepal to export 10,000 MW of hydroelectricity to India over the foll…
A Langtang Lirung glacier collapse on August 26, 2026 triggered a debris flow that killed over 1,280 people in Nepal and 31 in Tibet, trapped 900+ hydropower workers, an…
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