Govt assures Gogoi of vigilance on Brahmaputra issue

New Delhi: The Government today said the course of Brahmaputra was not being diverted as being apprehended even as it assured that activities across the border are being monitored, citing assurances from China and its own “verification”. The assurance by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna came when Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi called on him with a request that concerns of his state over the reported Chinese plan be conveyed to Beijing. [caption id=“attachment_26804” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi met External Affairs minister SM Krishna today regarding the Brahmaputra issue. Utpal Baruah/Reuters”]  [/caption] “I have said earlier and would like to repeat it again that we have been monitoring the developments both through our satellite pictures as well as our interactions with the Chinese authorities,” Krishna said. “Chinese authorities have conveyed to us that it is going to be a run of the river power project. There is not going to be any reservoir. As result of that, the question of any diversion or any storage of water does not arise,” he said. The External Affairs Minister said government has made its own verification on the project. “We have also made verification on our own. It is a fact that China is creating a run of the river power project and the question of any water being impounded is not there,” he said. The Brahmaputra, which enters India from Tibet, is considered the lifeline of Assam. Reuters