India is sounding the alarm over China's plan to build the world's largest hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra River, warning it could sharply reduce water flows into its northeast, Reuters reported.

Newsweek has reached out to the Indian and Chinese Ministries of Water Resources for comment.

Why It Matters

Tensions over China's Brahmaputra mega-dam raise stakes between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. The river flows through areas where China and India have disputed territory—Arunachal Pradesh. The move has stoked fears in New Delhi that its longtime strategic rival could use its control of the river as leverage.

The mega dam will expand China's green energy capacity, aligning with President Xi Jinping 's 2060 carbon-neutral target, even as it remains the world's top greenhouse gas e

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