2017年10月27日 星期五

China to invest $50b to develop Indus River Cascade

China to invest $50b to develop Indus River Cascade

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1408444/mega-deal-china-invest-50b-develop-indus-river-cascade/

印度河盆地地圖




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印度河盆地衛星圖
國家巴基斯坦(93%)
印度(5%)
中國(2%)

印度河巴基斯坦主要河流,其支流也有經過西藏北印度。河名出自梵文Sindhu的拉丁語式拼法Indus——即「河流」之意,1947年印巴分治以前,印度河僅次於恆河,為該地區的文化和商業中心地帶。該河流上源為獅泉河森格藏布),它發源於岡底斯山脈岡仁波齊峰東北方向的切日阿弄拉山口西側,源頭位於中國西藏阿里地區革吉縣境內,源頭溪流名為邦果貢[1]。從喜馬拉雅山脈朝西北方向流入克什米爾,調頭向南流入巴基斯坦,在信德省喀拉蚩附近流進阿拉伯海。河流總長度3180公里,流域面積100萬1549平方公里[1]印度河文明為世界上最早進入農業文明和定居社會主要文明之一,後來因為約二百年的乾旱而滅亡[2]


The five forming the Cascade that has just promised to and build in — including Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PoK) — has the potential to generate over 22,000 MW in an energy-starved country. But the will also stop the flow of which is the lifeline of downstream. In non-monsoon months from October to June, they may also reduce the flow of water down the Indus to Pakistan's and provinces.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/chinese-funded-north-indus-river-cascade-a-himalayan-blunder-for-pakistan-117052200633_1.html


The $55 billion project is in danger of becoming a non-event for the Asian nation's lenders.

The lack of Pakistani input is fueling concerns.

BLOOMBERG.COM



non-event/nonevent

n. Informal.
An anticipated or highly publicized event that does not occur or proves anticlimactic or boring.

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