Assam to ask government to seek Chinese hydrological data

GUWAHATI: With China not sharing hydrological data with India this year, the Assam government has decided to ask the Centre to seek it. Assam wants to conduct research on how despite no massive rainfall the state was hit by third wave water.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has recently stated that the ministry has not received hydrological data from China on river Brahmaputra and Sutlej so far this year.

India has a bilateral agreement with China to share information on cross-border rivers. Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “I had a talk with Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu and he informed me that the rainfall in the state was not abnormal.”