03 June, 2025:
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma responds sharply to Pakistan’s latest scare narrative, calling it a "baseless attempt" to create panic over a speculative scenario involving the Brahmaputra River.
Sarma responded to the claim, "What if China stops the Brahmaputra's water to India?" by presenting facts. "Let's dismantle this myth, not with fear, but with facts and national clarity," he wrote on X, pointing out that the Brahmaputra is a river that grows in India, not one that shrinks because of upstream control.
Assa CM pointed out that even if China were to ''reduce water flow (unlikely as China has never threatened or indicated in any official forum), it may actually help India mitigate the annual floods in Assam, which displace lakhs and destroy livelihoods every year.”
''Meanwhile, Pakistan, which has exploited 74 years of preferential water access under the Indus Water Treaty, now panics as India rightfully reclaims its sovereign rights,'' he said.
“China contributes only approximately 30-35% of the Brahmaputra’s total flow — mostly through glacial melt and limited Tibetan rainfall. The remaining 65-70% is generated within India, thanks to torrential monsoon rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, and Meghalaya; major tributaries like Subansiri, Lohit, Kameng, Manas, Dhansiri, Jia-Bharali, Kopili; and additional inflows from the Khasi, Garo, and Jaintia Hills via rivers such as Krishnai, Digaru, and Kulsi,” he further stated on his post.
"Brahmaputra is not controlled by a single source. It is powered by our geography, our monsoon, and our civilisational resilience," Sarma concluded.
