Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 29: The catastrophic flash flood that struck Nepal’s Rasuwa district on August 26, killing more than 600 people and leaving scores missing, has sparked fresh scrutiny of China’s expanding infrastructure footprint in occupied Tibet. Nepali journalists and analysts are raising questions about whether upstream construction and hydrological modifications along the Nepal-Tibet border may have intensified the disaster’s downstream impact.
A group of Nepali journalists has alleged that Chinese construction activities around Kyirong in occupied Tibet contributed to the ecological destabilisation that intensified the disaster. The group, operating through...




