Chinese scientists warn of active fault line beneath China’s mega dam on Yarlung Tsangpo

New Delhi, July 12 Chinese scientists have raised fresh concerns over the geological risks facing China’s massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, warning that an active fault line beneath the site could threaten the structural stability of the world’s largest hydropower dam, a report has said. According to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the warning is based on a study published last month in the Chinese-language journal Sedimentary Geology and Tethyan Geology. The research was conducted under the supervision of the state-owned China Geological Survey. The study found that the Paizhen Fault,…