Guwahati, April 8 -- Amid growing concerns over China's plans to construct the "world's largest dam" on Brahmaputra, experts from India and Bhutan have voiced serious reservations about the project, warning of environmental and geopolitical risks.

Neeraj Singh Manhas, Advisor at Parley Policy Initiative, said China had been planning mega project for some time on Yarlung Tsangpo river. Yarlung Tsangpo is called Brahmaputra when it enters Assam.

He said while China may justify the hydroelectric project in terms of its push towards renewable sources of energy, the project has ramifications for India--especially in the Northeast.

"In case of India - Arunachal and Assam; what they have faced - in 2000, we have seen a huge dam that leaked in...