India, Feb. 13 -- India has taken cognisance of China's announcement of a mega dam project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo (upper reaches of the Brahmaputra for India) in the Tibet Autonomous region, the environment ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

"The government carefully monitors all developments relating to the Brahmaputra river, including plans by China to develop hydropower projects, and takes necessary measures to protect the interests of the nation," minister of state for environment Kirti Vardhan Singh said while responding to questions by Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev on whether the central government had started any evaluation of the transboundary environmental impact of the Brahmaputra dam proje...