China has approved plans to build the world’s biggest dam set to produce three times as much power as the current record-holder. The Chinese government plans to spend 1trillion yuan (£109billion) building the new massive dam over the Yarlung Tsangpo River,

China's planned mega hydropower project will generate over three times energy than the Three Gorges Dam, currently the world's biggest.

China will construct the world's largest hydropower dam in the southern Tibet region, state media reported. The government on Wednesday granted approval to the dam on Yarlung Tsangpo River, the longest in the region, locally known as the Xizang autonomous region.

In a serious development on border-security and safety concerns, China on Friday has defended its plan to build the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet. China says that the project will not affect riparian states,

Chinese foreign ministry's spokesperson, Mao Ning, on Friday downplayed apprehensions over the country's plan to build the world’s largest dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet, saying that the mega project will not affect riparian states and its safety concerns have been addressed through decades of studies.