The name of Guo Kai, a Chinese technocrat, now arises suspicion among Indian policymakers. Coming from a Chinese family of hydraulic engineers, he was the originator and chief designer of the Shuotian Canal in China, author, professor, economist, vice-director and secretary of the Shoutian Canal Preparatory Committee and chairman of the Beijing Shuotian Consulting Development Company. The name of such an accomplished person should evoke respect.
But in India, the case is just the opposite. It is because Guo Kai is the originator and chief proponent of the Grand Western Water Diversion Project (GWWDP), which aims to transfer huge amounts of water from several transboundary rivers, including the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) originating in Tibet. Read More…
