Xi returns to China after state visit to Vietnam

[World Times] Photo: ICSikkim Urja Limited’s 1,200-megawatt hydroelectric project Teesta-III at the Chungthang dam on river Teesta gave way on October 4, killing at least 94 people in the downstream areas of Sikkim and West Bengal. The devastation has reignited wide worries surrounding two of three India-built mega hydropower projects under construction in Bhutan, local newspaper The Hindu reported on October 15.The collapse reinforced long-held doubts about India’s large-scale hydroelectric projects under construction in Bhutan. India’s assessment of the fragile geological zone in the Himalayas appears to have been inadequate, leading to significant safety risks, local media criticized.Analysts told the Global Times that a series of infrastructure accidents in the India-China border area in recent years have exposed India’s seeming inability to carry out infrastructure construction under the complex geological…