"We have noted that Indian media recently made a series of reports on this issue. They said China was conducting water conservancy project or exploiting a mine previously whereas now claim there is a barrier lake upstream," Hua said. "China claims Arunachal Pradesh as Southern Tibet.Hua yesterday said that China will maintain communication with India to deal with massive lakes formed by landslides on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet following the earthquake, which caused concerns of a sudden flooding on the Indian side.She said verification by the relevant Chinese authorities revealed that the lake is to the "eastern section of the India-China boundary". "It is caused by natural factors. I noticed that Indian professional authorise have made an analysis and clarified," she said, referring to reports that the lakes were formed by the landslides.China hopes that the Indian media will not make a groundless speculation on this, she added.

Source: Times of India December 27, 2017 12:56 UTC