‘Bangladesh getting less than expected water after Farakkah’

[Homo Sapiens]

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.c...ting-less-than-expected-water-after-Farakkah’
Published : 04 Mar 2017, 16:23:51

‘Bangladesh getting less than expected water after Farakkah’

Bangladesh is getting less water after building the Farakkah Barrage, said Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Friday.

"After the building of Farakka Barrage, the flow of water on Padma has reduced quietly. Though we earlier got 55-54 thousand cusec water, now we get 20-25 thousand cusec water," he said.

The minister told it to journalists after inaugurating the construction of an embankment to save ancestral residence of Rabindranath Tagore at Shelaidah in Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia, reports BSS.

The minister cited siltation in the rivers as one of the main reasons behind the reduction of water flow besides the embankment.

Anisul also said Bangladesh-India joint technical committee is conducting survey for the construction of the Ganges Barrage.

"After the completion of survey, a decision will be taken in this regard," he added.

Water Resources Ministry Senior Secretary Dr. Zafar Ahmed Khan and former Awami League lawmaker and Premier Bank Limited chairman Dr HBM Iqbal joined the function as special guests with Kushtia-4 seat lawmaker Abdur Rouf in the chair.

The Ganges Barrage Project is a proposed project in Bangladesh to hold back rain water of the monsoon season because of the periodic drying up of the Ganges River basin in Bangladesh due to the Farakka Barrage. It would be located within Pangsha Upazila in Rajbari District.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Signing any bilateral international treaty with Chanakyabadi Indian is nothing less than self deception.These modern day Chanakya are taking full advantage of other side's honesty and sincerity.Other country should be cautious with signing any bilateral treaty with this superfraud country.

 

[Nilgiri]

Signing any bilateral international treaty with Chanakyabadi Indian is nothing less than self deception.These modern day Chanakya are taking full advantage of other side's honesty and sincerity.Other country should be cautious with signing any bilateral treaty with this superfraud country.

Enjoy watching fat lady sign exactly what we tell her to sign.....its coming up

Also remember your article says less than EXPECTED....not less than PROMISED/AGREED.

Learn the difference.

Manage your water better and put more competent people to do that and negotiate with India next time....rather than crying over chanakya this and chanakya that....like a silly little kid throwing a tantrum because Dada didn't give it all it wanted. Grow up and speak up.

 

[riasat]

Enjoy watching fat lady sign exactly what we tell her to sign.....its coming up

Also remember your article says less than EXPECTED....not less than PROMISED/AGREED.

Learn the difference.

Manage your water better and put more competent people to do that and negotiate with India next time....rather than crying over chanakya this and chanakya that....like a silly little kid throwing a tantrum because Dada didn't give it all it wanted. Grow up and speak up.

Lets keep the discussion civil.
Do you think it is right to stop the natural flow of the river specially if it flows through multiple countries and affect the life of millions.
Yes you can build anything inside your territory but when your decision directly impacts livelihood of many (Causing famine and hunger) than basically you are just selling your soul to the devil.

I am not an ultra nationalist. Bangladesh has many flaws, not to mention some Bangladeshi posters make me sick here (jamaati ones). I will personally never deny our flaws and you guys shouldn't either.

 

[Nilgiri]

Do you think it is right to stop the natural flow of the river specially if it flows through multiple countries and affect the life of millions.

To stop? There has been a reduction of "expected" flow by 50%. There is no reference to how this expected flow was determined (is it just the base flow without the dam?...and at what time of season?) nor what the yearly flow rate profile is (peak flow? mid flow? low flow? etc)...when was the reference flow recorded and what was the flow profile of the river segment then?

20 - 25 cusec flow is no small amount after all. Taking worst case scenario of 20k cusec flow. Thats about 600 metric tons of water every second....about 2 million tons every hour. So every hour each Bangladeshi citizen (170 million of them) is getting about 12 litres of water from just this river. In a day that comes to almost 300 litres of water per person at this flow rate.

Total water use per person in BD per day is about 600 litres in comparison.

http://chartsbin.com/view/1455

Thus onus is on you to make better use of what this river is providing even with the dam rather than using wasteful methods and complaining there's not enough...esp if this is the average flow rate being discussed.

Yes you can build anything inside your territory but when your decision directly impacts livelihood of many (Causing famine and hunger) than basically you are just selling your soul to the devil.

And no such famine or hunger is being caused by such a restriction. The severe limiting factors for those in any case are not the raw water supply (given I have just shown how much it is above) but rather efficiency of water use, crop yields, food distribution logistics and rural income profile....all of which have nothing to do with the farraka dam, past its use for BD propaganda to divert attention from the former way more critical issues.

 

[Bilal9]

Lets keep the discussion civil.
Do you think it is right to stop the natural flow of the river specially if it flows through multiple countries and affect the life of millions.
Yes you can build anything inside your territory but when your decision directly impacts livelihood of many (Causing famine and hunger) than basically you are just selling your soul to the devil.

I am not an ultra nationalist. Bangladesh has many flaws, not to mention some Bangladeshi posters make me sick here (jamaati ones). I will personally never deny our flaws and you guys shouldn't either.

You don't have to be ultra nationalist or Jamaati to stand up for your own country. Its how you express it that makes a difference. Some write policy briefs at UN level, and some explode petrol bombs in public.

I'd argue though - that the former is a better method.

 

[Arsalan mehmud]

Signing any bilateral international treaty with Chanakyabadi Indian is nothing less than self deception.These modern day Chanakya are taking full advantage of other side's honesty and sincerity.Other country should be cautious with signing any bilateral treaty with this superfraud country.

Seikh Hasina will sell whole BD to India one day..

Enjoy watching fat lady sign exactly what we tell her to sign.....its coming up

Also remember your article says less than EXPECTED....not less than PROMISED/AGREED.

Learn the difference.

Manage your water better and put more competent people to do that and negotiate with India next time....rather than crying over chanakya this and chanakya that....like a silly little kid throwing a tantrum because Dada didn't give it all it wanted. Grow up and speak up.

You are right but to Understand the design one has to know who the hell is chanakaya..

 

[Nilgiri]

who the hell is chanakaya

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanakya

His name is invoked for all supposed ulterior designs of India today.

 

[Arsalan mehmud]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanakya

His name is invoked for all supposed ulterior designs of India today.

Got it.. means you can term him "Conspiracy baba"

 

[Nabil365]

Seikh Hasina will sell whole BD to India one day..

She has no other way.If we start to become aggressive like Pakistan,not even a single drop will flow into Bangladesh.

 

[riasat]

She has no other way.If we start to become aggressive like Pakistan,not even a single drop will flow into Bangladesh.

that was just a political statement. If having a good diplomatic relation is like selling your country than we have already sold our country to plenty of nations including USA, Bhutan, China, India, Russia etc etc... Hope you understand how stupid that sounds.

 

[Roybot]

Cry me a river...wait what!