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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.
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.