Bangladesh has suffered a lot due to floods in the past. The dams built by india is preventing losses to bangladesh from floods in terms of both life and property. Follow the link to know the truth:
Floods in Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bangladesh is one of the world most densely populated country and one of the most susceptible countries to flood disasters. It also has one of the three most powerful rivers passing though it Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra. About one half of the land area in Bangladesh is at an elevation of less than 8 meters above sea level. Up to 30% of the country has been covered with flood waters. In 1991 more 200,000 deaths resulted from flooding and associated tropical cyclones.
There are many physical and human causes that allowed the floods to be worse; such as:
The Physical Causes of the Floods:
->Most of the country consists of a huge flood plain and delta.
->Snowmelt from the Himalayas takes place in late spring & summer.
->70% of the total area is less than 1 meter above sea level.
->10% of the land area is made up of Lakes and Rivers.
->Bangladesh experiences heavy monsoon rains, especially over the highlands.
->Tropical storms bring heavy rains and coastal flooding.
->The main cause was the above average & long period of heavy rain which caused all 3 rivers to have their peak flow at the same time.
->In the spring, melting snow from the Himalayas further increases the flood risks as ******** of melt water enter the rivers at their source.
The Human Causes of the Floods:
->Deforestation in Nepal and the Himalayas increases run off and add to deposition and flooding downstream.
->Urbanization of the flood plain has increased magnitude & frequency of floods.
->Global warming is blamed for sea level rise, increased snow melt & increased rainfall in the region.
->Poorly maintained embankments (levees) leak & collapse in times of high discharge.
->Increasing population pressure in Bangladesh itself has resulted in the sinking of many new wells resulting in the lowering of the water table and the subsequent subsidence of land making it even more prone to flooding.
Clearly none of the point above points towards the dams built by india.
BNP's rally against dams built by india is just a politically motivated stunt and nothing else. It is just out of sheer hatered against india. BNP has nothing to contribute to bangladesh's development.
Agreed dams built by india might cause some environment related issues such as increase in the problem of sedimentation in Bangladesh. But that's it. It could have been just one of the reason out of loads of reasons mentioned above and most probably the least important.
If india haden't built those dams more than half of bangladesh would have been washed away by floods every year and bangladesh had to survive only on aid, just like pakistan. Their would have been only negative rate of growth.
What say you??
Should india release all the water of river ganga??
so its futile.
