Following the Indian Supreme Court
directive to divert the Brahmaputra River as a part of multi billion dollar
River linking project last month, the survey work has started for the
construction of a 457-km-long link canal which could carry more than 43 cubic
km a year to the Ganges to irrigate water-starved fields to the western and
southern parts of the country. According to a study, the impact of diversion of
the river could lead to 10 to 20 per cent reduction in the river's flow in
Bangladesh for much of the year. Without the flow of fresh water, salt from the
Bay of Bengal would invade the large river delta, causing "an
environmental catastrophe”.
21, 30 March, 26 April
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