— The Indian government
is preparing to seek international
funds for a river-linking project to
divert vast quantities of water from
three major transboundary river
systems, despite widespread concern
over the effects on the ecology and
livelihoods of more than 400 million
people in the region, including
those downstream in Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh government
has already officially expressed
grave concern over the project at
international forums, and called on
India not to implement it, saying it
would mean unilateral withdrawal
of water from the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna (or Barak,
in India) rivers, the main sources
of surface water in Bangladesh...
River-Linking Project Could Redraw South Asian Hydrological Map
10 Sep 2007 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
dhaka, Bangladesh
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