TIPAIMUKH DAM: LIKELY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES FOR BANGLADESH

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1. Introduction 2. An Overview of Tipaimukh Dam 3. International Law and Convention 4. Plausible Environmental Impacts on Bangladesh 5. New Vision for Integrated Water Resources Management 6. Concluding Remarks

TIPAIMUKH DAM: LIKELY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES FOR BANGLADESH

Author: Sufia Khanom

DOI Link: DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2006v27n3a2

ABSTRACT

Bangladesh is crisscrossed by rivers. However, the key realities in the water sector of Bangladesh are too much of water during the monsoon season causing floods and too little during the dry season. India, in violation of its commitment made in 36th Joint Rivers Commission meeting in Dhaka, has floated an international tender for the construction of a dam at Tipaimukh on Barak river. It will produce hydro-electricity and support Cachar plain irrigation project. But the dam authority overlooks the experts’ warning of dire environmental consequences of such project in the area and that for the lower riparian, Bangladesh. The management of an international river basin is a matter of international concern because it is a trans-boundary environmental resource and environment is basically global. So, regional cooperation on the Tipaimukh dam project will be equitably beneficial for both India and Bangladesh.

BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

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