Re: [Assam] Brahmaputra water

2003-02-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
The proposal was placed before the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission. However, due to reservations expressed by the Government of Bangladesh, the proposal was not pursued further. After all the proclamations, including that of the PM, and the call of a newly emergent India's can-do

Re: [Assam] Brahmaputra water

2003-02-26 Thread D Deka
I believe it. Remember we are talking about international water and the issue could go to UN. India doesn't want a bad image in UN when they are trying to get into the Security Council. Dilip Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The proposal was placed before the Indo-Bangladesh Joint

Re: [Assam] Brahmaputra water

2003-02-26 Thread D Deka
"You are too easy Dilip :-)." Am I easy to fool?- Don't think so. I can smell a rat when there is one. Am I easy on India? - I am rational and not partial. Any other "easy" that would be relevant here? In this particular instance, anyone who follows current events could see that the idea would

Re: [Assam] Brahmaputra water

2003-02-26 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
sness) can you get, C'da? From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: D Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ASSAMNETCOLORADO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Assam] Brahmaputra water Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:29:40 -0600 The proposal was placed before the Indo-Bangladesh Joint River

Re: [Assam] Brahmaputra water

2003-02-26 Thread Santanu Roy
D Deka wrote: In case you haven't read today's Assam Tribune. Like some of us suspected would be the case, the idea got nixed by Bangladesh. Plan to link Brahmaputra with Ganga shelved I think that the shelved plan is only one of the proposed plans to link Brahmaputra and Ganga. There are other