Bangladesh will demand assurance from India that it will not implement any
irrigation project which will divert water from the common river Barak, says
the chief of the parliamentary team leaving on Wednesday to visit the site of
the planned Tipaimukh dam.
Abdur Razzaq, who will head the 11-member parliamentary delegation, told
bdnews24.com on Tuesday that he would propose India carry out a joint study on
the dam that Bangladesh fears will cause environmental damage in the
downstream.
The former water resources minister said as per the minutes of the joint rivers
commission (JRC) meetings and a Bangladesh study on the proposed dam, if India
solely implements a power project in Tipaimiukh, it would not harm Dhaka's
interests.
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Rubeel
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