Bangladesh approves project to 'negate negative impact' of India's Farakka Barrage

[nahtanbob]

You genius. I am pointing out to you that IWT governed water sharing from sources that lay in DISPUTED TERRITORY.

The Brahmaputra and Ganges did not flow from disputed territory therefore did not require a specific treaty to resolve their utility for downstream riparian territory. Yes, there were some distinct border disputes between erstwhile East Pakistan and India but these were themselves resolved in the 1950s.

You are comparing apples with oranges just to try and make some desperate point to deflect from my original point, which is that the Indian race in general has demonstrated that it will not honour any agreed, attested, witnessed, and signed treaty. We have evidence of this behaviour, which is likened to simple breach of an agreed contract.

Then, being well aware of your own subterfuge, you introduced two new and different complaints about "doing nothing for East Pakistan" and "not building dams in West Pakistan".

Address my accusation first then I will fix you up on these new problems that seem to be keeping you up at night.

As a side note, the above is why we call you the Chanakiya Qom.

Do you understand now?

RIver water sharing has nothing to do with disputed territory
Otherwise Pakistan Punjab and Pakistan Sind would not be squabbling over water

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

It was the original plan in 1969 by the famous BD hydrologist BM Abbas. The contractors employed for this job built the great dams in the West Pakistan. How do I know? My Merhum father was the Civil Servant responsible for allocating lands for this "counter barrage", which would have put a half of WB under 6 feet water and seriously damaged the navigavilibiliy of WB sea ports.....

No wonder, immediately Mujib and BAL were launched to ceate an anarchy in the EP. The rest is history.....

 

[Master Chief]

RIver water sharing has nothing to do with disputed territory
Otherwise Pakistan Punjab and Pakistan Sind would not be squabbling over water

Erm well...in the case of the Indus, the IWT does indeed implicitly relate to disputed territory, whether you like it or not! You can check in an atlas if you don't believe me.

 

[BananaRepublic]

Dhaka, Bangladesh on Wednesday approved a mega project to build a barrage on the Padma river, saying the structure is expected to help "negate the negative impact" of India's Farakka Barrage upstream.

The development comes months before the 1996 Indo-Bangladesh Ganges Water Sharing Treaty is due to expire in December. Padma river is known as Ganges in India.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council , chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, cleared the first phase of the Padma Barrage project at an estimated cost of Tk 34,497.25 crore , officials here said.

One of the main objectives of the project is to store water on the Bangladesh side to "negate the negative impact of the Farakka Barrage" on the Ganges, Water Resources Minister Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee told reporters after the ECNEC meeting.

He, however, clarified that issues relating to the 54 common rivers shared by India and Bangladesh are not linked to the project.

The minister said the barrage is being built in Bangladesh's national interest and did not require any discussion with India.

"Padma Barrage is a matter of Bangladesh's own interest and there is no need for any discussion with India over the issue," he said.

Anee, however, said discussions with India on the Ganges waters are continuing.

India commissioned the 2,240-metre-long Farakka Barrage in West Bengal in 1975 to divert water from the Ganges into the Hooghly river in order to flush out silt and maintain the navigability of the Kolkata port.

The Farakka issue has long remained a sensitive subject in Bangladesh, with successive governments and experts alleging that reduced dry-season water flows downstream caused salinity intrusion, river degradation and adverse effects on agriculture and ecology in Bangladesh.

India has consistently maintained that the Farakka Barrage was built primarily to preserve the Kolkata port and that water-sharing issues have been addressed through bilateral mechanisms and agreements, including the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty between the two countries.

This has got nothing to do with India.

If India can build dams that disturb the flow of water to Bangladesh - Bangladesh can indeed build a barrage that stops water flowing to the sea.

This will actually help India because India will no longer need to lie to Bangladesh about water sharing treaties.

Even if India ever agreed to a treaty - it will be one sided and India will extract heavy geopolitical concessions.

Bangladesh is better off without a water sharing treaty.

It’s not needed if Bangladesh can harvest monsoon water.

 

[kambhakt]

It was the original plan in 1969 by the famous BD hydrologist BM Abbas. The contractors employed for this job built the great dams in the West Pakistan. How do I know? My Merhum father was the Civil Servant responsible for allocating lands for this "counter barrage", which would have put a half of WB under 6 feet water and seriously damaged the navigavilibiliy of WB sea ports.....

No wonder, immediately Mujib and BAL were launched to ceate an anarchy in the EP. The rest is history.....

If Mujib was launched to negate the plans of BM Abbas, why was he made the advisor on flood control, irrigation and power by Mujib.

If you put half of WB under 6 feet of water, the navigability of WB sea ports will in fact improve.

 

[Lionheart]

It was the original plan in 1969 by the famous BD hydrologist BM Abbas. The contractors employed for this job built the great dams in the West Pakistan. How do I know? My Merhum father was the Civil Servant responsible for allocating lands for this "counter barrage", which would have put a half of WB under 6 feet water and seriously damaged the navigavilibiliy of WB sea ports.....

No wonder, immediately Mujib and BAL were launched to ceate an anarchy in the EP. The rest is history.....

Civil service in land allocation is indeed a very lucrative job. I guess your father did well before his unfortunate departure.

I could swear I felt a shiver down my spine when I read that he was planning to put half of WB 6 feet below water. That would have lead to an even greater massacre then Hitler himself.

Fortunately, for us, now BD doesn't have these ferocious officers. And their progeny have moved out of BD to Western countries, taking along with the great wealth accumulated by them from common citizens of BD.

 

[uksyl]

This has got nothing to do with India.

If India can build dams that disturb the flow of water to Bangladesh - Bangladesh can indeed build a barrage that stops water flowing to the sea.

This will actually help India because India will no longer need to lie to Bangladesh about water sharing treaties.

Even if India ever agreed to a treaty - it will be one sided and India will extract heavy geopolitical concessions.

Bangladesh is better off without a water sharing treaty.

It’s not needed if Bangladesh can harvest monsoon water.

I don't think it would be that one-sided.

Of course it wouldn't be perfect but I do think that bureaucrats in the MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) are somewhat level-headed and do not want to antagonise Bangladesh too much and would seek a solution that whilst maybe not 100% perfect or exactly what we want could be seen as "liveable".

The nationalist government in Bangladesh generally seemed to think Mamata Banerjee was the main impediment.

Bangladesh blames Mamata for Teesta delay, sees hope after BJP win in Bengal – The Indian Awaaz

theindianawaaz.com

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[uksyl]

@MNZGamerX @Prince_ @Vikramaditya1 @SoulSpokesman

There are sources that the Teesta agreement was close to being finalised and signed and then suddenly the pro-Jamaati Mamata Banerjee pulled out due to American influence.

The US is a white western imperialist state that seeks divide and rule and to keep non-white peoples fighting with each other and to help perpetuate white western hegemony. To do that it will use radical "Islamists" such as Jamaatis to promote hatred between Bangladesh and India. With a nationalist government in Bangladesh in power now they may be able to thwart the Americo-Jamaati agenda.

Mamata govt helping Jamaat

Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of helping fundamentalist forces in Bangladesh, the Left Front yesterday said its stand has resulted in fanatics belonging to both the majority and minority communities becoming more active in West Bengal. Calling it a conspiracy, Left Front Chairman...

www.thedailystar.net

@MNZGamerX Munshi bhai, what are your thoughts on this?

1. This seems to indicate that the US is seeking to ferment conflict between IBangladesh and India.

2. The US is using Jamaatis to create hatred and trouble between Bangladesh and India.

3. Nationalist forces in Bangladesh are too powerful for America and the Americo-Jamaati campaign of promoting hatred between Bangladesh and India and the following are worth noting.

a: After the July 2024 revolution, there was widespread talk of changing the anthem (amar sona Bangla). Jamaatis and co didn't like it, now no one speaks about that.

b: After the revolution there was also talk of changing the flag. Jamaatis and co didn't like it, now no one speaks about that.

c. The BNP is now no longer a coalition partner with Jamaat and actively seeks good ties with India as opposed to Jamaat who hate India and Hindus.

 

[Vikramaditya1]

There are sources that the Teesta agreement was close to being finalised and signed and then suddenly the pro-Jamaati Mamata Banerjee pulled out due to American influence.

I don't know man. I thought Jamaat is pro Bangladesh so why would they scuttle it? But how times change, there is negative vibes in WB against BD now and Central Government is doing wait and watch approach on the new BD government.

 

[uksyl]

'I thought Jamaat is pro Bangladesh so why would they scuttle it? '

lol

Jamaat (BJI) didn't even want Bangladesh to come into existence in 1971! They are well known to be loyal to foreign entities and even want Bangladesh to be used as a battering room, tool against India as opposed to nationalists (like the ruling party) who want a good mutually beneficial relationship.

 

[MNZGamerX]

To do that it will use radical "Islamists" such as Jamaatis to promote hatred between Bangladesh and India. With a nationalist government in Bangladesh in power now they may be able to thwart the Americo-Jamaati agenda.

You have packed a lot in so I am going to try to unpack as much as I can. The Americans were indeed backing the Jamaat for power and part of that agenda was to create animosity towards India which is considered the biggest obstacle to Jamaat forming the government. Creating anti-Indian sentiment was not very difficult as the public has a general distrust of India and for good reason. At the same time India is concerned of an Islamist takeover in Bangladesh that would be guided by America and Pakistan. India would naturally be concerned that an Islamist takeover would cause instability in the whole region. India has however not endeared itself to the Bangladesh public and engaged in subversive activities especially under Congress but the BJP had also similarly supported the Awami League for more than a decade and so angered the Bangladeshi people. To thwart the Jamaat coming to power in the 2026 elections New Delhi supported the BNP as the AL was not in the field and even extracted certain concessions from the BNP leadership. However, just after 3 months in power the BNP has adopted the Interim Government foreign policy under Khalilur Rahman and is engaging Pakistan and seeking to accommodate the United States and also China. We have seen in the last few weeks many Pakistani military officials visiting Bangladesh and have undertaken several military projects in the country. The BNP has also increased the defense budget for purchase of numerous military assets that may include the J-17 and also attack helicopters amongst other things. At the same time the Americans are pushing for the signing of the GSOMIA and ACSA. The real question is does the BNP have a defense strategy behind all this or is it merely seeking to undermine foreign support for the Jamaat-e-Islami and NCP and prevent another regime change operation as some say occurred in 2024. If there is a defense strategy behind this then who devised it or has the BNP simply accepted whatever is being pushed at them by foreign interests like the purchase of 15 Boeing jets we don't need? The BNP has effectively over the last few weeks stolen the thunder of both the Awami League and Jamaat and neutralized both. The BNP will however find that it cannot please everyone and also may have caused distress in New Delhi but also caution in Washington and Beijing. The Washington project was simply not for defense procurements and reestablishing ties between Pakistan and Bangladesh but also to 'Islamize' and 'radicalise' the country (something like what was done in Pakistan under Ziaul Haq) but this is something the BNP is unlikely to do but who knows.

 

[BananaRepublic]

I don't think it would be that one-sided.

Of course it wouldn't be perfect but I do think that bureaucrats in the MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) are somewhat level-headed and do not want to antagonise Bangladesh too much and would seek a solution that whilst maybe not 100% perfect or exactly what we want could be seen as "liveable".

The nationalist government in Bangladesh generally seemed to think Mamata Banerjee was the main impediment.

View attachment 197607

Bangladesh blames Mamata for Teesta delay, sees hope after BJP win in Bengal – The Indian Awaaz

theindianawaaz.com

View attachment 197609

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

I have gone completely off the water sharing treaty.

It’s too little and too late.

The barrage solves a lot of problems beside water.

Also lays out a marker for India to not push Bangladesh too far.

If India could not do a water sharing treaty with Hasina - it means either they cannot be trusted due to too many internal conflicts or due to bad will.

Either way India is an unreliable partner and Bangladesh needs to act accordingly.

 

[MNZGamerX]

Pakistan outbid India like they did during the Cold War - by having no qualms about surrendering sovereignty to USA.

It took the toppling of Imran Khan for that ball to start rolling so ...

 

[LeonBlack08]

All off topic Air force related discussion moved to Bangladesh Air Force Thread.

 

[baldfish]

This has got nothing to do with India.

If India can build dams that disturb the flow of water to Bangladesh - Bangladesh can indeed build a barrage that stops water flowing to the sea.

This will actually help India because India will no longer need to lie to Bangladesh about water sharing treaties.

Even if India ever agreed to a treaty - it will be one sided and India will extract heavy geopolitical concessions.

Bangladesh is better off without a water sharing treaty.

It’s not needed if Bangladesh can harvest monsoon water.

Here comes the gaushala expert with this whatsapp forwards.

You are friends with Nijhoom Mojumdhor in real life arent you?