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Important Seminar on “India’s Tipaimukh Dam and Bangladesh” Held in Montreal
On July 20, a seminar on India’s Tipaimukh dam was held in Montreal. It was sponsored by the Save Bangladesh International. The seminar was attended by Bangladeshis, Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans, and by the native Canadians. The main speakers at the seminar were Engineer Sheikh Rassul of Mechanical Engineering Department at Concordia University and Dr. Abid Bahar of Dawson College. Sheikh Rassul gave a detailed analysis of the impact of many dams India already built illegally in the upstream of international rivers entering Bangladesh. He gave a detailed presentation by showing satellite image of the signs of desertification inside Bangladesh which were not known to the people present. Some participants commented that average Bangladeshis and Canadians are also unaware of this alarming situation and should be informed about India’s ill motives. In giving the details about the Tipaimukh dam, Rassul reported that the stones used for construction that Bangladesh now receives in Jafflong and in other parts of Sylhet are free but due to the man-made Tipaimukh trap, they will stop coming. After the construction, he predicts, Bangladesh will have to buy them from India spending millions of dollars.
Dr. Bahar’s topic was “Tipaimukh Dam and some Untold Stories.” He informed the people present that Tipaimukh is not just a dam; it is built on the hilltop of Monipur to block water in an earthquake zone. To him, it is a different type of dam; if it fails, it is the man-made sunami in waiting and if it functions well with a second dam in Fulartali, it will dry up Surma and the Kushera River, both joins Megna in the downstream in Bangladesh. He thinks instead of the dams built with Asian Development Bank loan, India should use alternative nuclear power for energy. He thinks that many dams built with high level of risks of failures around Bangladesh are uncommon in India’s own provinces. “It appears to be ill intentioned. He also thinks, India building dams upstream will also have the long term effect of stopping the emerging of new lands in the Bay of Bengal.” He urged the Bangladeshis in Canada to call their local MP’s and inform India’s violation of both bilateral and international treaties. Other participants from Sri Lanka mentioned that this goes against India’s international image of peace-loving and the show of spirituality. Dr. Bahar noted that dams are what Nehru called India’s “new temples.” But he wondered that such temples remained to be the temples of aggression. He urged Bangladeshis in Bangladesh to boycott Indian goods through nonviolence during the week of August 16 -23 in protest against Indian Water aggression. It is to note that Bangladesh imports almost every commodity from India, including eggs and saris. Presently, Bangladesh has 2 billion dollar trade deficit with India. Dr. Bahar said India will only listen when its business with Bangladesh will be affected. The people present urged Mamunur Rashid the coordinator of the seminar to plan for a grand march of South Asians from Toronto, and Montreal to join in a protest march to Ottawa.
For more details about the march to Ottawa: Mamunur Rashid, Dr. Abid Bahar, Save Bangladesh International, tel: 514-495-3191, 514-374-0035.
Dr. Bahar’s topic was “Tipaimukh Dam and some Untold Stories.” He informed the people present that Tipaimukh is not just a dam; it is built on the hilltop of Monipur to block water in an earthquake zone. To him, it is a different type of dam; if it fails, it is the man-made sunami in waiting and if it functions well with a second dam in Fulartali, it will dry up Surma and the Kushera River, both joins Megna in the downstream in Bangladesh. He thinks instead of the dams built with Asian Development Bank loan, India should use alternative nuclear power for energy. He thinks that many dams built with high level of risks of failures around Bangladesh are uncommon in India’s own provinces. “It appears to be ill intentioned. He also thinks, India building dams upstream will also have the long term effect of stopping the emerging of new lands in the Bay of Bengal.” He urged the Bangladeshis in Canada to call their local MP’s and inform India’s violation of both bilateral and international treaties. Other participants from Sri Lanka mentioned that this goes against India’s international image of peace-loving and the show of spirituality. Dr. Bahar noted that dams are what Nehru called India’s “new temples.” But he wondered that such temples remained to be the temples of aggression. He urged Bangladeshis in Bangladesh to boycott Indian goods through nonviolence during the week of August 16 -23 in protest against Indian Water aggression. It is to note that Bangladesh imports almost every commodity from India, including eggs and saris. Presently, Bangladesh has 2 billion dollar trade deficit with India. Dr. Bahar said India will only listen when its business with Bangladesh will be affected. The people present urged Mamunur Rashid the coordinator of the seminar to plan for a grand march of South Asians from Toronto, and Montreal to join in a protest march to Ottawa.
For more details about the march to Ottawa: Mamunur Rashid, Dr. Abid Bahar, Save Bangladesh International, tel: 514-495-3191, 514-374-0035.