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Public Gathering On ‘Tipimukh Dam: catastrophic impact on Bangladesh and our responsibilities’
| Public Gathering On ‘Tipimukh Dam: catastrophic impact on Bangladesh and our responsibilities’ Venue: London Muslim Centre Date: 7 June 2009 Time : 7:15 PM Chair: Barrister Nazir Ahmed Organised by: Justice for Bangladesh | ||
| Tipimukh dam and Fulertal barrage: what and where? 1 A certain death trap for Bangladesh according to specialists 2 Will be built in upper reaches of Surma and Kushiara Rivers in Monipur State of India, 100 kms upstream from Zakigong border, Sylhet 3 All waters of Surma- Khushiara-Padma rivers will be diverted away if this "death" dam is built 4 It will be a 930 metres high and 969 metres long barrage 5 Construction will be completed in 2012 |
Why India is going to implement this project? 1 This multipurpose projects is the materialization of 40 years long Indian effort 2 16 billion cubic metre water can be stored/reserved 3 Around 1500-2000 megawatt of hydropower will be generated from the project. 4 Aiming to control water flow for their own irrigation purposes by diverting upstream the normal river water flow to Bangladesh |
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| Negative impact on Bangladesh: 1 1 Normal river water flow to entire Sylhet Division and other north-eastern districts will be seriously hampered 2 All Greater Sylhet Division districts, Kishoregang, Brahmanbaria, Netrokona and Narayangonj (adjacent to Dhaka) will be amongst the most severely affected 3 946 sq km area will be desert-like dry in summer months and an even much larger area will be so during the dry winter months 4 Disastrous floods will be caused by sudden withdrawal of water in rainy seasons |
Negative impact on Bangladesh: 2 5 5 crore (50 million of Bangladesh's 165 million) people will be badly affected 6 Risk of earthquake will be increased 7 Food production/cultivation will dramatically decrease 8 Hundreds of smaller rivers in north-eastern parts of Bangladesh will all be dried up 9 Will wreck an environmental disaster on an unimaginable magnitude 10 Bangladesh's ecological balance and biodiversity will be destroyed |
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| IMMEDIATE Responsibility of Bangladesh Government: 1 To make effective official protest to India asking them to immediately stop all work on the dam and the barrage till the matter can be amicably settled by both countries 2 To initiate immediate and effective bilateral discussions and solutions through the Indo-Bangla Joint River Commission (JRC) 3 To represent its negative impacts to all other SARRC Countries and also to China - where all the Himalayan rivers originate form 4 To initiate River Basin based Regional Multilateral Efforts by involving India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and China who all share the rivers originating from the Himalayan glaciers 5 To create world pressure by immediately informing international organisations of Tipaimukhi Dam's and Fulertal barrage's disastrous impact on Bangladesh 6 To immediately take up the matter in the United Nations Security Council as an issue of 'environmental war' and put it on the agenda of the General Assembly for the forthcoming September session in New York. 7 To create awareness of its negative impacts to environmentalists all over the world 8 To immediately convene an all political parties National Convention to reach national unity and consensus on this issue 9 To immediately establish a special Parliamentary Committee on Tipaimukhi dam and Fulertal barrage with membership from all parties currently represented in the Bangladesh Parliament |
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