The Ganges Water Diversion: Environmental Effects and ImplicationsM. Monirul Qader Mirza Springer Science & Business Media, 2006 M02 3 - 368 pages This book deals with environmental effects on both sides of the border between Bangladesh and India caused by the Ganges water diversion. This issue came to my attention in early 1976 when news media in Bangladesh and overseas, began publications of articles on the unilateral withdrawal of a huge quantity of water from the Ganges River through the commissioning of the Farakka Barrage in India. I first pursued the subject professionally in 1984 while working as a contributor for Bangladesh Today, Holiday and New Nation. During the next two decades, I followed the protracted hydro-political negotiations between the riparian countries in the Ganges basin, and I traveled extensively to observe the environmental and ecological changes in Bangladesh as well as India that occurred due to the water diversion. The Ganges, one of the longest rivers of the world originates at the Gangotri glacier in the Himalayas and flows across the plains of North India. Eventually the river splits into two main branches and empties into the Bay of Bengal. The conflict of diversion and sharing of the Ganges water arose in the middle of the last century when the government of India decided to implement a barrage at Farakka to resolve a navigation problem at the Kolkata Port. |
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... ( Figure 1.1 ) in South Asia . 1.1 The Ganges Basin : Hydro - Meteorological Setting , Limitations and Water Diversion The Ganges is an international river and its basin ( Figure 1.1 ) is distributed over four countries - China , Nepal ...
... ( Figure 1.1 ) in South Asia . 1.1 The Ganges Basin : Hydro - Meteorological Setting , Limitations and Water Diversion The Ganges is an international river and its basin ( Figure 1.1 ) is distributed over four countries - China , Nepal ...
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... ( Figure 1.2 ) . Diversion of water at Farakka through a massive barrage has caused a drastic reduction of the Ganges discharge in areas downstream of the barrage in India and in Bangladesh in the dry season ( see Chapter 2 for details ) ...
... ( Figure 1.2 ) . Diversion of water at Farakka through a massive barrage has caused a drastic reduction of the Ganges discharge in areas downstream of the barrage in India and in Bangladesh in the dry season ( see Chapter 2 for details ) ...
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... ( Figure 2.1 ) in 1975 , the river was unregulated and the supply of water in the dry seasons was adequate . The purpose of the construction of the barrage was to divert 1,134 m3 / sec ( 40,000 ft3 / sec ) of water from the Ganges River ...
... ( Figure 2.1 ) in 1975 , the river was unregulated and the supply of water in the dry seasons was adequate . The purpose of the construction of the barrage was to divert 1,134 m3 / sec ( 40,000 ft3 / sec ) of water from the Ganges River ...
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... ( Figure 2.2 ) . Ramganga joins the Ganges just before Allahabad , while the Yamuna joins on its right bank at Allahabad . The Chambal , the Betwa and Ken are the principal streams flowing into the Yamuna . Various important tributaries ...
... ( Figure 2.2 ) . Ramganga joins the Ganges just before Allahabad , while the Yamuna joins on its right bank at Allahabad . The Chambal , the Betwa and Ken are the principal streams flowing into the Yamuna . Various important tributaries ...
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... Figure 2.1 . The Ganges Basin and the Farakka Barrage . The river divides itself into two channels about 4 km below Farakka . The main left arm enters Bangladesh about 18 km below Farakka ( Figure 2.1 ) and joins the Brahmaputra at ...
... Figure 2.1 . The Ganges Basin and the Farakka Barrage . The river divides itself into two channels about 4 km below Farakka . The main left arm enters Bangladesh about 18 km below Farakka ( Figure 2.1 ) and joins the Brahmaputra at ...
Contents
3 | 32 |
ROLE OF FARAKKA BARRAGE ON THE DISASTROUS 1998 | 39 |
4 | 56 |
1 | 67 |
7 | 74 |
EFFECTS ON WATER SALINITY IN BANGLADESH | 81 |
6 | 93 |
2 | 99 |
5 | 136 |
6 | 150 |
10 | 159 |
4 | 169 |
9 | 177 |
5 | 191 |
11 | 223 |
12 | 241 |
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Common terms and phrases
adaptation agreement agriculture analysis annual April Article average Bangladesh and India Bardia Bay of Bengal Brahmaputra BWDB canal changes Commission countries crops cusecs dams decrease Dhaka distributaries downstream dry season flow ecosystem effects EGIS environmental estuary Farakka Barrage Figure fish fishery flood forest freshwater Ganga Ganges basin Ganges River Ganges water Gewa Gorai flow Gorai off-take Gorai River Government ground water habitat Hardinge Bridge hilsa Hooghly Estuary human interventions Hydraulics and DHI hydrological impact India and Bangladesh irrigation Jamuna River Kolkata m-mhos m-mhos/cm m³/s m³/sec Mahakali River Malda mangrove maximum salinity Meghna Mongla monsoon monthly mean discharge morphological Nepal planform plankton post-Farakka period pre-Farakka Project rainfall reach reduced region of Bangladesh Report river system Sarker sharing significant soil salinity Southwest region species Sundarbans Sundari Table upstream Uttar Pradesh vulnerability water at Farakka water diversion water level Water Resources West Bengal William Halcrow Zone