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. |
From inside the book
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Page xiv
... BANGLADESH M. Monirul Qader Mirza and Maminul Haque Sarker 5.1 Introduction 81 5.2 5.3 Dynamics of River Salinity in the Southwest Region The Data 83 87 5.4 Analytical Methods 87 5.5 Reduced Dry Season Flow and Effects on Salinity 87 ...
... BANGLADESH M. Monirul Qader Mirza and Maminul Haque Sarker 5.1 Introduction 81 5.2 5.3 Dynamics of River Salinity in the Southwest Region The Data 83 87 5.4 Analytical Methods 87 5.5 Reduced Dry Season Flow and Effects on Salinity 87 ...
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... Bangladesh Loss of Fish Habitat and Production Lowering of Groundwater ... region of the world where humans gained control over major rivers ... region ( Pearce , 1993 ; Gleick et al . , 1994 ; Fran , 1994 ) . 1.4 Road Map to the Book The ...
... Bangladesh Loss of Fish Habitat and Production Lowering of Groundwater ... region of the world where humans gained control over major rivers ... region ( Pearce , 1993 ; Gleick et al . , 1994 ; Fran , 1994 ) . 1.4 Road Map to the Book The ...
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... Bangladesh . Upstream basin is the only source of water for the Ganges River system in Bangladesh on which about one - third area of the country is dependent . Especially the ecologically sensitive Southwest region of Bangladesh is ...
... Bangladesh . Upstream basin is the only source of water for the Ganges River system in Bangladesh on which about one - third area of the country is dependent . Especially the ecologically sensitive Southwest region of Bangladesh is ...
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... zone has now extended to the mouth of the estuary . The true estuarine zone has ... Bangladesh . The Ganges basin is composed of a series of inter - dependent ... region . Surface water is crucial to sustain agricultural production as it ...
... zone has now extended to the mouth of the estuary . The true estuarine zone has ... Bangladesh . The Ganges basin is composed of a series of inter - dependent ... region . Surface water is crucial to sustain agricultural production as it ...
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... Bangladesh caused by upstream water diversion by India . It compares pre- and post - diversion environmental ... region of Bangladesh . The results indicate that many farmers switched to the limited ground water exploitation to overcome ...
... Bangladesh caused by upstream water diversion by India . It compares pre- and post - diversion environmental ... region of Bangladesh . The results indicate that many farmers switched to the limited ground water exploitation to overcome ...
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