The Ganges water diversion : environmental effects and implications
This book presents multi-disciplinary analyses of the environmental effects and implications in Bangladesh and India of the Ganges water diversion. The analyses demonstrate that the downstream part of the Ganges River basin in Bangladesh, which has a sensitive ecosystem, has become very vulnerable to water diversion and as a result it has caused significant damage to many economic sectors and ecosystems. Areas upstream of the Farakka Barrage in India have become more vulnerable to floods and riverbank erosion. The Kolkata Port has marginally benefited from the water diversion. In the Hooghly R
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9781402024795, 9781402024801, 9786610190102, 1402024797, 1402024800, 6610190100
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Preliminary; The Ganges Water Diversion: Environmental Effects and Implications
An Introduction; Hydrological Changes in Bangladesh; Role of Farakka Barrage on the Disastrous 1998 Flood in Malda (West Bengal); Impact of Upstream Human Interventions on the Morphology of the Ganges-Gorai System; Effects on Water Salinity in Bangladesh; Farakka Barrage and its Impact on the Hydrology and Fishery of Hooghly Estuary; Implications on Ecosystems in Bangladesh; Watering the Bangladeshi Sundarbans; Adverse Effects on Agriculture in the Ganges Basin in Bangladesh
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