| Govt urged to take initiative: Stop construction of Tipaimukh Dam Speakers at a discussion yesterday called upon the government to take all possible initiatives to stop the construction of Tipaimukh dam on Borak River saying that the northern and eastern side of the country would be turned into desert due to the effect of the construction of Tipaimukh dam. They said that the Government is silent when the Indian government is implementing the construction of the dam violating the Internatinal River Law and denying the interest of Bangladesh. Chirantan Bangladesh Kendriya Sangsad organised the discussion on 'Water Agression of India: Farakka to Tipaimukh' at the National Press Club in the city to mark the historic Farakka Long March Day.Former Minister and BNP Leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed attended the programme as chief guest with President of the organisation Dr Mustafizur Rahamn Iran in the chair. Professor of Jahangirnagar University Dr Tarek Shamsur Rahman presented a keynote paper while former energy adviser Mahmudur Rahman, former vice cahncellor of Dhaka University Prof Dr Emaj Uddin Ahmed, former lawmaker AKM Rafiqullah Chowdhury, former Director General of BDR Maj Gen (Retd) Fazlur Rahman, Assistant Secretary of Bangladeh Jamaat-e- Islami Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, Editor of Daily Naya Diganta Alamgir Mohiuddin, General Secretary of the organisation Hamdullah Al Mehdi, among others, took part at the discussion. Barrister Moudud said that that any country could not construct any dam on the international river without consent from other side, but India already violated it by starting the construction of Tipaimukh dam on Borak River. We have to form a strong movement against the construction of the dam to protect our own interest, he added.He called upon the people to be united forgetting little plolitical differences to launch the movement. Mahmudur Rahman said that at the time, the nation is remembering the legendary leader Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani who formed a strong movement against India demanding demoliation of Farakka dam.He called upon the political parties to declare the national programe to protect the country from desertification by Tipaimukh dam. Emaj Uddin said that the Tipaimukh dam would seriously affect not only in greater Sylhet, it is also going to bring negative ecological and environmental changes in vast areas in Bangladesh and different states of India.He also said that the construction of the dam when completed in 2012, it would kill the Meghna River and for this reason it will bring major disaster for Bangladesh http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/05/16/news0347.htm |
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