BNP did not protest against the Tipaimukh dam project though India had completed the design and detailed studies and floated an international tender during the BNP-Jamaat rule in 2005. Army ruled Caretaker Government gave their nod to India on Tipaimukh and Asian High Way project. Tipaimukh is a hydro-electric project--not a barrage---question is why the BNP is hell bent on comparing it to Farrakha Barrage and ultimate politicization! India had assured Moin U Ahmed that water would not be diverted from this hydro-electric project. All we need from India is a guarantee that no water would be diverted. Unfortunately, political mileage must be extracted now---regardless of the price the Nation might pay. This is BNP's vote bank. This is BNP's election card. This is BNP's India Card. This is BNP's Politics.
What a shame, they are now hell bent on politicization of these two life and death issues facing Bangladesh.Actually every Muslim has George Bush inside him---he is anti-reason, he is Jesus freak, in Muslims case he is Mohammed freak. Reason is crying. Irrationalism has taken over. We are really suffering from collective mass psychosis. How a segment of our intelligentia can even think of destabilizing India by fighting a proxy war for Pakistan is beyond asininity--it is prescription for collective mass suicide. My question is---How they cannot see the failed Pakistani policy of fighting a proxy war for the Americans with deadly and devastating consequences for their own nation? No one disagrees with the serious side affects of turning the north-eastern Bangladesh into a desert due to building this Tipaimukh Dam by India. I am questioning the modes-operandi and the wisdom behind this motivated 'Internationalization' by some militant elements in Bangladesh. Point is militancy is futile. We can't even fight a third rate bull-shit country like Myanmar--how we can even think of fighting India? Where has your brain traveled my friend? If Myanmar is not engaged in Ethnic Cleansing--from where the Rohingaas are coming? Read my article again and you will see how Mayanmar has encroached on our 48000 kilometer, is building a fence, and killing our citizens at the border. Only option available to the Bangladesh---is to go to UN. Bangladesh has proposed Asian High Way, which will enter from India through Jessore and into Myanmar through Teknaf. As a part of the country's 'Look East' policy, this route will go all the way to Bangkok which will provide Bangladesh with immense opportunities of trade between Thailand & Mayanmar. So you see, it is in Bangladesh's best interest to join the Asian High Way project as soon as possible. Your intellectual lazziness is pathetic. Simple Google search will tell you how many Muslims have been murdered by Myanmar in last 60 years and how many mosques demolished? Muslims lived in Yangoon since 788 and yet when General Neun came to power in 1960's he declared Muslims illegal. Go check your facts. Our Prime Minister should immediately take Begam Zia and the three Chiefs of Army, Navy and the Air force and fly to New Delhi and explain the grave danger Bangladesh will face if the dam is built. Beg for special favor. That's what a wise, a weak, and a Poor Country would do. We the Mighty Americans bombed the hell out of the Germans, the Vietnamese, the Koreans, the Japanese, the Afghanis, and the Iraqis. We have been occupying their land for the last 65 years and we are not about to leave for the next 100 years. Point is, these common sense loving Nations did not become suicide bombers! They begged for our help and with our help---beat us in every field.
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From: Kraisuddin@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 18:13:41 +0000
Subject: [banglarnari] FW: [ALOCHONA] fw: Please Sign the Petition Against Construction of TipaiMukh Dam
Dr. Soibam Ibotombi of the Dept. of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, published an article on the serious bad affects that are possible to happen, despite the possibility of turning the north-eastern Bangladesh to a desert, due to building a huge big Tipaimukh Dam with a view to creating a reservoir and to generate 1500 MW of hydro-electricity.
The proposed Tipaimukh dam is to be located 500 metres downstream from the confluence of Barak and Tuivai rivers, and lies on the south-western corner of Manipur State (24°14¢N and 93°1.3¢E approximately)
Geomorphic and topographic features around Tipaimukh and its adjoining region is also quite interesting not only because of thickly vegetated low-lying hill ranges but also due to the intimate relationship between the topography especially the drainage system, and the structural and tectonic lineaments of the region. The drainage pattern of the Barak river and its tributary system around Tipaimukh displays how delicately Barak river takes a turn of about 360° at Tipaimukh giving rise to what is called, barbed pattern. Such a drainage pattern is always resulted from the structural control of the river. And practically the main Barak River opposite to Tuivai River itself is also controlled by the Barak-Makru thrust fault. Further it is also observed that main Barak river course and its tributary system are all controlled by faults and fractures as they all show rectangular to sub-rectangular drainage patterns.
All these faults and fractures cause localised shifting or deflection of the main river course, and even at the confluence of Barak River and Tuivai River. Such faults are potentially active and may be focal and/or epicentres of any future earthquake. 1 The author thanks the Centre for Organisation Research & Education (CORE) for substantial inputs into this article from sources based in Bangladesh. The International Tipaimukh Dam Conference 2005, Dhaka saw international water, seismological and geological experts gather along with social activists, academics, writers and leaders from 11 countries.
North-East region among six major seismically active zones of the world Tectonic setting of Northeast India is one of the most interesting aspects in the tectonic framework of Southeast Asia. In this region, two typical tectonic settings are found resulting from the convergence between Indian and Eurasian plates. The Eastern Himalayas represent a continent to continent collision mechanism while the Indo-Myanmar Range is an island arc type of subduction mechanism. Indo-Myanmar Range, therefore, evolved as an accretionary prism where major structural and tectonic features spread out in the form of an imbricate thrust system. The Tipaimukh area, about which the dam is proposed to construct, lies in the Barak-Makru Thrust zone of the imbricate thrust system.
The structural and tectonic pattern of Manipur is transitional between the NE-SW trending pattern of Naga-Patkai Hills and N-S trend of Mizoram and Chin Hills. The general structural and lithological trend of the rock formations of the state is NNE-SSW. It frequently varies between N-S and NE-SW although sometimes NNW-SSE trends are locally common. Almost all the major structural elements such as folds, thrust and reverse faults follow this regional strike. Majority of the extensional structures e.g. normal faults have WNW-ESE trend. While the structures having neither compress ional nor extensional affinities strike in the NW-SE and NE-SW quadrants. Dip of the lithounits varies between moderate to steep angles towards east or west. The geological and structural settings suggest a very interesting tectonic evolutionary history of the state.
The state, forming an integral part of the Indo-Myanmar Range lies in the boundary region of the Indian, Eurasian and Myanmar plates having typical interaction nature. As a result, the region is also one of the most seismically active zones in the world (Zone V, earthquake zones of India).
The North-East region of India is one of the six major seismically active zones of the world that includes California, North-East India, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan and Turkey. So, it is essential to have a brief discussion on these aspects also.Plate Kinematics The root cause of earthquakes in a particular region is more or less exclusively a function of the tectonic setting of that region and its proximity to plate boundary. Therefore, the tectonic setting, plate movements and palaeo- and neo-stress analyses of the region are very important aspects in order to know about the seismic activity of that region. It, not only, will reveal the deformation mechanism of the region but also, will provide knowledge about the structures that may be easily reactivated as a function of the plate kinematics in that region.
Analysis conducted by the author about the plate kinematics in and around Manipur reveals that the structural and tectonic features of IMR in general and that of Manipur in particular evolved through the interaction between the Indian and Myanmar plates rather than Indian and Eurasian (China) plates under a simple shear deformation mechanism.From the analysis it is found that the region has compression in the WNW-ESE direction while extension lies in the NNE-SSW direction. As a result, structures such as folds, reverse and thrust faults oriented parallel to NNE-SSW direction will suffer maximum compression and shortening while structures such as normal faults, tension fractures and joints running parallel to the WNW-ESE direction will undergo maximum extension.
And structures lying in the NW-SE and NE-SW quadrants will have strike-slip movement. The faults and fractures around Tipaimukh dam axis belong to the category that may undergo strike-slip and extensional movements. So, these structures can be easily reactivated causing small to considerable displacement along them by any tectonic phenomena e.g. moderate and large earthquakes. By such a process, if the dam axis is displaced by a few centimetres a serious damage may occur causing a dam disaster leading to huge loss of lives and property.Seismicity Northeast India is one of the highest earthquake potential area in the world due to its tectonic setting i.e. subduction as well as collision plate convergence. Analysis of earthquake epicentres and magnitudes of 5M and above within 100-200km radii of Tipaimukh dam site reveals hundreds of earthquakes in the last 100-200 years. It is found that within 100km radius of Tipaimukh, 2 earthquakes of +7M magnitude have taken placed in the last 150 years and the last one being occurred in the year 1957 at an aerial distance of about 75km from the dam site in the ENE direction.
Beside the frequency of such large earthquakes within 100km radius, it is also further observed that a number of epicentral points align in the form of a linear array parallel to regional strike NNE-SSW or N-S revealing how this Barak-Makru Thrust zone is seismically active. Another important aspect of seismic activity is that shallow earthquakes are far more disastrous than the deeper ones even if magnitude is relatively low since destructive surface waves can be quickly and easily propagated from the focus/epicentre. And majority of the earthquakes that takes place on the western side of Manipur are shallow (50km focal depth or less) which is due to the tectonic setting of the Indo-Myanmar Range.
Under these circumstances whether it will be a wise policy to construct a huge dam or not need to be thoroughly discussed and investigated. The trend of earthquakes shows that the regions which have experienced earthquakes in the past are more prone to it; the magnitude of future earthquakes may be uniform to the past ones; and the earthquake occurrence, geological data and tectonic history all have close correlation (Mollick). The Tipaimukh Dam site has been chosen at the highest risk seismically hazardous zone (See Map).
The dam proponent, NEEPCO claims that seismic hazards are being taken care of through consultations with Rourkee University (However, the Government of Indian has requested NEEPCO to also consult with the Geological Survey of India). Here it is pertinent to state that extreme seismic hazards cannot be addressed adequately or satisfactorily through consultations with seismologists, as the risk inducing and impact factors are mechanical, geophysical, tectonic and socio-economic in nature.The author thanks the Centre for Organisation Research & Education (CORE) for substantial inputs into this article from sources based in Bangladesh.
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Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 07:09:08 +0000
Subject: [ALOCHONA] fw: Please Sign the Petition Against Construction of TipaiMukh Dam
From: Muhammad Wohidul Islam
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 9:37 AM
Subject: Sign Petition Against Construction of TipaiMukh Dam
Dear Fellow Countrymen:
I would like to draw your generous attention and take couple of minutes from your precious time for the great sake of Bangladesh. We've launched this global drive for your kind signature in favor of a Petition to be submitted to the Government of India through His Excellency the Prime Minister Mr. ManMohon Singh.
The Petition earnestly calls for an effective cancellation by our neighboring country India of its declared construction of a Dam on TipaiMukh. As you know, TipaiMukh Dam may appear as yet another dangerous Farakka to turn our evergreen & ever fertile motherland a desert, by constantly causing serious drought during summer and flood during rainy season round the year which is a great threat to life, ecology and overall existence of Delta of ours on the surface of the Earth.
According to the international law of rivers and waters, waters of cross-border rivers are "res communis" or common property of human race which should be equitably shared by all riparian countries and not arbitrarily used by a mighty country to the detriment of a weak nation.
Certainly the brave nation of ours is critically facing an absence of a lion-like leader such as Mawlana Bhashani. But we should not betray his luminous contributions to our glorious past that has paved our current existence and future hope. If we cannot become another Mawlana Bhashani, at least each of us can revive his patriotic spirit in us for the sake of a free, prosperous and peaceful Bangladesh.
Please follow the link and sign the petition to save Bangladesh: http://www.petition
You are kindly requested to circulate this to as many people as you can. Best regards. Sincerely, Wohid
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Muhammad Wohidul Islam
(LLM, Harvard Law School)
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Qatar Investment Authority
PO Box 23224, Doha, Qatar
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