China, India threat to BD on water issue: BAPA
BAPA general secretary Dr Abdul Matin said although India and China are both friendly countries of Bangladesh, they are the sources of threat for Bangladesh
Green Activists at a citizens' rally on Friday in the city stressed integrated watershed management in the South Asia region to ensure smooth and adequate water flow of the international rivers.(UNB)
They said that China and India are planning to build dams in the upstream of the major international rivers. If they implement the projects, water flow of these common rivers will fall drastically in downstream areas and Bangladesh will turn into desert for want of water and its ecosystem will be changed. Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan (BAPA) organized the citizens' rally in front of the National Press Club in the city this (Friday) morning.
Chaired by BAPA general secretary Dr Abdul Matin, the rally was addressed, among others, by Seba executive director Dr Nuruddin, Green Voice coordinator Alamgir Kabir, Citizen Rights Movement secretary general Tushar Rehman and environmentalist Abdur Razzaque.
The speakers at the rally said that according to the international mass media and River Movement sources, the Chinese government is planning to construct a big dam in upstream area of the Brahmaputra to set up a 510 megawatt power plant. This comes as very sad news for Bangladesh and India.
They observed that if China will implement the project, the downstream countries like Bangladesh will face serious water-related problems in the near future.
Beijing-based environmentalists organization 'Green Earth Volunteers' noted that the millions of years' bio-diversity and eco-system in the Brahmaputra river basin will be destroyed if China goes ahead the dam project, they said.
About the proposed Tipaimukh dam of India, the green activists said although India is saying that they will never implement any project that will be harmful for Bangladesh, till now they did not postpone the Tipaimukh project.
BAPA general secretary Dr Abdul Matin said although India and China are both friendly countries of Bangladesh, they are the sources of threat for Bangladesh when it comes to water and river issues.He stressed the need for introducing an integrated water sharing policy to ensure reasonable waters for the South Asian countries. A set of demand was put forward at the rally.
The demands include cancellation of the proposed dam of China in the upstream of Brahmaputra and formulation of integrated plan for sharing waters of the international rivers in the South Asian countries.
They said that China and India are planning to build dams in the upstream of the major international rivers. If they implement the projects, water flow of these common rivers will fall drastically in downstream areas and Bangladesh will turn into desert for want of water and its ecosystem will be changed. Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan (BAPA) organized the citizens' rally in front of the National Press Club in the city this (Friday) morning.
Chaired by BAPA general secretary Dr Abdul Matin, the rally was addressed, among others, by Seba executive director Dr Nuruddin, Green Voice coordinator Alamgir Kabir, Citizen Rights Movement secretary general Tushar Rehman and environmentalist Abdur Razzaque.
The speakers at the rally said that according to the international mass media and River Movement sources, the Chinese government is planning to construct a big dam in upstream area of the Brahmaputra to set up a 510 megawatt power plant. This comes as very sad news for Bangladesh and India.
They observed that if China will implement the project, the downstream countries like Bangladesh will face serious water-related problems in the near future.
Beijing-based environmentalists organization 'Green Earth Volunteers' noted that the millions of years' bio-diversity and eco-system in the Brahmaputra river basin will be destroyed if China goes ahead the dam project, they said.
About the proposed Tipaimukh dam of India, the green activists said although India is saying that they will never implement any project that will be harmful for Bangladesh, till now they did not postpone the Tipaimukh project.
BAPA general secretary Dr Abdul Matin said although India and China are both friendly countries of Bangladesh, they are the sources of threat for Bangladesh when it comes to water and river issues.He stressed the need for introducing an integrated water sharing policy to ensure reasonable waters for the South Asian countries. A set of demand was put forward at the rally.
The demands include cancellation of the proposed dam of China in the upstream of Brahmaputra and formulation of integrated plan for sharing waters of the international rivers in the South Asian countries.
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