Hegemonic Attitude Blocks Fair Sharing of Transboundary Water Issue by Miah Muhammad Adel* in Environmental Analysis & Ecology Studies
India and Bangladesh are, respectively, the upstream and the downstream riparian countries of the Ganges Teesta Brahmaputra Meghna river system. Bangladesh acts as the outlet of their water discharges. India has built a unique ring of dams and barrages along the border of the two countries on more than 50% of the 58 common rivers to let out the flood season water that she fails to accommodate and to stop flow the lean season water. Also, she has built dams on nearly all the tributaries of the Ganges. Bangladesh presented a plan to India on building reservoirs in Nepal to solve the water shortage problems and have other benefits. But India was adamant that she was not going to bring Nepal to solve the water problem. Rather, she prepared an accounting of Bangladesh's water need based on the population and areas in the Ganges Padma, the Brahmaputra Jamuna, and the Surma Meghna River sub basins which would be subversive to the ecosystems if Bangladesh had accepted
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