Tipaimukh, a looming threat
From the very beginning , environmentalists, experts, eminent citizens and conscious people are vehemently opposing Tipaimukh dam. They know that the dam will have disastrous effects on Bangladesh, as we are suffering due to the construction of Farakka Barrage.
We have become very disappointed to learn that the JS team which went to India came back without visiting Tipaimukh site and the delegation has become convinced that the Tipaimukh project was still in conceptual stage and New Delhi would not do anything that will harm Bangladesh. The team may become happy with the sweet talk but the matter is not so simple, we are not feeling happy or assured. We can foresee that India will go ahead with the project.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she would not let India do anything which will harm the country. We hope she will remain firm and true to her words. We also hope that Indian Prime Minister Monmohan Singh will keep his promise of not doing anything which will inflict sufferings on the people of Bangladesh.
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