Deadly Tipaimukh dam
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reiterated its earlier assurance that Bangladesh would not be harmed by the 1,500 MW Tipaimukh hydroelectric project. India had said the same thing during the construction of Farakka dam. Now see how severely agricultural lands of Bangladesh are affected due to the Farkka dam. So many rivers are dead due to this dam. Bangladesh could have produced much more crops if there were no such dam. In fact, this dam turned a part of Bangladesh inro desert. According to the environmentalists, Tipaimukh and other dams planned by the Indian government will result in the death of therest of our rivers. Dams constructed by India are one of the main reasons of poverty in Bangladesh. We are grateful to India for helping us during our War of Independence. But today they are doing things which go against our welfare. This dam will not benefit the Indian people much. And not only BNP but also Indian environmentalists are against the building of this dam. Previously, India followed the ideology "people above profit," but now it follows the ideology of "profit above people".
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