The first meeting of Bangladesh-India joint sub-group on the proposed Tipaimukh Hydro-Electric Project will be held in New Delhi on Monday, aiming to formulate terms of reference (ToR) for studying the impacts of the much-debated project. An 11-member Bangladesh delegation, led by Joint River Commission member Mir Sajjad Hossain, will join the meeting. The other members of the delegation are chairman of National Disaster Management Advisory Committee Dr MA Quassem, director general (South Asia) of Foreign Ministry Hashfee Binte Shams, director of Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) M Shahjahan, chief engineer of Bangladesh Water Development Board M Ansar Ali Mian, professor of Civil Engineering Department, Buet, Dr Manuz Ahmad Noor, head of Fisheries Department at Dhaka University Prof Dewan Ali Ahsan, deputy executive director of CEGIS Dr Maminul Haque Sarkar, senior specialist of Institute of Water Modelling M Sohel Masud, soil and agriculture expert of CEGIS Dr Anil Chandra Aich and executive director of Joint River Commission M Mahmudur Rahman. Sources at the Water Resources Ministry said the joint sub-group meeting is likely to discuss formulation of an action plan on the project and a guideline of joint assignment of the project on Bangladesh side and data of environmental survey of India. Bangladesh is likely to seek last 30 years' information and data about water flow of the Barak River at the meeting, the sources said. Earlier, India announced its plan to build a hydroelectric dam and irrigation barrage on the common Barak River that enters Bangladesh through its northeastern frontier, ignoring the protest of the lower riparian Bangladesh. Meanwhile, many environmentalists and water experts of Bangladesh have warned that the Tipaimukh Dam will spell a disaster in the Meghna River basin. Obstruction of its flow by the said dam will wreak an environmental havoc in the eastern part of Bangladesh and cause a severe damage to the lives and livelihood of people. UNB