As reported from time to time about the threats posed by erosion caused by Barak river across the valley to human habitations, road communication and agriculture, no action or plan for protection is taken up by the Water Resource Department concerned. Rather, the magnitude and dimension of erosions continue to …
The Tipaimukh Dam project over river Barak in Manipur is again turning a bone of contention between India and Bangladesh. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought to dispel any apprehension in Bangladesh arising from the recent signing of a ‘Promoter’s Agreement’ with the purpose of setting up a joint venture …
India sought to allay Bangladesh's concerns over the Tipaimukh project as two advisers to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday met the Indian ministers for water resources and power, and the National Security Adviser in New Delhi. Hasina's advisers Gowher Rizvi and Mashiur Rahman are in the Indian capital as part …
Calcutta, Nov. 24: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and leader of the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Begum Khaleda Zia, has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, expressing concern over the signing of an agreement to construct the Tipaimukh hydroelectric project on the Barak along the Assam-Manipur border. In her letter, delivered …
With a view to resolving the ongoing debate on the Tipaimukd Dam project and also meet the water problems in South Asia, a regional river commission would have to be formed through mutual understanding among neighbouring countries, suggests a former UN water expert. "A regional river commission may put an …
New Delhi, Nov. 22: India today yet again sought to assure Bangladesh that the Tipaimukh hydroelectric project being constructed across the Barak river in Manipur would have no adverse impact on Bangladesh. There are fresh concerns in Bangladesh that the project could divert flow of water for irrigation purposes and …
The Tipaimukh Dam will decrease water flow in the Barak river during the monsoon, reduce the navigability of the Surma and the Kushiyara, dry up some beels and haors and increase riverbank erosion 100-150km downstream. The impact of the dam, like reduced water flow during the monsoon, will be visible …
A joint investment agreement on the construction of Tipaimukh Dam and a hydroelectric project on the Barak river in Manipur of north-eastern India has been signed. India had earlier promised that it would not take any steps regarding the dam that could harm Bangladesh. The agreement was signed among NHPC …
NEW DELHI, Oct 28 – Despite opposition, the National Hydro Power Company has inked a Promoter’s Agreement with SJVNL and Government of Manipur for execution of the 1,500 MW Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Project in Manipur. The Promoter’s Agreement was signed in the presence of Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Manipur …
A good number of people held demonstrations in the Sylhet city on Wednesday, protesting at the Indian government’s initiatives to construct Tipaimukh Dam on River Barak in Manipur province in India. The demonstrators called on the visiting Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh to scrape his government’s plan to construct the …
Authorities in north-eastern Indian state of Manipur have forwarded a proposal to the environment ministry of the central government, seeking a ‘forest clearance’ for the controversial 1,500MW Tipaimukh Hydro-Electric (Multi-Purpose) Project. The state minister for power, KC Venugopal, recently informed the country’s parliament that the Department of Forest of Manipur …
Climate change vulnerability profiles are developed at the district level for agriculture, water and forest sectors for the North East region of India for the current and projected future climates. An index-based approach was used where a set of indicators that represent key sectors of vulnerability (agriculture, forest, water) is …
About two hundred people in the Sylhet city on Monday formed a human chain, protesting at an Indian government move to build a dam at Tipaimukh on the River Barak, the upper region of Rivers Surma and Kushiara. Movement against Tipaimukh Dam, a social forum, organised the programme in front …
The government has no information that the Indian government starts building a dam on the common river Barak at Tipaimukh, foreign minister Dipu Moni said Monday. The dam in the Indian province of Monipur would have severe consequences in lower riparian Bangladesh, water experts said. According to Indian media reports …
Tipaimukh Dam's construction is about to begin, said a top official of Nipko, affiliated company of the Indian Power Ministry which will implement the hydroelectric project in River Barak, an international river. He said Nipko Company obtained environmental clearance approval and received go-ahead from the central government to build the …
An imaginative action plan is required to harness the water resources of North East India for long-term economic gains. The endeavour, in due time, would also open up job opportunities for more than 20 lakh people. In the absence of such an approach, water resources have not been duly tapped …
THE Mizoram State Pollution Control Board has asked the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to suspend exploratory drilling for flouting environmental norms. The state-owned oil giant ONGC started drilling operations at a place about two kilometres from Meidum village in Kolasib district in February though it did not have …
SILCHAR, June 3: The stretch of National Highway 44 regarded as the lifeline of supply of Barak Valley, Mizoram, Tripura and East Manipur is now being threatened by slow but steady erosion caused by river Barak near Panchgram where the only industry of this valley, Cachar Paper Mill, is located. …
SILCHAR, April 25: Residents along river side areas of Aryapatty and Dhakaipatty are stirred by fresh panic as the erosion by river Barak is slowly but steadily advancing, threatening their houses. It was in the end part of September last year that the residents on the other side of the …
The Centre has finally admitted that excessive siltation of Brahmaputra and Barak rivers was primarily reasons responsible for recurring floods in Assam. However, the Government of Assam has stopped dredging of rivers way back in 1978 and Centre has not made any separate budgetary allocation for de-siltation of rivers to …
Imphal: The Manipur government is determined to go ahead with the proposed 1,500-MW Tipaimukh hydel power project that has been opposed by environmental groups and opposition parties in neighbouring Bangladesh. "No decision has been taken to abandon the project," Manipur Power Minister Phungzathang Tonsing told IANS. "The project is vital …
