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 …
New Delhi: In another goodwill gesture, India said it would stop work on the Tipaimukh dam project which had caused resentment in Bangladesh. India had earlier announced construction of a 1,500MW hydroelectric dam on the Barak river in the northeast. The river flows into Bangladesh before emptying into the Bay …
The erosion by Barak river has expanded by a range of 5 km near Panchgram, which includes the villages like Kalarpar, Das Colony, Katakhal and Tukargram. People from these villages, like Satyendra Singha, Biswas Singha and Birendra Singha, have discovered cracks in their RCC buildings. Altogether, 20 families have been …
As Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni prepares to fly down to India early next month, the Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Dam Project has become a bone of contention between the two countries, threatening to sour bilateral ties. Located near the confluence of Barak and Tuivai rivers in Manipur, the project has sharply …
In protest against the construction of Tipaimukh dam across the river Borak in Monipur state of India, a 3-day Long March towards the dam will start today at 10.00 am from the Central Shaheed Minar in the city. Jointly organised by Tipaimukh Dam Prevention Committee (TDPC) and Sylhet Division Development …
According to the website of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) which is in charge of the Tipaimukh Project, this project will be one of the largest Hydro Electric Project in Eastern India to date and will be located 500 meters downstream of the confluence of the Tuivai …
Bangladesh protests dam in Manipur sunamgonj in Bangladesh, a few kilometres from the border with India, looks stirred up. On June 21, the town citizenry gathered at the public library to listen to five speakers from India
As per Institute of Water Modelling Water in Surma-Kushiara-Meghna can reduce by 10% in June, 23% in July, 16% in August and 15% in September. Kushiara-Bardal wetland will dry up in monsoons. The reservoir will trap nutrient-rich silt, affecting the productivity of crops downstream. Excess erosion in the first 100-150 …
The government has asked the Indian regime to suspend construction of the Tipaimukh dam on the River Barak in the state of Assam in India, on the upstream of the River Meghna in Bangladesh.
Arsenic and flourides are found in the underground water in Barak valley. In order to make underground water free from arsenic and flourides all necessary preventive measure have been adopted by the State government. The PHE Minister Rihon Daimary disclosed the fact while inaugurating Kumbhirgram TE water supply scheme. PHE …
function map() { var popurl="image/20061015/28-map.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=320,height=450,scrollbars=yes") } Octopus Too many arms, too many aims Work on the Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydel Project (tmhp) is yet to start. For the past five decades the Union government has been working on it. The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (neepco), the government agency entrusted …
To understand what the Tipaimukh project could bring to the state, one must put it in context. Imphal is in a valley surrounded by hills on four sides. In the valley the Meitei people are predominant. Legally, they do not have the right to purchase land in the hills. The …
The project is to come up in Churachandpur, a Hmar-dominated area. Some Hmar leaders are not completely unhappy with the idea, because they believe their community stands to gain. John Pulamte, Hmar Students' Association's president, says: "The Hmar community does not object completely as the people firmly believe that the …
What the Hmars gain on the swings, in Tamenglong district, the Zeilangrong Nagas lose on the roundabouts. The area stands to be submerged by the dam, besides being affected culturally. Manipur will lose 293.56 sq km to the reservoir. Much of the support for the dam comes from some leaders …
People in Imphal talk of the micro-climatic changes that the dam will bring and its impact on their famous orange groves; they talk of negotiating and fighting. The Naga people have held their own public hearings in several sub-divisions of Tamenglong condemning the project. The official public hearing under the …
The construction of Tipaimukh dam by India on the international Barak river has raises a number of questions in relation to successful implementation of World Commission on Dams (WCD) recommendation on Gaining Public Acceptance (GPA) for large dams. The government of India had never officially informed the lower riparian state …
The main objective of this study can be asserted as to assess the probable impacts, which are likely to be happened due to the operation of proposed Tipaimukh Hydro Electric Dam (Multipurpose) Project of India by storing, regulating, withdrawal or diversion of the Barak River flow on the northeast region …
the Manipur government has renewed its interest in setting up the 1,500 mw Tipaimukh multi-purpose project on the Barak at an estimated Rs 2,899 crore (at July 1995 levels). The project was held up due to the agitation led by R K Priyabrata Singh, chairman of the Manipur-based Action Committee …
