Indo-Bangladesh Rivers Joint Commission, Dhaka under the Water Resources Ministry organised the meeting of its subgroup at the state guesthouse Meghna.
NK Mathur, commissioner (Ganga) and member of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission, is leading the 10-member Indian delegation to the meeting while Mir Sajjad Hossain, member of Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission, Dhaka, the home side.
Sources at the JRC said technical aspects (modelling and assessment) of the inception reports related to the joint study will be presented during the two-day meeting.
Experts from both Bangladesh and India will take part in discussions on two presentations on different aspects of the project to be presented by Bangladesh.
The Indian government took a move in 2011 to construct a dam on the common Barak River to generate hydro-power. The Barak enters Bangladesh as Surma and Kushiara rivers.
In this regard, the Indian government signed a joint investment agreement on the construction of the Tipaimukh dam, along with a hydroelectric project for 1500 megawatts of electricity, having been signed among NHPC Ltd (National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, India's premier hydropower company), the Manipur state government and another state enterprise, the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN) on October 22 in 2011.
Immediately after the move, many eminent environmentalists and water experts in Bangladesh and India warned that the Tipaimukh Dam will spell disasters in the Meghna River basin.
Obstruction of its flow by the said dam will wreak environmental havoc on the eastern part of Bangladesh and cause severe damage to lives and livelihood of people.
They said the deal to construct the dam has been signed at a time when dams and barrages are being decommissioned in Western countries to restore the ecology of rivers to their original state.
An impact assessment on the Surma-Kushiara river systems, conducted by the Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) of Bangladesh in 2005, says that a dam like Tipaimukh will surely cause long- and short-term effects.
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