SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Flood relief along the Ganges River
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Water treatment along the Ganges River
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Building a dam on the Feni River
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Water rights along the Ganges River
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Detailed explanation-1: -Conflict history. In 1961, India released plans to build the Farakka Barrage seventeen kilometres upstream from the border of Bangladesh. The purpose of the barrage was to divert water from the Ganges in order to reduce silt build up in Calcutta Port.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Ganges Water Sharing Treaty between Bangladesh and India, signed on 12 December 1996 for a period of 30 years (GWT, 1996), was marked as a major footstep towards the conclusion of a longstanding conflict over sharing of the Ganges water.
Detailed explanation-3: -i) River sharing dispute over the Ganga and the Brahmaputra. ii) Illegal immigration of Bangladesh nationals to India. iii) India is also against the support Bangladesh offers to anti-Indian islamist groups. iv) Boundary dispute. More items