RAJYA SABHA
The Central Water
Commission in 1982 had prepared a Feasibility Report on Jogighopa
Barrage and Brahmaputra-Ganga Link Canal Project flowing through
Bangladesh by gravity, as the first phase of development/augmentation
of the flows of the Ganga during dry season by diversion of
Brahmputra waters to the Ganga. The second phase of the proposal
envisages creation of backup storages by construction of two
dams on manor northern tributaries of the Brahamputra river,
namely, Dihang and Subansiri. The proposal was placed before
the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission. However, due to
reservations expressed by the Government of the Peoples’ Republic
of Bangladesh, the proposal was not pursued further.
This information
was given by the Union Minister of State for Water Resources,
Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha
today.
