2024-05-15 12:52:57
BNP Secretary Common Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir commented that Farakka Dam has turn into a demise entice. He made this remark in a message despatched to the media on Wednesday (Could 15) on the event of ‘Historic Farakka Day’ tomorrow, Could 16.
Mirza Fakhrul mentioned, Could 16 ‘Farakka Day’ is a historic and essential day of our nationwide motion. 48 years in the past at present, on the name of the undisputed oppressed public chief Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, tens of millions of individuals from everywhere in the nation took half within the historic lengthy march in the direction of Farakka within the battle to get a fair proportion of the Ganges water flowing from India to Bangladesh in response to worldwide regulation. Unilateral withdrawal of water from the river Ganga began in India by developing a dam at Farakka Level on the Ganges River. In consequence, the north western area of Bangladesh has nearly turn into a desert at present. Numerous pure imbalances together with water have occurred in that space. Ignoring public opinion, the then Awami League authorities allowed India to experimentally open the Farakka Dam for just a few days with out contemplating biodiversity and environmental values and ignoring the potential for pure and man-made disasters. However the dam continues to function until date. This dam has now turn into a demise entice.
Mirza Fakhrul mentioned that the individuals of this nation have been disadvantaged of their fair proportion of water because of the then Awami authorities. Fearing public misery attributable to this deprivation and the pure catastrophe of the nation, the clever and far-sighted oppressed public chief Maulana Bhasani protested to the Indian authorities in a historic march in the direction of Farakka together with the individuals and raised the problem to the world group. Since then, the problem of Farakka Dam, which brought about an enormous human catastrophe, began to be mentioned on the worldwide degree.
BNP Secretary Common mentioned, I believe the importance of Farakka Day may be very related even at present. Unilateral withdrawal of water in favor of Bangladesh by developing dams one after one other in 54 equivalent rivers flowing from India to Bangladesh with out regard to worldwide legal guidelines and conventions has turn into harmful for the existence of Bangladesh. The indicators of Bangladesh turning into a barren wasteland have already emerged.