India & Bangladesh Conflict Flashcards
1
Q
What river flows through both?
A
Ganges (last part flows through Bangladesh
2
Q
Where doe the Ganges flow to?
A
Padma River -> Jamuna River -> Meghna -> Bay of Bengal
3
Q
What happened in 1974?
A
India opened a huge Farahka Barrage 11km from Bangladeshi border
4
Q
How did Bangladesh lose out?
A
India opened a huge Farahka Barrage 11km from Bangladeshi border
Dams diverted upstream to irrigation systems & India use to carry wastewater
Deprived of water and suffer from India’s pollution
India in control but did agree about shared contract in 1990
5
Q
How were conditions bad in Bangladesh?
A
- irrigation and food production suffering
- declining fishing industry
- salinsation increased as lower river flows
- eroding delta as less silt deposited
- seawater incursion increasing
