Tensions between India and Bangladesh Flashcards
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Tensions between India and Bangladesh
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Tensions between India and Bangladesh o travels through India, part through Bangladesh
1974- India opened the huge Farakka Barrage- 11km from Bangladeshi border
Series of Dams divert water into irrigation systems of many of India’s largest cities
Used to carry wastewater
1990- agreement signed about sharing the waters of the Ganges
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Impact of India of the Brahmaputra on Bangladesh
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Fish stocks
Reduction flow
Trade harder- water level low
Delta eroding
