Flash flood feared as India to open all Farakka gates

[idune]

Flash flood feared as India to open all Farakka gates

Dhaka: Indian government has decided to open nearly all the gates of Farakka dam in order to improve flood situation in its Bihar state, amid fear that the move might cause flood in Bangladesh again, reported BBC Bangla on Tuesday.

The country’s Central Water Resources Ministry has already directed that 100 out of the total 104 gates of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal state to be opened, BBC said quoting the ministry spokesman Samir Sinha, who described the order as a ‘regular incident’ during monsoon.

The move to open 100 gates of Farakka barrage came after discussing the issue with the authorities in Bangladesh, claimed Samir Sinha.

About 11 lakh cusecs of water will be released when the gates are opened.

However, an official of (awami league officials) [in] Bangladesh flood forecasting and warning centre said the opening of the gates will not cause flood here.

The massive amount of water that will be flowing towards Bangladesh from the Farakka barrage will only raise the water level in the River Padma leaving the level of water in the major rivers like the Brahmaputra and the Jamuna unchanged, flood forecasting and warning centre engineer Sazzad Khandakar told BBC.

Sazzad Khandakar said the barrage gates are supposed to remain open at this time of the year wondering why such directives were given by the Indian authorities.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday demanded removal of the Farakka barrage on the Ganga River and formulation of a national silt management policy to protect the state from devastating floods, according to an IANS report.

‘It is not possible to protect Bihar from devastating floods without removal of Farakka barrage on the Ganga river,’ Nitish Kumar told the media in Patna before going for an aerial survey of the flood-affected six districts — including Patna, where the situation has worsened due to rising water level in the Ganga and its tributaries.

http://en.ntvbd.com/bangladesh/32189/Flash-flood-feared-as-India-to-open-all-Farakka-gates

 

[idune]

India orders opening of Farakka Barrage gates
Bihar CM blames the dam for spate in Ganga


As the Ganga River swelled, the Indian Central Water Resources Ministry has directed that all flood gates of the Farraka Barrage in West Bengal be opened to relieve the danger to Bihar, according to a report of The Hindu on Tuesday.

Ganga and many of its tributaries were in spate after torrential rain and the monsoonal deluge left thousands of people in five states struggling to cope on Monday.

Heavy rain over the last two days in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand caused several rivers - tributaries of Ganga - to flood and rise to record levels.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern over the situation in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, and promised the Centre's support for rescue and relief operations.

The order to open the Farakka Barrage is seen as crucial. "I spoke to the Bihar chief secretary," said Water Resources Ministry Secretary Shashi Shekhar. "We have directed that all gates of Farakka Dam be opened. This should help somewhat in managing the flood."

Farakka Barrage has 104 gates and they are being opened to manage nearly 1.1 million cusecs of water that have inundated Bihar and affected nearly 1.0 million residents in the past week.

Meanwhile, amid apprehensions of flood waters entering into Patna town of India, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said silt deposited in Ganga River after construction of Farraka Dam has been responsible for spate in the river.

He also asked the Centre to remove the dam or come out with a 'Silt Management Policy', according to a report of IndiaExpress.com on Monday.

"The current flood situation has been caused by siltation of river Ganga. This situation is the result of silt getting deposited in Ganga after construction of Farakka dam. The only way to remove silt from the river is to remove the dam," Mr Kumar told reporters after a review meeting on flood situation in Patna.

If the central government has any other option (other than removing the dam), then it should start working on it, he added.

In his Independence Day address too, the CM raised the issue, saying the depth of river Ganga has reduced following the silt deposition in the river due to construction of Farakka Dam.

Stressing that Ganga has become shallow due to siltation, Mr Kumar said, "I have been raising this issue consistently for the past 10 years. I raised the issue when Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister, and now I am raising it before the Narendra Modi government."

Due to siltation in the river, the depth of Ganga has reduced and water spreads to the adjoining areas in the event of rise in the water level, he said.

"I appeal to the government of India to prepare a policy on silt management. The central government should consider it after taking stock of the situation."

"It should come out with the mechanism or way-out to prevent silt getting deposited in Ganga, otherwise it could prove to be a terrible situation in years to come," Mr Kumar added.

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2016/08/24/43191/India-orders-opening-of-Farakka-Barrage-gates

 

[Bilal9]

Opening of Farakka Barrage gates is one thing - but that can't be the whole story nor a permanent solution.

Don't they do dredging in their part of the rivers? They all silt up over time....is he waiting for the center to dredge his rivers?

What has this Nitish dude been doing for the last ten years he's been CM?

Trust politicians on doing one thing right - that is 'finger-pointing' and 'deflecting' blame.

Some of the massive river re-excavation work in Bangladesh of late......and local dredging equipment.

Local cutter suction dredgers (CSD) fabricated from VOSTA designs. Karnafuly shipyard fabricated and delivered 10 cutter-suction CSD 450/500 type dredgers for BIWTA / BWDB using VOSTA LMG plans.

Landfill line away from mid-river dredge

Local cutter-suction dredger fabricated from ELICOTT design - this one is an ELICOTT 1870

There is also urban dredging going on around Dhaka in local canals and waterways. Close quarter equipment uses mainly clamshell bucket grabbers and small cargo barges for silt removal.

 

[Arthur]

Well, maintaining the original depth of rivers can be tough when you buit barrage and dam on the main river stream. Where do you think Bihar will manage funds to carry out a major dredging work? WB is the main beneficiary of farakka. They have liabilities too to maintain the navigability of Ganga. It's just a political petty game within the Indian political establishment.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Cmon India this bullshit isn't helping us nor is it helping you... remove it!

 

[TopCat]

Opening of Farakka Barrage gates is one thing - but that can't be the whole story nor a permanent solution.

Don't they do dredging in their part of the rivers? They all silt up over time....is he waiting for the center to dredge his rivers?

What has this Nitish dude been doing for the last ten years he's been CM?

Trust politicians on doing one thing right - that is 'finger-pointing' and 'deflecting' blame.

Some of the massive river re-excavation work in Bangladesh of late......and local dredging equipment.

Local cutter suction dredgers (CSD) fabricated from VOSTA designs. Karnafuly shipyard fabricated and delivered 10 cutter-suction CSD 450/500 type dredgers for BIWTA / BWDB using VOSTA LMG plans.

Landfill line away from mid-river dredge

Local cutter-suction dredger fabricated from ELICOTT design - this one is an ELICOTT 1870

There is also urban dredging going on around Dhaka in local canals and waterways. Close quarter equipment uses mainly clamshell bucket grabbers and small cargo barges for silt removal.

Derdging of river is nothing but scam. Rivers has to get dredged naturally by the current of the water and thats how a river is maintained over millions of year. If there were no current in the river the river will eventually die.
In Bangladesh the river bed did not change its depth by 1 inch in the last 1 million year. Thats the fact whatever hasina says.

 

[kobiraaz]

Derdging of river is nothing but scam. Rivers has to get dredged naturally by the current of the water and thats how a river is maintained over millions of year. If there were no current in the river the river will eventually die.
In Bangladesh the river bed did not change its depth by 1 inch in the last 1 million year. Thats the fact whatever hasina says.

Well, Most probably India tried dredging to solve the probelm and failed. This nitish dude has been talking about the negative effects of farakka for some years now. Only recently He said that there is no other option, either Farakka needs to go or Bihar will face flood regularly during monsoons.

 

[idune]

Well, Most probably India tried dredging to solve the probelm and failed. This nitish dude has been talking about the negative effects of farakka for some years now. Only recently He said that there is no other option, either Farakka needs to go or Bihar will face flood regularly during monsoons.

india care less about Bihar as mostly populated by what indians classified as "low caste" people.

In Bangladesh the river bed did not change its depth by 1 inch in the last 1 million year. Thats the fact whatever hasina says.

Now you will be charged with speaking out against "1971 and sheikh mujib."

 

[Bilal9]

Actually what they should have gotten is a long reach / high reach excavator and a clamshell bucket

or a super long reach boom with clamshell

Or better yet - a 30m Telescopic Dipper + Clamshell Bucket

These can be mounted on barges, or if the water is shallow, one can use wide tracks or amphibious tracks,

 

[Arthur]

Well, Most probably India tried dredging to solve the probelm and failed. This nitish dude has been talking about the negative effects of farakka for some years now. Only recently He said that there is no other option, either Farakka needs to go or Bihar will face flood regularly during monsoons.

Consequence of meddling with the nature, it was coming, now they have no othe options but to leave with it.

 

[kobiraaz]

The difference of Padma river at Hardinge Bridge point is very apparent in the space of a few weeks after India opened the Farakka barrage upstream. Now, the river is flowing close to danger level through
Rajshahi and Pabna.

Before and After India opened Farakka

Padma River is swelling up rapidly and is likely to cross the danger limit by 24 hours – owing to the opening of Farakka Barrage upstream in India.

The Padma river in Rajshahi swelled by 18.3 metres around 3:00pm today, our local staff correspondent reports. The danger level of the city is at 18.5 metres. “Such overflow has not been witnessed in years,” said SM Ali Mortuza, a sub-divisional engineer of Rajshahi unit Water Development Board.

Mokhlesur Rahman, an executive engineer of Rajshahi WDB, is optimistic at the receding water at Jamuna river. “Currently, water at Jamuna river is below the danger level.”

But still, without receding in the surge of water from upstream in India, at this rate, the river will cross its danger limit in Rajshahi city by tomorrow, the official said.
The Ganges, that originates from the Himalayas, enters Bangladesh through Chapainawabganj and becomes Padma river. The Ganges is being held in Kolkata through the Farakka barrage. India has opened up a number of sluice gates at Farakka dam, our Kushtia correspondent reports quoting Naimul Haq, an executive
engineer of Water Development Board.
“India is trying to release the water rush from further upstream in Bihar,” he said.


‘SUCH SWELLING LAST SEEN IN THE 80’s’
People in Rajshahi city are worried at the sudden swelling of the Padma as it can inundate the vast low-lying areas of the river’s basin from Chapainawabganj to Pabna through Rajshahi.

“I last saw the Padma roaring this much back in the ‘80s,” said Ashraful Islam, a dweller of Dargahpara at the banks of Padma. “Now, it appears, the situation is back.” The Padma was seen flowing along the protection dam in Rajshahi city’s Kumarpara, BoroKuthi, Dargahpara, and Bulonpur. Many of the chars that were visible a few weeks are no more. The low-lying areas along the river have already gone under water, said Ibrahim Sheikh, a member of Horipur union parishad. Houses and flood shelters of Majhradiar, Khidirpur and Khanpur have been washed away.

With the release of water in the upstream, the rise in water levels at different points of Ganges and Padma is likely to continue for the next 4-5 days, Engineer Mokhlesur Rahman said. “We are not expecting devastating flood from this and water is
receding through the downstream accordingly”, he said.

 

[extra terrestrial]

‘SUCH SWELLING LAST SEEN IN THE 80’s’
People in Rajshahi city are worried at the sudden swelling of the Padma as it can inundate the vast low-lying areas of the river’s basin from Chapainawabganj to Pabna through Rajshahi.

“I last saw the Padma roaring this much back in the ‘80s,” said Ashraful Islam, a dweller of Dargahpara at the banks of Padma. “Now, it appears, the situation is back.” The Padma was seen flowing along the protection dam in Rajshahi city’s Kumarpara, BoroKuthi, Dargahpara, and Bulonpur. Many of the chars that were visible a few weeks are no more. The low-lying areas along the river have already gone under water, said Ibrahim Sheikh, a member of Horipur union parishad. Houses and flood shelters of Majhradiar, Khidirpur and Khanpur have been washed away.

With the release of water in the upstream, the rise in water levels at different points of Ganges and Padma is likely to continue for the next 4-5 days, Engineer Mokhlesur Rahman said. “We are not expecting devastating flood from this and water is
receding through the downstream accordingly”, he said.

That I've heard as well... The flood this year was devastating for many and the opening of Farakka will just exacerbate the situation...

 

[Nilgiri]

The difference of Padma river at Hardinge Bridge point is very apparent in the space of a few weeks after India opened the Farakka barrage upstream. Now, the river is flowing close to danger level through
Rajshahi and Pabna.

Before and After India opened Farakka

Padma River is swelling up rapidly and is likely to cross the danger limit by 24 hours – owing to the opening of Farakka Barrage upstream in India.

The Padma river in Rajshahi swelled by 18.3 metres around 3:00pm today, our local staff correspondent reports. The danger level of the city is at 18.5 metres. “Such overflow has not been witnessed in years,” said SM Ali Mortuza, a sub-divisional engineer of Rajshahi unit Water Development Board.

Mokhlesur Rahman, an executive engineer of Rajshahi WDB, is optimistic at the receding water at Jamuna river. “Currently, water at Jamuna river is below the danger level.”

But still, without receding in the surge of water from upstream in India, at this rate, the river will cross its danger limit in Rajshahi city by tomorrow, the official said.
The Ganges, that originates from the Himalayas, enters Bangladesh through Chapainawabganj and becomes Padma river. The Ganges is being held in Kolkata through the Farakka barrage. India has opened up a number of sluice gates at Farakka dam, our Kushtia correspondent reports quoting Naimul Haq, an executive
engineer of Water Development Board.
“India is trying to release the water rush from further upstream in Bihar,” he said.


‘SUCH SWELLING LAST SEEN IN THE 80’s’
People in Rajshahi city are worried at the sudden swelling of the Padma as it can inundate the vast low-lying areas of the river’s basin from Chapainawabganj to Pabna through Rajshahi.

“I last saw the Padma roaring this much back in the ‘80s,” said Ashraful Islam, a dweller of Dargahpara at the banks of Padma. “Now, it appears, the situation is back.” The Padma was seen flowing along the protection dam in Rajshahi city’s Kumarpara, BoroKuthi, Dargahpara, and Bulonpur. Many of the chars that were visible a few weeks are no more. The low-lying areas along the river have already gone under water, said Ibrahim Sheikh, a member of Horipur union parishad. Houses and flood shelters of Majhradiar, Khidirpur and Khanpur have been washed away.

With the release of water in the upstream, the rise in water levels at different points of Ganges and Padma is likely to continue for the next 4-5 days, Engineer Mokhlesur Rahman said. “We are not expecting devastating flood from this and water is
receding through the downstream accordingly”, he said.

Deal with it

 

[TopCat]

Well, Most probably India tried dredging to solve the probelm and failed. This nitish dude has been talking about the negative effects of farakka for some years now. Only recently He said that there is no other option, either Farakka needs to go or Bihar will face flood regularly during monsoons.

Bhagirati was the main channel of the Ganga, so even if Farakka is closed that Bhagirati should be able to take the entire load of Ganga. What did they do to the Bhagirati? Did they screw that as well?
and then some idiots from India are thinking of dredging the entire channel of Ganga ....

 

[kobiraaz]

Deal with it

and after this you think 70% should favor you?