44 rivers of the northern region dying

[fallstuff]

Isn't it Forrest! :s

Y'all ain't gonna believe this sh*t. Its forest gump buddy, it dont matter.

 

[Al-zakir]

Your parents used to eat two or three pieces of Hilish each time they ate in their east Bengal. Now, they have left their ancestral home for no reason, and you may or may not get a half piece of Hilsha each time you eat. Also, when you hear from your parents how plentiful Hilisha was in their country of origin, you smile, make a face and disbelieve them. The reality is, it is true what they say about their time, but, it is a little less true in today's east Bengal.

By the way, how about your Hilisha fetching in Calcutta fish harbour? Or is it only a name without a fish stock? Talk to your repressive Indian govt to release Ganges water so that we can raise our Hilsha stock and you get a bigger piece of Hilisha when you eat. I have heard the Ghotis there eat small fish fries and boast of eating Hilish. Hope, this boasting disease has not spread to the Bangals as well.

I don't know why but I find this post very funny. I almost fall of from the chair after reading this post. Thank you sir.

 

[Adnan Faruqi]

thanx to innocent indians

I think one liners are not allowed as per the rules or they don't apply to you.

Don't go for the propaganda go for real facts.

 

[fallstuff]

Rui tastes better than Elish. Also Elish has too many small bones=bone stuck in throat=4 hours in the emergency

I like Rui better. Rui do-peyja. Pretty easy to cook also.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Trout is the best.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Your parents used to eat two or three pieces of Hilish each time they ate in their east Bengal. Now, they have left their ancestral home for no reason, and you may or may not get a half piece of Hilsha each time you eat. Also, when you hear from your parents how plentiful Hilisha was in their country of origin, you smile, make a face and disbelieve them. The reality is, it is true what they say about their time, but, it is a little less true in today's east Bengal.

By the way, how about your Hilisha fetching in Calcutta fish harbour? Or is it only a name without a fish stock? Talk to your repressive Indian govt to release Ganges water so that we can raise our Hilsha stock and you get a bigger piece of Hilisha when you eat. I have heard the Ghotis there eat small fish fries and boast of eating Hilish. Hope, this boasting disease has not spread to the Bangals as well.

To be frank, they could afford to have a whole Hilsa and not two pieces, which to you would appear as a Banquet.

I presume Partition was a good reason for many to migrate either way. Ask Al Zakira about his folks as to why they left and why they are so keen to replicate Bangladesh to the ancestral glory of the land they left with their language and culture thrown in to swamp the indigenous culture and language.

If only you would have some idea of pisiculture and the spawning habits of certain types of fish, you would be able to understand the issue. Sadly, you are not aware.

Suffice it to say a high velocity in the water does not permit migration to the upper reaches.

Lunar periodicity also affects fishing.

It is not sufficient to eat fish. It is also interesting to study the habits of fish so that one is not carried away by propaganda propagated by vested interests and lobbies.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

I don't know why but I find this post very funny. I almost fall of from the chair after reading this post. Thank you sir.

As a non Bengali, you would not understand fish or details.

You may now resume sitting on your chair from which you fell, owing to your ignorance about pisiculture.

As an aside, I would recommend that you invest in sturdier furniture rather than the shoddy ones that cannot bear your weight, which I presume, would be ample.

I assume so, since under normal circumstances, irrespective of cheap furniture, one does not fall off a chair, unless one is fat, or suffers a blackout, or epilepsy or some infirmities in limb construction.

Tick the ones that are correct.

 

[eastwatch]

As a non Bengali, you would not understand fish or details.

No, he is certainly a Bangladeshi and a patriot in his own way. See the thread below. Starting from pg. 7, Al-Zakir has contributed many photographs here.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/general-images-multimedia/15408-incredible-bangladesh.html

 

[Skies]

Now a days I see every one is basing AL- Zakir Bhai. I want to say them there are lots of people like him here. His thinking is right in the most cases from the Islamic perspective. I am sure he can sacrifice a lot for BD if he finds that BD is going in way that he wants.

 

[eastwatch]

In bengali there is a saying, 'Nijer Nak Kete Porer Jatra Bhanga.' Farakka seems to be a point in case. A jealous India built this dam only to show its own ego, even though it has destroyed Bihar agriculture. This dam has deposited so much of silts in the upstream of the Ganges that Bihar is prone to heavy flood.

India says they need the water for the Haldia port. They say, Damodor does not have enough water to support the port there. However, India could have built two sluice gates in the Damodor to make the port channel navigable. One could be in the upstream about 10 km from the mouth of the river, and the other one at the mouth itself. These two gates could have been closed or opened as the situation demanded to have enough water in the channel. Note there is JOAR in the BoB that can be used.

India wanted to destroy the blood veins of Bangladesh only to make us dependent to them and play a subservient role. Well, this was not acceptable to us. Since after building this Barrage India started to open the farakka gates when it is rainy season. It caused heavy damage to our crops. Then in winter it started to close all the gates so that most of the water can be taken to Haldia.

BD is still struggling with the ill effects that were caused by the buiklding of Farakka and more than 50 other barrages. To avoid the suffering we changed the main crop season from rainy to dry season. We do not now depend upon Ganges water the way we used to.

But, it took us more than 30 years to do that. Now, our main crop is produced during winter. But, during those 30 years we became poor to poorer, and Indians were bullying us by fingerpointing at our sufferers.

Those days are almost gone. We are rising fast. There was a time when radicalism rose only due to the unilateral withdraw of our water by India. But, the society did not allow it to happen. People worked hard in tiny garments worksops and built the economic muscle of the country bit by bit.

We will soon be moving to a fast economic growth cycle. But, during the last 40 years we already know which countries to trust. India is certainly not a country to be trusted.

 

[monitor]

The cursed of Farraka have done a lot of economic damage to us in addition to environmental damage . even if the farraka dam is close today we have to wait a sizable time to recover from the damage it causes us

 

[eastwatch]

A person does not have to be a civil engineer to know how a slow current in the river causes a heavy silt depositions at the bottom. Nature is angry at India but is punishing Bangladesh unfairly for the sole crime of being a neighbour in the downstream of that country.

For the last 40 years layers of silts are being accumulated in the Padma. Miles after miles silts 5m high have deposited in that river. During dry season every boat and ship has to detour many miles to avoid being stuck in the sunken islands.

Monsoon floods hide these islands superficially only to be seen soon after the flood water recedes. Now, our shipping minister has cried out it is impossible for his ministry to do all the dredging works to remove those islands in the river created by India. BD has invested tens of millions of dollars to purchase dredgers and now these have become useless. India is bullying this country so that we ask pity from them.

Only a few months ago there were hue and cry over environment. A small island country Maldives is going under the ever-rising sea. Its President has requested the PM of BD to rescue their country by allowing it to take soil/sand from the Padma. Then its govt sent a letter to make the request official.

BD is waiting for the day when a TINY Maldives come, dredge our rivers and take our soil to make their land a little higher than it is now. They will be saved from the curse of a sea rise and we will be partially saved from the curse of being in BIG India's neighbourhood.

 

[johnny boy]

44 rivers of the northern region dying


Farakka Barrage built by India in the upper part of the river Padma followed by the unilateral withdrawal of water through it has left its impact on the rivers flowing across the northern region. About 44 rivers are on the point of dying. A time will come when the rivers would have no existence, experts opine. (The Independent )

According to the experts, the unilateral withdrawal of water from the river Padma has slowed down the flows of the rivers that are fed by it. The rivers with little water from the upper part of the Padma have lost their flow in the dry season.

The rivers though are in spate in the rainy season become lean in their flows in the dry season. Absence of current helps deposit sands and silts on the river beds which are gradually being filled in. Waters in the rainy season overflowing the banks enter into the villages playing havoc with crops of people beside the rivers banks.

People of the northern region are not getting benefits from the meetings that are held every year regarding the due share of water from the Farakka Barrage. With the beginning of dry season the turbulent Padma turns into sandy chars miles after miles and the other rivers fed by the Padma are losing navigability.

Besides the 44 rivers of the northern region, 95 rivers across the country are on the way of losing existence. The list of the rivers that have already died includes the Bhulli of Panchagarh, Choto Chepa, Aman-Damon, Lona, Lachhi of Thakurgaon, Nalshisa, Kula, Gareswari, Ichamati, Mila, Patherghata, Nort, Belan, Tulsiganga, Choto Jamuna, Chiri, Tetulia of Dinajpur, Khorkhoria, Kharubaj, Ghirnai, Chara, Bullai, Auriakhuna of Nilphamari, Naleya, Alaikumari, Mora Teesta of Rangpur, Shib, Musa Khana of Naogaon, Ichamati, Ganglai, Rawnai, Gomani, Boral, Loyar, Chiknai, Sutikhali Khageswari, Hursagar, Nagar of Bogra and Jinjiram of Kurigram districts.

The river research survey terms them seasonal rivers. The rivers which have been silted up contain no water in the dry season. Local people grow different crops on the rivers beds.

The list of the rivers that are on the point of dying includes Chatnai, Pakuraj, Mohanda upper, Tirnoi, Ramchandi, Khorka, Kurum, Gobra, Petki, Gharomara, Korotua, Berang, Bhersa, Tangan, Talma, Dahuk, Chowyai of Panchgarh, Kulik of Thakurgaon, Chepa, Kankra of Dinajur, Chikly, Manash, Dhaijan, Burikhora, Naotara, Dhum, Buri Tilka of Nilphamari, Ghaghot, Akhira of Rangpur, Fulkumar of Kurigram and Boral upper of Rajshahi districts.

An investigation reveals that these rivers which contain little water in the dry season experience no impacts of ebb and tide. The rivers after being silted up would lose their existence in future. This would bring in disaster on the ecological balance.

A survey conducted by Statistics Bureau reveals that the number of rivers across the country is 710.Recently, Hydrological Survey under Water Development Board has published a report mentioning the length, width and depth of the rivers.

The biggest river in length, width and depth is the Meghna. The length of the river is 330-km. Its width near Bhairab is 1.50-km and depth is 27-meter.

The smallest river in the country is Gorra at Tetulia in Panchagarh district. The length of the river is 4-km and its depth is 15-meter. The depth of the river after being silted up has stood to 30-centimeter.The report reveals that the length of the river Padma is 115-km. The width of the river near Mawa is 5-km and 711 meter. Its depth is 18.80 meter.

In the dry season its depth stands at 7-meter. The river Brahmaputra is 60-km long, 10,425-meter wide and 20-meter deep. The river Jamuna is 90-km long, 1200 -meter wide and 12-meter deep.

According to a source in Hydrological Survey Research Centre, the centre selected 90 to 95 rivers for the examination of matters relating to the deposition of silts. These rivers have been divided into five groups.

The rivers-Ganga, Padma, Jamuna and Meghan belong to the first group. Cross section (erosion and silt survey) is conducted in the rivers in the dry season every year. The second group includes 12 rivers where cross section is conducted every two alternate years. The third group includes 19 rivers where cross section is conducted once after three years.

The fourth group includes 20 rivers where cross section is conducted once after four years. The fifth group include 40 rivers where cross section is conducted once after five years.

:: The Daily Independent Bangladesh :.. Internet Edition

u know............why are all these laughable articles posted i dont know!!!!!!!!!bangladesh is fed by heavy monsoons and the river padma nd meghna are sufficient to meet whole of bangladesh's demands...iv been to dhaka and btw i saw it water was aplenty...if you want to adapt the attitude of pakistan blamnig india for water woes i cant help it...bd has all the water it needs farakka has done one only ...to stop ganges from overflooding all the time..water is plenty ....

 

[Capt.Popeye]

A person does not have to be a civil engineer to know how a slow current in the river causes a heavy silt depositions at the bottom. Nature is angry at India but is punishing Bangladesh unfairly for the sole crime of being a neighbour in the downstream of that country.

For the last 40 years layers of silts are being accumulated in the Padma. Miles after miles silts 5m high have deposited in that river. During dry season every boat and ship has to detour many miles to avoid being stuck in the sunken islands.

Monsoon floods hide these islands superficially only to be seen soon after the flood water recedes. Now, our shipping minister has cried out it is impossible for his ministry to do all the dredging works to remove those islands in the river created by India. BD has invested tens of millions of dollars to purchase dredgers and now these have become useless. India is bullying this country so that we ask pity from them.

Only a few months ago there were hue and cry over environment. A small island country Maldives is going to go under ever-rising sea. Its President at first requested the PM of BD to rescue their country by allowing to take soil/sand from the Padma. Then its govt sent a letter to make the request official.

BD is waiting for the day when a TINY Maldives come, dredge our rivers and take our soil to make their land a little higher than it is now. They will be saved from the curse of a sea rise and we will be partially saved from the curse of being in BIG India's neighbourhood.

If Maldives is going to dredge and take away the silt; along with raising their land level, they will be increasing the fertility of their own soil (which is saline to start with). After all, this silt happens to be extremely fertile for agriculture. Actually BD will be better off if she dredges and uses the silt herself, rather than giving it away. BD will do well to build up her own land e.g. the char lands in the delta for cultivation. Then there will be less to complain about.

 

[kobiraaz]

u know............why are all these laughable articles posted i dont know!!!!!!!!!bangladesh is fed by heavy monsoons and the river padma nd meghna are sufficient to meet whole of bangladesh's demands...iv been to dhaka and btw i saw it water was aplenty...if you want to adapt the attitude of pakistan blamnig india for water woes i cant help it...bd has all the water it needs farakka has done one only ...to stop ganges from overflooding all the time..water is plenty ....

Try to visit north bengal next time....