Over 50 years ago, Bengal’s chief engineer predicted that the Farakka dam would flood Bihar

[bongbang]

If this dam wasnt built, the silt creating floods in Bihar would be useful to save Sundarban both in Bangladesh and India. While in Indian side silt free Ganges flow of the Hoogly river is no help to save the sinking islands such as Ghoramara and in Bangladesh side combined natural flow of other rivers are actually helping to form new lands. But seasonal over flow by Farakka dam is a headache which causes erosion along the river banks.

 

[Nilgiri]

@Nilgiri should take the blame for this Bihar flood. I have told it about three weeks before about what Farakka could do. It is India who is suffering, not BD. Bd has nothing to lose since it has shifted its crop season to winter. A day is coming when similar plights will force India to break the dam once for all. The only thing we will receive less is the quantity of silt, unfortunately.

Stop dragging me into this "dicussion".

We will never break the dam....read my lips NEVER. It stays...and will be de-silted as needed.

The main issue this time was several dams in MP released all this water in the first place together without proper procedures followed. That is the main line of investigation.

The capacity of Farraka throughput (even with silting) and the capacity for Nitish Kumar to sense a political angle are both well known to India.

BD is advised to keep its nose out of it.

If you really want to send a message, please start a demonstration against your queen Hasina (and our servant) to say something.

Till then shut up and mind your own business.

@Rain Man Look at this, they say they dont want me in BD forum but when I've left they are clamouring for my attention. Typical!

 

[bluesky]

Stop dragging me into this "dicussion".

We will never break the dam....read my lips NEVER. It stays...and will be de-silted as needed.

The main issue this time was several dams in MP released all this water in the first place together without proper procedures followed. That is the main line of investigation.

The capacity of Farraka throughput (even with silting) and the capacity for Nitish Kumar to sense a political angle are both well known to India.

BD is advised to keep its nose out of it.

If you really want to send a message, please start a demonstration against your queen Hasina (and our servant) to say something.

Till then shut up and mind your own business.

@Rain Man Look at this, they say they dont want me in BD forum but when I've left they are clamouring for my attention. Typical!

For flooding you are blaming Madhya Pradesh and not Farakka. Farakka will more be accumulating silts as the years pass by. You built Farakka to punish us for founding Pakistan. But, you yourself is now being punished for the sin of building it. India will be accumulating more silt and more sins as well.

 

[MilSpec]

On a side note, Hoogly needs to remain silt free, GRSE is located in the vicinity and it is t produce about 52 ships in the next 15-20 years.
Farrakka or no farraka, removal of silt from calcutta post is a must.

 

[Nilgiri]

You built Farakka to punish us for founding Pakistan.

No we punish you by taking billions of dollars of tribute each year from you....and putting our lackey lady to rule you.

Farakka would have been built with or without partition.

 

[bluesky]

@Rain Man Look at this, they say they dont want me in BD forum but when I've left they are clamouring for my attention. Typical!

No one really wants you out. A few Indian members like you are a source of vitality for other members in this section.

 

[dray]

@Nilgiri We can cut 4-5 deep canals in Bihar & UP areas to divert the extra waters to states like MP, Chattisgarh and down south.

 

[Nilgiri]

No one really wants you out. A few Indian members like you are a source of vitality for other members in this section.

You are one of the few that feel that way lol.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

@Nilgiri We can cut 4-5 deep canals in Bihar & UP areas to divert the extra waters to states like MP, Chattisgarh and down south.

AT this very moment 10 districts of Bihar are facing DROUGHT

Would you believe it because the flood water has come from MP and UP

Bihar had a deficit monsoon this year

Bihar can easily make canals to distribute Ganga Water all over the state

But they wont do it due to all " caste " equations and blame Barrage for their floods

 

[gslv mk3]

GRSE is located in the vicinity and it is t produce about 52 ships in the next 15-20 years.

52 Naval ships ?

 

[bluesky]

On a side note, Hoogly needs to remain silt free, GRSE is located in the vicinity and it is t produce about 52 ships in the next 15-20 years.
Farrakka or no farraka, removal of silt from calcutta post is a must.

It is quite difficult to keep a river/sea port such as Hoogley navigable without an interference by man. India built Farakka to keep Hoogley navigable with a higher velocity of water through the river. At least, this is what the official version of India was when it built Farakka.

India could have made Hoogley navigable even without building this cursed dam. It could have dredged the downstream part of the port and thus a deeper draft in the river by natural intake of seawater. The measure would have enabled the port navigable all round the year without building Farakka.

 

[MilSpec]

It is quite difficult to keep a river/sea port such as Hoogley navigable without an interference by man. India built Farakka to keep Hoogley navigable with a higher velocity of water through the river. At least, this is what the official version of India was when it built Farakka.

India could have made Hoogley navigable even without building this cursed dam. It could have dredged the downstream part of the port and thus a deeper draft in the river by natural intake of seawater. The measure would have enabled the port navigable all round the year without building Farakka.

I am not a big fan of this dam and barrage business, and I don't know much about dredging and silt depositions and it's causes either. I do know that Bangladeshis have had reservations about this and so have Indian counterparts. I just hope common sense prevails and Indian authorities take the best possible step as you mentioned to keep Hoogly navigable, and causing least amount of inconvenience surrounding areas and Bangladesh downstream.

52 Naval ships ?

Naval-coastguard-commercial-export.

 

[TopCat]

It is quite difficult to keep a river/sea port such as Hoogley navigable without an interference by man. India built Farakka to keep Hoogley navigable with a higher velocity of water through the river. At least, this is what the official version of India was when it built Farakka.

India could have made Hoogley navigable even without building this cursed dam. It could have dredged the downstream part of the port and thus a deeper draft in the river by natural intake of seawater. The measure would have enabled the port navigable all round the year without building Farakka.

Time for river port is over.
Bangladesh is working on 4 deep sea port now. There is a reason for it.
Let India use river port for a while. Good for BD port business in the next decade.

 

[bluesky]

Time for river port is over.
Bangladesh is working on 4 deep sea port now. There is a reason for it.
Let India use river port for a while. Good for BD port business in the next decade.

Irrespective of how you demonize a river port, Chittagong itself is a river port. Same is with Calcutta port. Ctg. is on the shore of Karnafuly and Calcutta is on Hugley river. Both are almost at the mouth of the respective rivers.

Ctg. has shallow draft which is same as Calcutta. Ctg. does not need dredging because Krnafuly flow, coming down directly from Kaptai, is quite fast, but, Hugley is not. So, water was stopped at Farakka to raise its level. As you know, water runs faster from a higher level to a lower one. This causes lesser amount of accumulation of silt.

However, because of bad side effects, I believe India should keep the gates open there and let the water flow freely towards Padma and Hoogley. As I said earlier, before permanently opening the gates, India should dredge the mouth of Hoogley.

 

[bongbang]

Irrespective of how you demonize a river port, Chittagong itself is a river port. Same is with Calcutta port. Ctg. is on the shore of Karnafuly and Calcutta is on Hugley river. Both are almost at the mouth of the respective rivers.

Ctg. has shallow draft which is same as Calcutta. Ctg. does not need dredging because Krnafuly flow, coming down directly from Kaptai, is quite fast, but, Hugley is not. So, water was stopped at Farakka to raise its level. As you know, water runs faster from a higher level to a lower one. This causes lesser amount of accumulation of silt.

However, because of bad side effects, I believe India should keep the gates open there and let the water flow freely towards Padma and Hoogley. As I said earlier, before permanently opening the gates, India should dredge the mouth of Hoogley.

They are building another port in Sagar island which will be used for Indian navy and act as deep water port. So the necessity of Kolkata port may be reduced. There will be no reason to keep the Farakka dam then. And if they dredge the Hoogly river properly then the Ganges water will naturally flow both in Padma and Hoogly. They need the silt to survive. By blocking the natural flow they are submerging the Sudarban of both the countries at faster rate and surrounding areas. They are losing more lands than BD. They lost Ghoramara island and Kolkata is also sinking.