Agreements & MOUs - The Ganga: Water Use in the Indian Subcontinent - page 148

0 100

10 90

INDIAN SHARE

20 80

30 70

40 60

50 50

60 40

BANGLADESH SHARE

70 30

80 20

90 10

100

0

January February March April May

LEAN SEASON MONTHS

Fig. 10.1 Share of lean season flow of Ganga at Farakka between India and Bangladesh

Table 10.1 Percentage sharing of flow by India and Bangladesh at Farakka

Percentage share and [Gain(+)/Concession(-)]
given

Flow reaching
Farakka (Cusecs) Period India (40,000) Bangladesh (44,000)

January: 1-10
11-20
21-31

98,500
89,750
82,500

40.6(Nil)
42.9(-1.7)
42.4(-6.1)

59.4(+14.7)
57.1(+8.1)
57.6(+4.3)

February: 1-10
11-20
21-28/29

79,250
74,000
70,000

41.6(-8.9)
42.6(-11.5)
43.9(-13.2)

58.4(+2.9)
57.4(-2.1)
56.1(-6.8)

March: 1-10
11-20
21-31

65,250
63,500
61,000

41.0(-20.3)
40.2(-22.8)
41.0(-24.6)

59.0(-8.4)
59.8(-9.5)
59.0(-13.1)

April: 1-10
11-20
21-30

59,000
55,500
55,000

40.7(-27.1)
37.4(-34.7)
37.3(-20.3)

59.3(-15.3)
62.6(-16.7)
62.7(-17.3)

May: 1-10
11-20
21-31

56,500
59,250
65,500

38.1(-32.7)
40.5(-27.0)
40.8(-20.3)

61.9(-16.0)
59.5(-14.8)
59.2(-8.0)

caprice of Nature and let its growing population to suffer. Therefore, the diversion of
at least 40,000 cusecs of water into the Bhagirathi-Hooghly by blocking its natural
flow by a barrage at Farakka was direly needed for the resuscitation of Calcutta Port,
but the agreement did not fully provide for it. Figure 10.1 shows the disparity in the
division of the water, considering the flow at Farakka.