Agreements & MOUs - The Ganga: Water Use in the Indian Subcontinent - page 177

Table 10.7 Effect of Farakka withdrawals on Bangladesh (South-Western Region)

Effect of
Farakka
withdrawal
fully or partly

Sl.
no. Prototype evidences Probable factors responsible

1 Reduction of Discharge

in Gorai Madhumati

i) Siltation at the offtake-point and in river bed
due to southward swing of Ganga Padma
river like that of Bhagirathi-Hooghly river in
Pre-diversion day
ii) Farakka Diversion

Partial

2 Impact on Ecology and

Environment

i) Increased population
ii) Damage of forestry for habitation and
indiscriminate felling of trees
iii) More and more urbanization
iv) Increase of industries
v) Farakka diversion

Partial

3 Increase of Salinity

ingression and
through tributaries
e.g. Gorai
Madhumati etc.

i) More withdrawal of surface as well as
ground waterii) Blockage of river mouths
iii) Aggradation of river bed
iv) Farakka diversion

Partial

4 Loss/Damage to

Industries

i) Deterioration of labour management
relationshipii) Old and obsolete machineries
iii) Non-modernisation
iv) Disturbance in Power Supply
v) Water scarcity
vi) Decrease of investment
vii) More salinity in water
viii) Farakka diversion

Partial

5 rig f Ground
Wa t e r Tabl e

i) More withdrawal for irrigation and domestic
Purposesii) Less rainfall
iii) Farakka diversion

Partial

6 ss f Navigation i) Siltation in river bed

ii) Siltation in offtake point of tributaries
iii) Less rainfall in catchment area
iv) Farakka diversion

Partial

7 ss f Agricultural
Production

i) Less irrigation facility
ii) Less use of fertilizer and pesticides
iii) Less rainfall
iv) More salinity
v) No change of cropping pattern
vi) Farakka diversion

Partial

8 ss f Fo re s t
Products

i) Indiscriminate felling of trees by miscreants
and for habitation purpose.ii) Less rainfall
iii) Industrial and environmental pollution

No effects.