The Ganges is one of the major rivers of the world.

It rises at an elevation of about 12,769 feet

(3,892 m) in Gangotri on the southern slope of the Himalayan range. About one third of the total
population of Bangladesh and about 50% of the Indian population live in the Ganges basin; 43%
of the total irrigated area in the country[which?] is also in the Ganges basin and there are about 100
urban settlements with a total population of about 120 million on its banks. As a result,
Bangladesh and India have had many debates about how the Farakka Barrage cuts off
Bangladesh's water supply and how to share the water. Right from the beginning, this created a
concern for Bangladesh as it constitutes the low-lying part of Gangotri. After the completion of
the barrage at the end of 1975, it was agreed to run it with specified discharges for a period of 41
days from 21 April to 31 May during the remaining period of the dry season of 1975 under an
accord announced as a joint press release on 18 April 1975. But after the assassination of Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975, relations between the two countries became greatly
strained and India continued to withdraw water even after the agreed period. The diversions led
to a crisis situation in Bangladesh in the dry season of 1976. In 1977, Bangladesh went to the
United Nations and lodged a formal protest against India with the General Assembly of The
United Nations, which adopted a consensus statement on 26 November 1976. Talks between the
two countries were resumed in December 1976. No consensus was reached.[6]

Twenty years later, in 1996, a 30-year agreement was signed. It did not contain any guarantee
clause for unconditional minimum amounts of water to be supplied to Bangladesh or India, nor
could the future hydrological parameters taken into account as is always the case when water
resources are planned on historic data series. As a result, the agreement is sometimes perceived
to be failed by some sections in Bangladesh to provide the expected result.[7] Constant monitoring
of the implementation of Negotiations in lean season continue to the present today. In
Bangladesh, it is perceived that the diversion has raised salinity levels, contaminated fisheries,
hindered navigation, and posed a threat to water quality and public health.[8] Lower levels of soil
moisture along with increased salinity have also led to desertification.[9] However, this barrage
still has significant effect on the mutual relation of these two neighboring countries.

Farakka barrage has been criticized for the floods in Bihar as it is causing excessive siltation in
the Ganga.[10]
Location of Farakka Barrage
Tipaimukh Dam is a proposed embankment dam on the river Barak in Manipur state India, first
commissioned in 1983. The purpose of the dam is flood control and hydroelectric power
generation. It has been subject to repeated delays as the project developed, as there has been
controversy between India and Bangladesh over water rights, in addition to questions of
environmental effects of the huge project, as well as the need to relocate indigenous Hmar
people to make way for a vast reservoir.[1] In 2013, the governments of India and Bangladesh
announced further delays, as the latter nation undertakes additional studies about expected
effects and mitigating measures

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