Tipaimukh hydro project won't divert water, India tells B'desh
November 22, 2011  14:31

Here's Vishnu Prakash's statement on the Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Project in Manipur and Bangladesh's apprehensions over it. 

Prakash, who is the spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs says it has been clarified to the Bangladesh delegation that the proposed project was a hydro-electric project with provision to control floods and that this would not involve diversion of water on account of irrigation.  

"Subsequently, during the visit of the Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India in January 2010, our Prime Minister had reiterated the assurance that India would not take steps on the Tipaimukh project that would adversely impact on Bangladesh. 

The assurance was again reiterated during the visit of our Prime Minister to Bangladesh in September 2011," he said.

 

Here's the backgrounder on the Hindu: In Bangladesh, Tipaimukh dam pact sparks fresh row

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