Impending power supply crisis in Bangladesh
The Daily Star recently published an article on equitable sharing and downstream crisis. A relevant World Bank report concludes that limited and erratic water supply reduces economic growth, induces migration, and ignites civil conflict, which fuels further potentially destabilising migration.
Bangladesh is sitting on a volcano of disaster generated by over-development of groundwater resources. Dhaka used to have wells 250-350 feet deep, which have dried up and been replaced by deeper wells of over 600 feet. Additional costs will be incurred and inherent hydro-geological problems will appear if the process continues.
It is high time that our government negotiate firmly with India for the sharing of riparian water like the Indus treaty between India and Pakistan. There will be serious portable water, cooking gas and electricity crisis unless water supply resources are developed and managed properly.
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