India\\\'s move to build more barrages on the Ganges protested

The International Farakka Committee (IFC) has organised parallel human chains in 11 divisional headquarters, cities and towns across Bangladesh to protest India’s move to build 16 more barrages on the transboundary Ganges River. The committee also organised human chains in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia on the same issue on the same day. Addressing the human chain in Dhaka city, political leaders and water experts observed that the physical security of Bangladesh as well as the environment and lives of its people have long been threatened by unilateral withdrawal of the Ganges water by India. Withdrawal of excessive water from upstream of the Ganges inside India has led to the desertification of south-western region of Bangladesh, they noted. The northern region of Bangladesh is going to face the same consequence because of diversion of the flow of the Teesta River on the upstream, they added, according to a news agency.