SYLHET BANGLADESH
Feni, Mar 6 Jatiya Party chairman H M Ershad on Tuesday demanded the government make a bold step to stop construction of Tipaimukh dam on the river Barak by India and ensure right to waters of the rivers Teesta and Feni.
Ershad, a partner of the Awami League-led government, warned the current administration under prime minister Sheikh Hasina, saying this government will not stay in power "for good".
"India has constructed about 3600 dams and barrages. Another 1,000 such dams and barrages will be constructed (by India) to divert water. Rivers without water…no farmers, no fishermen …nobody will want to live in such a country," he told reporters after he visited the river Feni, a common river shared by India and Bangladesh, on Tuesday morning.
"(This) government is not permanent. We have raised these issues before the government. If it fails to resolve these, the future government, whoever comes, will solve them," he said.
Ershad was leading a road march that left Dhaka on Monday to demand that Bangladesh establish its rights to water of common river Feni.
He visited the border river in the district in the morning after overnight stay in the district headquarters.
Ershad, a partner of the Awami League-led government, warned the current administration under prime minister Sheikh Hasina, saying this government will not stay in power "for good".
"India has constructed about 3600 dams and barrages. Another 1,000 such dams and barrages will be constructed (by India) to divert water. Rivers without water…no farmers, no fishermen …nobody will want to live in such a country," he told reporters after he visited the river Feni, a common river shared by India and Bangladesh, on Tuesday morning.
"(This) government is not permanent. We have raised these issues before the government. If it fails to resolve these, the future government, whoever comes, will solve them," he said.
Ershad was leading a road march that left Dhaka on Monday to demand that Bangladesh establish its rights to water of common river Feni.
He visited the border river in the district in the morning after overnight stay in the district headquarters.
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