Like Farakka, this barrage, if built, will cause upstream riverbed aggradation, leading to increased flooding and riverbank erosion. There is no doubt that flows of the rivers of southeast ...

Heavy rainfall in Nepal has swelled the Kosi and Budhi Gandak rivers in North Bihar. Budhi Gandak is 41 cm above the danger ...

Farakka Barrage Water Release Impact on Bangladesh During Monsoon: India today said the release of water of the Ganges/Padma river through Farakka barrage downstream is a normal seasonal ...

The recent call by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to remove the Farakka barrage has added a new dimension to the ongoing debate on the utility of the barrage. Located in the Indian state of West ...

The Farakka Barrage, which has so far been the point of contention for India-Bangladesh transboundary water relations, is now emerging as an inter-state water dispute. The Bihar chief minister has ...

India on Monday trashed reports in Bangladesh that the opening of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal is causing floods in some areas in the neighbouring country. "We have seen fake videos, rumours and ...

Nitish reportedly said: “The current flood-like situation in 12 districts including Patna has been a result of silt being deposited in Ganga, due to construction of Farakka dam in West Bengal. The ...

Farakka barrage may have worsened the floods in Bihar, but removing it will pose other problems Why the controversial barrage was built on the Ganga just upstream of the India-Bangladesh border ...

This story is from September 24, 2019 Centre opens 55 Farakka gates after Nitish Kumar’s request TNN / Sep 24, 2019, 08:17 IST AA Follow us ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today made a strong demand to the Centre to decommission the Farakka barrage, saying it has no utility and causes floods in the state every year.

The NTPC's 2,100 MW Farakka plant in West Bengal's Murshidabad district came to a standstill today after it had to stop generation in its only running unit due to a deteriorating water crisis, a ...

A village in Murshidabad’s Farakka is having to drink water from the local feeder canal for the past 10 days as both its tube wells are defunct. As many as 1,500 residents of Bonidapukur village of ...