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Bangladesh: India’s aggressive water diplomacy destroying livelihoods in Bangladesh, IAB
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DHAKA, 03 July 2022, (TON): Islami Andolon Bangladesh amir Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim alleged that the knee-jerk foreign policy of the government, as well as India’s aggressive water diplomacy, had been destroying livelihoods in Bangladesh.
He said “Bangladesh is a riverine country. Most of the country’s economy depends on rivers.”
He further said “but the wrong policies of the government of the country, the aggression of India’s water policy and the knee-jerk foreign policy of the government are destroying the livelihood of this country by sometimes making it a desert and sometimes by flooding it.”
He added “there used to be 24,000 kilometers of waterways in Bangladesh. It is now down to 4,000 kilometers. After the country’s independence, 158 rivers have dried up due to negligence.”
Rezaul was addressing a mass procession at the North gate of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka.
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