Opposition leader and BNP chief Khaleda Zia has sent a letter to Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh urging him to conduct a joint survey before the work of the Tipaimukh Dam and Hydroelectric power plant starts.
Khaleda has voiced the opposition's anxiety over the issue and that it feels the need for a joint survey, the party's acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam told reporters on Wednesday.
"A solution has to be drawn through discussions between the two countries. There is still time, conduct a joint survey before constructing the dam," he said, quoting the letter sent on Monday.
The letter has pointed out that building the dam would not only endanger livelihood of Indians dependent on the Borak River but also 30 million Bangladeshis who are hugely dependent on the Meghna River.
Khaleda has voiced the opposition's anxiety over the issue and that it feels the need for a joint survey, the party's acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam told reporters on Wednesday.
"A solution has to be drawn through discussions between the two countries. There is still time, conduct a joint survey before constructing the dam," he said, quoting the letter sent on Monday.
The letter has pointed out that building the dam would not only endanger livelihood of Indians dependent on the Borak River but also 30 million Bangladeshis who are hugely dependent on the Meghna River.
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