Overseas Ministry blasts CNN Bangladesh Flood Report

Bangladesh is grappling with devastating floods attributable to relentless monsoon rain (File)

New Delhi:

The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) has as soon as once more trashed experiences that the flooding in some areas of Bangladesh have been brought on by the opening of a dam on the Gumti River in Tripura.  The Centre stated that the report is “factually not appropriate” and its “narrative is deceptive”, including that it  “ignores the details” issued by the Authorities of India.

“We now have seen CNN report on flood scenario in Bangladesh. Its narrative is deceptive and means that India is by some means accountable for the floods. That is factually not appropriate and ignores the details talked about within the press releases issued by the Authorities of India clarifying the scenario,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated at a presser right this moment. Mr Jaiswal was responding to media queries that flooding in southeast Bangladesh have been brought on by the opening of a dam on the Gumti River in Tripura.

“They’ve additionally ignored that we have now common and well timed alternate of knowledge and demanding data between the 2 international locations by current joint mechanisms for water assets administration,” he added.

Bangladesh is grappling with devastating floods attributable to relentless monsoon rain and overflowing rivers which has killed not less than 23 individuals. Water has inundated 11 districts, and enormous swathes of the town of practically 1.5 million individuals at the moment are submerged. Amid this, experiences in international media claimed that the flooding in Bangladesh has been brought on by opening a dam in India’s northeastern state, a declare denied by Centre twice.

What CNN Report Mentioned?

A report revealed by CNN claimed that in individuals in Feni, a metropolis in southeast Bangladesh, blame officers in India for the scenario. Based on the report, dozens in Feni -which is just a few miles from the India border- accused New Delhi of releasing water from the Dumbur dam in neighboring Tripura state with no warning.

Centre On Bangladesh Floods Declare

Centre has earlier clarified that flooding in jap districts within the neighbouring nation weren’t brought on by the opening of a dam on the Gumti River in Tripura.

The MEA had acknowledged “the catchment areas of Gumti River that flows by India and Bangladesh witnessed heaviest rains of this yr over the previous couple of days”, however stated the floods in Bangladesh have been primarily attributable to waters from downstream catchments areas.

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“The Dumbur dam is positioned fairly removed from the border – over 120 km upstream of Bangladesh. It’s a low top (about 30m) dam that generates energy that feeds right into a grid and from which Bangladesh additionally attracts 40MW energy from Tripura,” the ministry had stated.

“Heavy rainfall has been persevering with since August 21 in the entire of Tripura and adjoining districts of Bangladesh. Information displaying rising pattern has been provided to Bangladesh until 1500 on August 21. At 1800, attributable to flooding, there was energy outage resulting in issues of communication… we tried to keep up communication by different means…”

“As two international locations sharing 54 widespread cross-border rivers, river water cooperation is a vital a part of our bilateral engagement. We stay dedicated to resolving points and mutual issues in water assets and river water administration by bilateral consultations and technical discussions,” the MEA stated in an announcement.

Floods on the widespread rivers between India and Bangladesh are a shared drawback inflicting sufferings to individuals on either side, and requires shut mutual cooperation in direction of resolving them, it added. 

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