Why in news The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denied that floods in eastern districts of Bangladesh were caused due to the opening o...
Why in news
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denied that floods in eastern districts of Bangladesh were caused due to the opening of the Dumbur dam in Tripura.
The clarification comes after protesters in Bangladesh blamed India for floods in eastern districts, triggering security threats for the Indian High Commission in Dhaka
Dumbur dam
The dam was built on the Gumti river near Dumbur in Tripura
Gumti river flows through Tripura and Bangladesh
Dumbur dam is located quite far from the border – over 120 km upstream of Bangladesh.
It is a low height (about 30m) dam that generates power that feeds into a grid and from which Bangladesh also draws 40MW power from Tripura
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