and
constructed near Kumarganj, the source
restoration of water quality of the river.
area at the border of West Bengal and
The project will focus on building and
Bangladesh, by Bangladesh Government
strengthening
institutional
without any consultation with Govt. of
framework at the Central and State level,
India. The construction of dam has now
establishing a Ganga Knowledge Centre,
been
enhancing river basin management, and
downstream area of West Bengal. The
financing
for
river is more or less in the drying stage
pollution abatement in a sustainable
and there has been absolute water
manner. Project implementation will be
scarcity in and around Balurghat and
in
program
downstream blocks. One Central Govt.
framework, developed by the Central
Project, opened in 2012 with 42 crores
and States for National Ganga River
of Rupees with a hope of planning
Basin
which
supply of 1,25,000 gallons of water per
includes implementation arrangement,
day to Balurghat Municipal area is now
criteria for selection of investments,
abandoned, as the Municipal engineers
Procurement Manual, Financial Manual,
are afraid that such amount of water
an Environment and Social Management
cannot be available from the present
Framework etc.
condition of the river. Recently there has
infrastructure
for
conservation
the
priority
accordance
investments
with
Authority
a
(NGRBA)
a
damaging
effect
in
the
been a hope for the best that the Chief
Minister of West Bengal is very much
Hoping
for
the
best
NEWS
worried of the fact and has taken
[Source
immediate step by informing Central
Anandabazar Patrika, June 6, 2015]
Govt. the present status of the river, of
Atreyi river, a border line river between
the project and requesting for an
India and Bangladesh, passes along the
immediate positive solution.
western flank of Balurghat town in West
Dinajpur
district,
concrete
irrigation
West
dam
Bengal.
has
A
been
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