The Ganga : water use in the Indian subcontinent / Pranab Kumar Parua
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TextPublication details: Heidelberg : Springer, 2009Description: xxviii, 391 p. 24 cmISBN: - 9789048131020
- 363.70954 PAR
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The geo-hydro-morphometry of the river Ganges has a history of long and wide variations as the river is continuously fed by the high Himalayas hill ranges,The river is categorized as an international one, passing through several independent countries.The turmoil started since the construction of barrage between 1965-1975 and the major neighbouring countries, India and Bangladesh, were locked in the dispute over sharing the water of the parent river. After several rounds of discussions at different levels between the two countries, short-term agreements were signed two times, one in 1977 and the other in 1985, and finally one long term Treaty was signed in 1996 between the two countries in an atmosphere of peaceful co-existence
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