The Farakka Barrage maintains adequate water flow for the Hooghly River, but the Central Government has raised water security concerns for Bihar.
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Updated Aug 25
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What happened
The Farakka Barrage maintains adequate water flow for the Hooghly River, but the Central Government has raised water security concerns for Bihar.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Farakka Barrage
Barrage of India
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Hooghly River
river in West Bengal, India
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Bihar
state in eastern India
Related events
- NDRF deployed in Bihar due to looming flood threat from Nepal.
- Upper-riparian states are extracting massive volumes of water, putting downstream obligations on Bihar as the Ganga Water Sharing Treaty nears expiry.
- Ganga and its tributaries are submerging villages in Bihar.
- Barrage disruption of fish migration routes highlights Bihar's reliance on Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal for fish supply.
- Flash floods in Nepal are affecting the Gandak River system, prompting official inspection of the border barrage.