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"Bangladesh has just approved one of the largest river engineering projects its
history: the Padma Barrage, a vast river-control project intended to restore
water in the country’s drought-prone southwest.
It comes at a dangerous moment for South Asia’s rivers. China is building the
world’s largest hydropower dam upstream on the Brahmaputra, India is
accelerating its own dam-building programme, and the treaty governing Ganges
water-sharing between India and Bangladesh expires in December 2026.
Rather than easing regional water insecurity, the Padma Barrage risks adding to
a cycle of unilateral river engineering across the subcontinent. South Asia is
entering a regional dam-building race – without the institutions needed to
share its rivers."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
