About two hundred people in the Sylhet city on Monday formed a human chain, protesting at an Indian government move to build a dam at Tipaimukh on the River Barak, the upper region of Rivers Surma and Kushiara.
Movement against Tipaimukh Dam, a social forum, organised the programme in front of the Central Shaheed Minar in the afternoon.
After ending the human chain, a rally was also held.
The speakers said that the Indian government reportedly had taken steps to construct a concrete dam on the River Barak at Chorachandpur in Manipur.
They feared that the water flow of the Surma and Kushiara rivers would be decreased drastically if the 'controversial' Tipaimukh dam was constructed.
The country's North-eastern region that included the Sylhet division, Greater Mymensingh and Tangail would be turned into desert, if the dam was constructed, the protesters said.
The forum convener Bedananda Bhattacharya presided over the rally that was addressed, among others, by Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal district convener Uzzal Roy and leaders Sekandar Ali, AK Sheam and Monir Helal and Arash Ali
Source : New Age
