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Bangladesh dam: Bangladesh is allegedly constructing another dam near the Muhuri river in South Tripura, due to which there has been a possibility of flooding in the surrounding towns in the state. This development took place amid increasing tension between India and Bangladesh. On Saturday (April 18, 2025), CPM MLA Dipankar Sen from Belonia demanded immediate intervention from the Union Home Ministry on the issue.
According to the Times of India report, he quoted local residents as saying that the dam is about 1.5 km long and 20 feet high. Dipankar Sen said, “According to the Indira-Mujib agreement, no country is allowed to construct within 150 yards of the zero line, but this embankment has been built at a distance less than 50 yards and less than 10 yards at some places. Many water lifting projects were stopped in South Tripura due to the objection of Bangladesh under this section.
‘CMO waiting for report’
Sources in the CMO quoted that they are waiting for the report on the issue, while the local police said that they would investigate the incident. SP South Tripura Maurya Krishna C Sen said, “The matter has come to our notice and we are investigating it. At the moment, there is nothing to worry about.” He said that Bangladesh is continuously using 10 draggers with continuous operations.
This issue has arisen in the assembly
More than 500 families living in Netaji Subhash Chandra Nagar and Ishaan Chandra Nagar Gram Panchayats located on the northern bank of the Muhuri river near Belonia city on the Indo-Bangladesh border are afraid of floods during the monsoon. With the construction of this dam, the river water will stop and potentially Belonia can flood the city. In January this year, CM Manik Saha raised the matter of construction of a similar dam on behalf of Bangladesh in Kailashahar in Unakoti district. Local Congress MLA Birjeet Sinha had taken up the matter in the assembly and also told about the risk of flood and external threats.
Despite this, Bangladesh continued the construction work and due to this, India had to start a project to construct a large dams than the height of Bangladesh around Kailashahar to prevent the monsoon floods in the Manu River.
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