Farakka Project was set up in 1966 mainly to project Calcutta Port and to provide rail road link to North-East India. Since Ganga flows from India to Bangladesh, Indo-Bangladesh treaty on Farakka governs flow of Ganga waters to Bangladesh. At the planning stage, likely future negative impact due to obstruction of water flow resulting from Farakka Barrage was overlooked. As a result, extensive sedimentation in the river bed is witnessed today witness obstructs ...
