Farakka Barrage constructed by India, about 18 km upstream near Monohorpur, to save Calcutta Port from silting, but in the process -- heads of government. But even as discussions went on, India kept working on the construction of the Farakka Barrage, completing it in 1970, at a place nearly 18 km upstream of the Bangladesh border. -- periods of minimum flow in the Ganges. It was agreed in 1974 at the summit between Bangladesh and India that the Farakka barrage would not be put into operation before an agreement was reached on sharing the -- however, allowed India in 1975 to test the feeder [7]canal of the [8]barrage, for which 310-450 cumec of Ganges flow was diverted from Farakka over the 10-day period from 21 April to 31 May 1975. India commissioned the barrage and continued unilateral diversion of the Ganges flow beyond the stipulated period and throughout the dry season -- Visible links 1. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/G_0022.HTM 2. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/A_0077.HTM 3. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/I_0062.HTM 4. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/F_0167.HTM 5. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/W_0049.HTM 6. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/J_0122.HTM 7. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/C_0032.HTM 8. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/B_0322.HTM 9. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/S_0392.HTM 10. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/H_0054.HTM 11. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/G_0023.HTM 12. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/H_0081.HTM 13. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/G_0020.HTM 14. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/F_0103.HTM 15. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/M_0318.HTM 16. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/G_0169.HTM 17. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/P_0107.HTM 18. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/R_0270.HTM 19. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/A_0280.HTM 20. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/G_0026.HTM 21. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/G_0209.HTM 22. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/F_0088.HTM 23. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/P_0257.HTM 24. http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/Preface.htm -- Hidden links: 59. file://localhost/cygdrive/d/MASTERTAL/RamdaniFaina-DelahayeSebastien/htmldocs/Barrage-hydroelectrique/S_0450.HTM