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Areas immediately around the Ganges are already experiencing drought because so much of the river's water is already used for irrigation. Is North India and Ba
by cheriot 10y ago
Areas immediately around the Ganges are already experiencing drought because so much of the river's water is already used for irrigation.
Is North India and Bangladesh as screwed as this makes it sound?
- ramgorur 10y agoyes, during the spring/early summer, on the bangladesh side, you can cross the ganges river on foot. in the mid-monsoon, the river floods like crazy and washes away millions of settlements in a snap. this has been going on like 40 years, just because of the farakka barrage, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farakka_Barrage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farakka_Barrage