Dhaka, May 25: Bangladesh Opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Monday asked people to unite against the construction of Tipaimukh dam.
She said the construction of Tipaimukh dam by India was a plot is to destroy Bangladesh.
''The conspiracy for giving a corridor in the name of Asian Highway is going on," she added.
Khaleda spoke as chief guest at a programme organised by Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Shagstha, JASAS, the BNP's cultural wing, to celebrate the 110th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Earlier on May 16, a Bangladeshi organisation, International Farakka Committee, demanded suspension of 'construction of Tipaimukh barrage' and rightful share of the waters of the Indian river Ganges that flows through Bangladesh as Padma.
The organisation called upon the United Nations to form a regional river commission involving China, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Source: bdnews24.com
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