Tipaimukh Dam: Khaleda writes to Manmohan

DHAKA, June 24, 2009: Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and leader of the opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia on June 24 wrote a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh informing him of Bangladeshi people's concern over the proposed Tipaimukh Dam.

"BNP dispatched the letter to the Indian high commissioner in the capital on Monday," Rizvi Ahemd, office secretary of the party told the journalists.

He said that Khaleda Zia has informed the Indian prime minister about the possible environmental disaster if the dam is built.