Bangladesh has been presented with a fresh opportunity to consider importing cost-effective electricity from Nepal in the coming years as the Himalayan country gears up to initiate the construction of a new 1,040MW hydropower plant on the Arun River. Nepal's Arun River indirectly feeds into the Ganges River system, ultimately replenishing Bangladesh's Padma River via
Mighty Padma Dries Up Fast: The mighty Padma now lies as a pale imitation of its former self. Depletion in the flow of water from upstream, along with deposition of silt, has choked the riverbed, rendering it nearly unrecognisable.
Bangladesh has received a good volume of water from the common River Ganges this year, said Dr Mohammad Abul Hossen, member of the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC), Bangladesh, today