Submitted on Saturday 23rd April 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 26th April 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop Indian plan to divert Himalayan river waters.
India-Nepal river-linking project, fearing that diversion of waters upstream of the Himalayan river Sharda may hit Bangladesh hard, a lower riparian country. diversion of water flow upstream of the cross-border river in India would adversely affect lives and livelihoods in Bangladesh.
http://newagebd.net/223092/indian-plan-to-divert-waters-upstream-to-hit-country/
The Ganges, flowing through Bangladesh, was at its lowest ever during March 2016, since the signing of the water sharing treaty with India in 1996, adversely affecting agriculture and biodiversity in one-thirds of the whole country.
Bangladesh’s share of water in the cross-border river at Farakka point in India was recorded at a quantum of only 15,606 cusec in the last
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the issue you raise is not the responsibility of the Government or Parliament. The UK Government and Parliament do not have the power to stop the plan to divert Himalayan river waters. You could start a petition calling on the Government to urge the Government of India not to divert Himalayan river waters.
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