Dhaka, Nov 19 – The foreign ministry is in touch with its Indian counterpart on Tipaimukh dam, planned to be erected in the state of Manipur.
"Senior officials in the ministry of external affairs of India informed us that they would be able to provide further details on the issue once offices open on Monday," said director general of external publicity wing of the foreign ministry Shamim Ehsan on Saturday.
"We have seen the press release of National Hydropower Corporation of India dated Oct 24," he said adding, "The MEA has referred to the assurances given by India at the highest level in this regard."
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The Manipur government has secretly struck an investment deal with a number of state-run organisations for setting up a controversial hydroelectric power plant and Tipaimukh dam on India's Borak River.
BBC said in a report that the agreement was signed on Oct 22 between the State Government of Manipur and hydro developers Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd and NHPC (formerly known as the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited) at New Delhi under major wraps.
The proposed project has sparked off debates in Bangladesh after India took initiative to build the dam.
Experts and rights activists have said Bangladesh would be adversely affected if the dam is built upstream.
Even in Manipur, rights groups have been campaigning against the scheme for years and demanded that the government scrap the plan.
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