Last update:
2014-04-08

Tipaimukh Dam, India


Description:

Tipaimukh dam has become a major concern for the people of Manipur and Mizoram and also a controversial political issue between India and Bangladesh. With India and Bangladesh sharing 54 rivers amongst them water has always been a point of contention between the two. The rock filled hydro electric dam to be located on the border of Kolashib district of Mizoram and Churachandpur district of Manipur near the confluence of Tuivai River and the Barak River has met with a lot of resistance on both sides of the border with a slew of objections from the Bangladeshi side as well as protests from the North Indian states.

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Basic Data
Name of conflict:Tipaimukh Dam, India
Country:India
State or province:Manipur
Location of conflict:Tipaimukh
Accuracy of locationHIGH (Local level)
Source of Conflict
Type of conflict. 1st level:Water Management
Type of conflict. 2nd level:Dams and water distribution conflicts
Specific commodities:Electricity
Water
Project Details and Actors
Project details

The dam on the Mizoram-Manipur border is expected to generate 412 MW of hydel power and tame floods in south Assam. The proposed dam will be 163 metre high and will submerge at least 275 km2 of land.

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Project area:120000
Level of Investment for the conflictive project1600000000
Type of populationRural
Start of the conflict:2005
Company names or state enterprises:National Hydro Power Company of India from India
Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. from India
Relevant government actors:Manipur government, Government of India, Government of Bangladesh
International and Finance InstitutionsWorld Commission on Dams (WCD)
Environmental justice organizations (and other supporters) and their websites, if available:The Tipaimukh Dam Affected People’s Association in Mizoram, International Rivers
Conflict & Mobilization
IntensityMEDIUM (street protests, visible mobilization)
Reaction stageIn REACTION to the implementation (during construction or operation)
Groups mobilizing:Farmers
Local ejos
Local government/political parties
Neighbours/citizens/communities
Forms of mobilization:Community-based participative research (popular epidemiology studies, etc..)
Development of a network/collective action
Development of alternative proposals
Public campaigns
Street protest/marches
0
Impacts
Environmental ImpactsPotential: Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity), Floods (river, coastal, mudflow), Food insecurity (crop damage), Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Soil erosion, Deforestation and loss of vegetation cover, Large-scale disturbance of hydro and geological systems
Socio-economical ImpactsPotential: Loss of livelihood, Loss of traditional knowledge/practices/cultures, Violations of human rights, Land dispossession, Loss of landscape/sense of place
Outcome
Project StatusProposed (exploration phase)
Conflict outcome / response:Negotiated alternative solution
Strengthening of participation
New Environmental Impact Assessment/Study
Proposal and development of alternatives:As the area is earthquake prone, all kind of large dam construction should be stopped.
Do you consider this an environmental justice success? Was environmental justice served?:Not Sure
Briefly explain:The Tipaimukh Dam Affected People’s Association in Mizoram has warned against any move to build the Tipaimukh dam as a newly constituted India-Bangladesh sub-committee is preparing to give the long-stalled project a fresh impetus.
The Bangladeshi civil society groups, media as well the opposition parties have come out strongly against the project especially after the signing of the Promoters Agreement and have put pressure on its government to take up the issue with India.
Although India has assured Bangladesh that it would not have any adverse impact on the country but a strong sentiment against the dam is already prevalent there.
Government of India also invited group of Bangladeshi experts to survey the proposed dam.
India on its part has been giving repeated assurances to Bangladesh about the safety of the project and it not adversely impacting it in any way. Tipaimukh features in the Joint Communiqué that was signed between India and Bangladesh during Shaikh Hasina’s visit in 2010. The Indian government in the 37th meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission in March 2010 gave the assurance that they would not take any step under the Tipaimukh project that might harm Bangladesh. The Indian PM during his September 2011 also gave the same assurance.
Sources & Materials
References to published books, academic articles, movies or published documentaries

Zakir Kibria, Executive Director of the NGO BanglaPraxis
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Dialectics of Tipaimukh Dam: Issues and Concerns
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Tipaimukh dam to be delayed
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Will never allow dam to be built: Villagers
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In Bangladesh, Tipaimukh dam pact sparks fresh row
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International Rivers
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Bangladesh on the Tipaimukh Dam: A Print Media Analysis
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Tipaimukh Dam: Some Myths, Some Facts
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টিপাইমুখ প্রকল্প নতুন করে পর্যালোচনার দাবি (in Bengali)
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Related media links to videos, campaigns, social network

The effect of Tipaimukh Dam on Bangladesh
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Tipaimukh Dam: Indian lawmaker supports concerns (in Bengali)
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Contributor:Swapan Kumar patra
Last update18/08/2019
Conflict ID:932
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