Kolkata, Sep 8: Blaming the erstwhile Left Front for “delay” in executing the ambitious Teesta Barrage Project, the Mamata Banerjee government today said it is committed to the “long ...

Land acquisition woes have hit the Teesta Barrage Project (TBP). KOLKATA: Land acquisition woes have hit the Teesta Barrage Project (TBP). Consequently, debt-ridden Bengal stands to lose crores of ...

The Teesta Barrage Project has been delayed because of nearly 150 court cases filed by the disgruntled people who lost their land in the acquisition process. The project launched in 1976 to ...

in that situation committing half the water available at Gajoldoba may affect their Teesta barrage project in the eastern region involving irrigation potential of 9.22 lakh ha and operation of 67. ...

In 1998, Bangladesh launched the Teesta barrage irrigation project to supply water for three cropping seasons a year in Rangpur and started demanding more share of Teesta water. In 2011 ...

the irrigation department of the government of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal acquired around 1,000 acres of land to dig an additional two canals under the Teesta Barrage Project to draw ...

The Teesta Barrage Project has been delayed because of lack of land and initiative from the state government, the Union minister of state for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation ...

The Trinamul government in the state has recast its focus on the 46-year-old Teesta Barrage Project — the largest irrigation project in north Bengal — and has taken up the task to finish work of some ...

The Teesta Barrage Project was launched in 1975 with a plan to irrigate 9.22 lakh hectares of agricultural land in north Bengal. The plan was to route water from the Teesta through canals on ...

The project envisages building over 100-km embankment along both sides of the river, from upstream of the Teesta barrage near the Indian border to the confluence with the Brahmaputra. Under the ...

The Teesta barrage irrigation project is set to begin in the current Rabi and Kharif-1 seasons in three districts - Nilphamari, Rangpur and Dinajpurof Bangladesh. Around 29,500 hectares of land has ...

Blaming the erstwhile Left Front for "delay" in executing the ambitious Teesta Barrage Project, the Mamata Banerjee government today said it is committed to the "long-standing" venture's ...