Hydrological Impact Study of Tipaimukh Dam Project of India on Bangladesh Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) April 2005 Hydrological Impact Study of Tipaimukh Dam of India on Bangladesh Study Team Abu Saleh Khan Md. Sohel Masud Wahid Palash April 2005 Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) Dhaka, Bangladesh About IWM Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) provides world–class services in the field of Water Modelling, Computational Hydraulics & Allied Sciences for improved integrated Water Resources Management. It is a unique organization in the region having sustainable technological capability in developing mathematical models and decision support systems for both surface and ground water and related environment. The applications of IWM modelling tolls cover a wide range of water related aspects such as: flood control, flood forecasting, irrigation and drainage, water resources management, river morphology, salinity and sediment transport, coastal hydraulics, port, coast and estuary management, environmental impact assessment, bridge hydraulics and related infrastructure development. House # 496, Road # 32 New DOHS, Mohakhali Dhaka, Bangladesh Tel: (880-2) 8824590-1, (880-2) 8822105-6 Fax: (880-2)8827901 E-mail:
[email protected] Web: http://www.iwmbd.org Written by: Abu Saleh Khan Md. Sohel Masud Wahid Palash Cover design: Wahid Tareq Design by: Wahid Palash Preface The Hydrological Impact Study of Tipaimukh Dam Project has been completed by Flood Management Division as one of the research projects being carried out by Research and Development (R&D) unit of Institute of Water Modelling (IWM). Bangladesh and India is sharing as many as 54 trans-boundary rivers with each other. Out of those 54 rivers, the respective Indian water management authorities have been heavily modifying annual flows of 48 rivers.