State of India’s Rivers for India Rivers Week, 2016 (Non Brahmaputra) Authors Santon Laishram Jiten Yumnam India River Week – North East @?>D Contents OVERVIEW OF BARAK RIVER SYSTEM AND OTHER MINOR RIVERS FLOWING TO BURMA AND BANGLADESH ........7 1. Barak River System .........................................................................................................................................7 2. Minor rivers of North East draining into Myanmar and Bangladesh .............................................................8 DESCRIPTION OF RIVERS IN BARAK RIVER BASIN .......................................................................................................9 3. Rivers of Manipur ...........................................................................................................................................9 3.1 Barak River ................................................................................................................................................. 10 3.2 Manipur River ............................................................................................................................................ 11 4. Rivers of Meghalaya .................................................................................................................................... 12 4.1 Myntdu River ............................................................................................................................................. 13 4.2 Someshwari River: ..................................................................................................................................... 14 4.3 Kynshi / Jadukota River ............................................................................................................................. 15 4.4 Umngot River ............................................................................................................................................. 15 4.5 Piyain River: ............................................................................................................................................... 15 5. Rivers of Nagaland ....................................................................................................................................... 15 5.1 Tizu River ................................................................................................................................................... 15 5.2 Doyang River .............................................................................................................................................. 18 5.3 Dikhu River................................................................................................................................................. 19 5.4 Dhansiri River ............................................................................................................................................. 20 6. Rivers of Tripura .......................................................................................................................................... 22 6.1 Gumti River ................................................................................................................................................ 22 6.2 Manu River: ............................................................................................................................................... 23 6.3 Feni River ................................................................................................................................................... 23 7. Rivers of Mizoram ........................................................................................................................................ 23 7.1 Kaladan River: ............................................................................................................................................ 24 7.2 Karnafuli / Khawthlangtuipui River ........................................................................................................... 25 ECOLOGY NORTH EAST INDIA: THREATS AND CHALLENGES ................................................................................... 25 COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP WITH RIVERS ............................................................................................................. 27 DISCUSSION - KEY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ON RIVERS OF NORTH EAST WITH FOCUS ON BARAK RIVER BASIN 29 8. The Ithai Barrage over Manipur River ......................................................................................................... 30 8.1 Mapithel dam over Thoubal River: ............................................................................................................ 31 8.2 Khuga Dam over Khuga River: ................................................................................................................... 32 4 India River Week – North East @?>D 8.3 Khoupum Dam over Khoupum River:........................................................................................................ 32 9. Proposed Mega dams over Barak River and its tributaries in Manipur: ..................................................... 33 10. Nagaland .................................................................................................................................................. 34 10.1 Doyang Dam-Nagaland ............................................................................................................................ 34 10.2 Dikhu HEP (140 MW) Nagaland ............................................................................................................... 35 11. Construction of Myntdu Leshka Hydroelectric Project in Meghalaya ..................................................... 36 12. Dumbur Dam over Gumti River, Tripura ................................................................................................. 38 13. Kaladan Multi-modal Transit Transport Project in Mizoram ................................................................... 39 14. Community Responses to development interventions along Rivers flowing in Burma and Bangladesh 39 INTER-STATE WATER CONFLICTS IN NORTH EAST INDIA ........................................................................................ 42 ASSESSING STATE OF HEALTH OF NE RIVERS .......................................................................................................... 44 DEFORESTATION IN NORTH EAST INDIA AND IMPACT ON RIVER FLOW: ............................................................... 45 CONCLUSION: .......................................................................................................................................................... 48 5 India River Week – North East @?>D Maps Map No 1: Barak and Other River Basin .....................................................................................................................7 Map No 2: Minor Rivers Draining into Myanmar & Bangladesh ................................................................................8 Map No 3: River of North Eastern India .................................................................................................................. 36 Figures Figure 1: The Barak River at Bamgaijang Village, Tamenglong, Manipur................................................................ 10 Figure 2: Barak River in Lakhipur, Assam ................................................................................................................ 11 Figure 3: Tizu River in Nagaland .............................................................................................................................. 16 Figure 4: Doyang Dam over Doyang River ............................................................................................................... 18 Figure 5: Dikhu River ............................................................................................................................................... 19 Figure 6: Dhansiri River ........................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 7: River in Nagaland ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 8: Kaladan River in Mizoram ......................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 9: Legendary Stone of Zeliangrong People ................................................................................................... 28 Figure 10: Doyang Dam in Nagaland ....................................................................................................................... 34 Figure 11: Dikhu HEP in Nagaland ........................................................................................................................... 35 Tables Table 1: List of Main River of Nagaland ................................................................................................................... 21 Table 2: Health Assessment of Rivers [1] ................................................................................................................ 44 Table 3: Health Assessment of Rivers [2] ................................................................................................................ 45 6 India River Week – North East @?>D OVERVIEW OF BARAK RIVER SYSTEM AND OTHER MINOR RIVERS FLOWING TO