An International Seminar will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 4-5 January 2006, Organized by International Farakka Committee (IFC)- NY and IFC- Bangladesh.

IFC's call for Papers for the International Seminar.

The title of the seminar is,"Upstream Water Withdrawal: Disaster for Bangladesh"
Last date of the first call for papers: July 31, 2005

The theme:

In protest of and in Demand for the Cancellation of 'Indian River-link Project and Upstream Water Withdrawal' which is under going in implementation process in India with a Motive to Convert Green Bangladesh into a Desert by withdrawing upstream Water from all 55 Common Rivers flowing through India and Bangladesh: from the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and other tributaries and distributaries (go to map)-

As Indian River-link Project is already under progress of implementation, so, recently on 4 March 2005 more than 5,00,000 people of Bangladesh gathered in a Protest Rally at Chilmari Bandar, Kurigram, Rangpur (go to picture). They are the mass people, irrespective of religion, cast, creed or political beliefs, protested such actions against humanity and vowed to protect their rivers from destruction from man-made calamity.

Pledges of 141 million people of Bangladesh to keep Bangladesh rivers' water to flow, and to save Rivers from dying, it is the greatest National Interest!

International Farakka Committee Inc. (IFC), NY, USA and International Farakka Committee, Bangladesh is organizing the Seminar on 4-5 January 2006, at Bangladesh-China Moitry Hall, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Please come and join in the poster presentation in the upcoming seminar on:

SAVE OUR RIVERS SAVE OUR COUNTRY SAVE BANGLADESH

All Bangladeshis and International Communities are requested to join in the International Seminar for sensitizing on the Common River sharing issue in the all the neighbouring countries, both near and afar.

Please express your intellectual solidarity with us and send a paper, contact addresses:

Visit International Farakka Committee's Website and send paper: www.farakkacommittee.com

Dhaka Address: 214/1 Elephant Road, Dhaka-1205, Telephone: (88)-0176-588-174 Fax: (880)-2- 9110-982, e-mail: rabd@bangla.net

USA Address: 198-40 Epsom Course, Holliswood, NY, 11423, USA, Telephone: (1)-718-217-6645, Fax: 973-779-2207, 718-322-1280, e-mail: stsultan1952@yahoo.com

http://farakkacommittee.com/

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