(Feature Image: Infographic taken from Farakka now boomerangs on India: Source: TBS News, Oct. 2019)

The 2304 m long Farakka dam on Ganga in Murshidabad district in W Bengal was commissioned on Apr 21 1975 and completes 50 years today. The dam needs an independent review to assess the costs, benefits and impacts of the dam, both projected and actual and to decide about the need and form of its continued existence.

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