After Nepal, Bhutan now raised India's concerns, blocking irrigation water in Assam

New delhi date. 26 June 2020, Friday

Neighboring Dasho has begun to raise concerns where India has not yet emerged from China's violent pace in the Galvan Valley amid the Corona virus crisis.

After Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bangladesh, one more neighboring country, Bhutan, has started quarreling with India. Bhutan has withheld irrigation water for farmers in Baksa district of Assam.

About 6000 farmers in more than 26 villages of Baksa district depend on man-made canal dong project for irrigation. Farmers have been using Bhutanese river water for irrigation since 1953. However, now the sudden withdrawal of water from Bhutan is causing outrage among Indian farmers.


For the past five days, box farmers have been protesting against Bhutan's move. He demanded that the central government raise the issue with the Bhutanese government and try to resolve it in the interest of the farmers.

Tenzing Langsang, editor of the Bhutanese government newspaper in Thimphu, made a controversial statement on the whole matter, saying that Bhutan had stopped the flow of irrigation water to India. Every year Bhutan stops the flow of water to Assam so that they can store as much water for irrigation but this year the canal has been sealed. Second, the Bhutanese government has handed over Corona.

Water halted to stop Corona's transition: Bhutanese government
The Bhutanese government said in the case that it had taken the step to prevent the spread of the epidemic corona in Wuhan. Water flowing out of Bhutan has been blocked to prevent the transition from spreading. The second is that ghosts have banned the entry of foreign nationals into their country.

Indian farmers opposed the Bhutanese government's decision
The Bhutanese government has detained Indian farmers near the Dong Channel. Indian farmers opposed the Bhutanese government's decision, saying the corona outbreak could be avoided if all regulations to prevent a global epidemic were followed. There is no need to stop canal water for that. The Bhutanese government cannot take this step, citing Corona.