ABSTRACT
Hydropolitics between India and Bangladesh, and technocentric water management practices in Bangladesh are the root causes of the ecocracies and community survival challenges. This chapter reviews the key problems and their causes to arrive at recommendations for a more just water policy and governance. The Ganges Basin communities in Bangladesh produce agricultural crops based on local ecosystem in terms of seasonal patterns of borsha (wet) and khora (dry) which are major foundation for their livelihood security and national economic development in Bangladesh. The Gorai River failure causes major grounds of searching for alternative water sources for agricultural production. The Ganges-Kobodak (GK) project is one major source for Chapra people and the project has some initial success in providing water supply to croplands. However this success encounters challenges later on due to the continuous Farakka diversion from the Ganges Basin.
