ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the case of the Tipaimukh High Dam (THD) on the border of Manipur and Mizoram. The Barak River and its associated river basin ecosystem and civilisation originated from the natural lofty terrains of the Houngdu range of Liyai Khullel of the Senapati District of Manipur. The people of Bangladesh are worried about the possible changes in the flow pattern after the construction of THD. The Bangladesh side of the Joint River Commission is now pressing for a minimum environmental flow in the common rivers, and that the remaining flow can be shared between riparian nations, to withdraw or divert for irrigation and other use. One of the most serious and least-studied consequences of large dams are the long-term health impacts due to drastic changes in the ecological balance, displacement and loss of livelihood, sudden alterations in the demographic character of the area and movements of large numbers of people involved in construction and other activities.
