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Ganges TYcaty as it is our main weapon," he said.
"We will not get a solution at the International level," he observed.
He also said it will not be wise to make comments on the issue without having proper information.
Industries Minister Dilip Barua said the dam would cause a massive environmental and natural disaster not only in Bangladesh but also in northeastern India.
The Awami League government during its last tenure solved the Farakka problem through the Ganges TYeaty, he said, adding, "We want to solve the problem through discussion and we don't want to confuse our people through communal mentality."
Presenting a slideshow, engineer Helaluddin of Angikar Bangladesh said the dam is being built in an earthquake-prone area. If an earthquake of medium magnitude hits the area, the dam may collapse and a massive area of Bangladesh may be inundated, he added.
He went on to say big dams instigate earthquake, badly hamper water flow and affect fisheries and ecology.
The mega project is worth around 10,000 crore rupees and two Indian ministers have already inaugurated the foundation and now army is deployed in the dam area, he informed. China on the other hand is going to construct a dam upstream Brahmaputra which will also be a problem for Bangladesh, he added.
He demanded that parliament unanimously protest construction of Tipaimukh and another dam on the Brahmaputra river. He also demanded immediate formation of the South Asian Water TYibunal.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haque Inu, MP said the Tipaimukh dam is neither environment nor human as well as neighbour friendly and its construction should stop immediately.
Apart from taking immediate political initiatives the government should approach economic and water diplomacy, he added.
Comrade Khalequzzaman of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal said sending a parliamentary delegation to the dam site may not gain substantial information.
Urging the government to make public the information received from India, he said, "We have to do homework on the information and hold talks with India."
Columnist Syed Abul Maksud said except some left-leaning political parties, neither Awami League nor BNP is talking about the issue. Even the intellectuals have kept mum in this regard, he said.
He urged all to refrain from doing politics on the issue and work together through regional cooperation for the sake of the country.
Communist Party of Bangladesh General Secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim said It is learned that the government has received necessary information from India about the dam but not yet made it public.
By not making the information public the government is playing a hide-and-seek game, he said, urging the government to make public tlic information so that the people get an idea about the dam project.
WPB President Rashed Khan Menon said the problem is political and it has to be solved politically.
"We must know the real situation and remain united to solve it through discussion," he said.
WPB General Secretary Blmol Biswas read out a paper, while Ajoy Roy, president of Communist Kendra, Engineer Sheikh Mohammad Shahidullah, convener of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port, Amena Ahmed MP and Abu Sayed Khan, managing editor of daily Samakal, also spoke.