Feasibility of dredging the Old Brahmaputra Off-take

The annual mean discharge of the Old Brahmaputra reduced from about 700 m3/s during the mid seventies to about 400 m3/s at the end of the nineties. Because of the on-going deterioration of the. oft-take, the Old Brahmaputra does not convey fresh water originating from the Jamuna during the lean season. By then the minor Jinjiram river, which...