The recent devastating floods in southeastern Bangladesh have sparked a heated debate, with accusations flying regarding the involvement of India’s Dumbur reservoir in Tripura. Claims that India’s decision to release water from the reservoir exacerbated the already severe floods brought on by the nonstop monsoon rains are at the heart of the debate.
Sultan Mohammed Zakaria, co-founder of the Bangladeshi Diaspora for Justice and Accountability and associate editor at South Asia Perspectives-SAP, launched a scathing attack on New Delhi in an opinion piece published in The Dhaka Tribune. He accused New Delhi of causing the catastrophic flooding that has devastated Bangladesh’s entire south-eastern region—flooding of a scale not seen in generations. Zakaria brazenly pointed the blame at Indian officials, claiming