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Along a tributary of the Brahmaputra River, north of Calcutta, workers use steel wires to reinforce a crumbling embankment. The river, shared by both India and Bangladesh, regularly changes course to swallow up buildings and drown inhabitants throughout the Indian state of West Bengal. Under a controversial government plan, the Brahmaputra is slated to be diverted to form part of a network of 30 linked Indian rivers. The goal? To prevent floods and droughts and ensure a steady supply of water through arid regions. Neighbors Nepal and Bangladesh take issue with the $100 billion project, though. If India's grand river scheme is ever completed, the countries argue, it will only deprive them of necessary water.
Photo: Jayanta Shaw/Reuters
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