Calcutta, March 24: Climate change has erased the source of a three-decades-old Indo-Bangladesh dispute.
Both countries have over the years claimed that New Moore Island, known as Purbasha in India and South Talpatti Island in Bangladesh, is their territory.
Now, global warming and a consequent rise in the sea level has submerged the 3.5km-by-3km island completely.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/island-india-bangla-fought-over-drowns
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sundarbans
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/islands
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oceans-and-seas
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sea-level-rise
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangladesh
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
