... Due to the piracy of the elixir water, many elements of the biotic system have been extinct and the rest are endangered. The ecocide effects in the Ganges basin include the loss of the surface 86 Upstream Water Piracy, the Strongest Weapon of Cornering a Downstream Nation water resources, destruction of the inland navigable routes, the depletion of the natural breeding and raising grounds of 109 species of Gangetic fishes and the natural wells for groundwater recharge, the alarmingly sinking of the groundwater table and its contamination with arsenic in the continued absence of the recharging surface water and the over-dependence on the groundwater, the sufferings of 75 million people from the risk of arsenicosis causing a 20% fatality, the break-off of family ties of arsenic patients, rising malnutrition among the people from the scarcity of fish, the cheapest sources of calcium and the indispensable animal protein, the loss of people's annual and seasonal livelihoods, the generation of extreme climate with an increased number of warmer summer days and colder winter days than before the beginning of the piracy in1975, scanty and erratic rainfalls, the loss of numerous biodiversity before the preparation of an inventory, coastal erosion, widespread inland advancement of saline water front, and the deterioration of the Ganges water quality (Miah, 1995(Miah, , 1996a(Miah, , 1996c(Miah, , 1996dMiah and Samad, 1996;Miah, 1997;Adel, 1999aAdel, , 1999bAdel, , 2000aAdel, , 2000bAdel, , 2001Adel, , 2002Adel, , 2003Adel, , 2004aAdel, , 2004bAdel, , 2005Adel, , 2008aAdel, , 2008bAdel, , 2012aAdel, , 2012bAdel, , 2013aAdel, , 2013bAdel, , 2013c, 2013d, 2013e) ...