B'desh happy with Pranab's take on river linking policy
May 08, 2012  13:01

One of the issues that came up during the Clinton visit was the Teesta water dispute. Today, former Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shamsher M. Chowdhury said the recent statement issued by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during his visit to Dhaka on the bilateral water disputes, is encouraging.

 

The two countries recently decided to re work the water sharing agreement on the River Teesta, which is the fourth biggest cross border source of water between India and Bangladesh after the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.

 

As per a bilateral agreement of water sharing signed in 1983, 36 percent of water from the river goes to Bangladesh while 39 percent is retained by India. Now, both countries want to modify the sharing rules, and experts believe that Bangladesh could demand 55 percent of water for itself and allow India to claim the remaining 45 percent.

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