UNB, Dhaka :
Experts at a discussion here on Monday said strengthening cooperation among the South Asian countries is a must to resolve trans-boundary water problem.
Today more than ever, cooperation is needed to meet the water-related needs of South Asia’s growing population in the river basins for food production, energy, industrial and domestic uses and sustain its ecology, they said, adding that that’s why
cooperation among the neighbouring countries can be nurtured through dialogue and people-to-people contact.
Oxfam in Bangladesh arranged the discussion at Cirdap auditorium in the capital.
During the meeting Oxfam launched a five-year project, Trans-boundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) project, to promote improved policies and practices that protect the rights of communities along the trans-boundary Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basins.
Speaking at the discussion, State Minister for Water Resources Muhammad Nazrul Islam said as a lower riparian, Bangladesh will continue its efforts until it achieves an equitable share of benefits for all in the entire basin.
“It is essential for wellbeing of ecosystems and millions of people in Bangladesh as well as the basin. We call upon our neighbours in the upstream to respect the rights of the lower riparian countries so we can prosper together,” he said.
Experts at a discussion here on Monday said strengthening cooperation among the South Asian countries is a must to resolve trans-boundary water problem.
Today more than ever, cooperation is needed to meet the water-related needs of South Asia’s growing population in the river basins for food production, energy, industrial and domestic uses and sustain its ecology, they said, adding that that’s why
cooperation among the neighbouring countries can be nurtured through dialogue and people-to-people contact.
Oxfam in Bangladesh arranged the discussion at Cirdap auditorium in the capital.
During the meeting Oxfam launched a five-year project, Trans-boundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) project, to promote improved policies and practices that protect the rights of communities along the trans-boundary Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basins.
Speaking at the discussion, State Minister for Water Resources Muhammad Nazrul Islam said as a lower riparian, Bangladesh will continue its efforts until it achieves an equitable share of benefits for all in the entire basin.
“It is essential for wellbeing of ecosystems and millions of people in Bangladesh as well as the basin. We call upon our neighbours in the upstream to respect the rights of the lower riparian countries so we can prosper together,” he said.
