bdnews24.com :
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports demanded a fair share of Teesta River waters at a protest rally in Nilphamari.
The committee took out a procession in the city in Monday also to protest a recent electricity tariff hike.
A rally was held after the march ended at the town’s Swadhinata Smriti Amlan Chattar.
Speakers said the Teesta Project was facing certain doom because of water shortage, causing enormous hardship to farmers.
They demanded that the government strike an honourable deal with India on
Teesta waters, and implement the Farakka and Ganga water-sharing agreements on the basis of equal rights.
The public meeting was presided over by the committee’s district convener and Communist Party of Bangladesh’s (CPB) district unit president Sridam Das.
Moreover, the committee urged the government to cancel the coal-based power plant in Rampal, as it was expected to pose a threat to the Sundarbans and its biodiversity. Teesta is the fourth major trans-boundary river in Bangladesh.
The Congress-led coalition government in India was keen to sign the Teesta pact with Bangladesh in 2011 but West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s persistent opposition botched the deal. The Indian government has failed to resolve the impasse since then.
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports demanded a fair share of Teesta River waters at a protest rally in Nilphamari.
The committee took out a procession in the city in Monday also to protest a recent electricity tariff hike.
A rally was held after the march ended at the town’s Swadhinata Smriti Amlan Chattar.
Speakers said the Teesta Project was facing certain doom because of water shortage, causing enormous hardship to farmers.
They demanded that the government strike an honourable deal with India on
Teesta waters, and implement the Farakka and Ganga water-sharing agreements on the basis of equal rights.
The public meeting was presided over by the committee’s district convener and Communist Party of Bangladesh’s (CPB) district unit president Sridam Das.
Moreover, the committee urged the government to cancel the coal-based power plant in Rampal, as it was expected to pose a threat to the Sundarbans and its biodiversity. Teesta is the fourth major trans-boundary river in Bangladesh.
The Congress-led coalition government in India was keen to sign the Teesta pact with Bangladesh in 2011 but West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s persistent opposition botched the deal. The Indian government has failed to resolve the impasse since then.
