UNB, Dhaka :
The Teesta River saw the lowest ever water flow during this dry season in the history of its water flow records, said Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Wednesday.
“We’ve seen a drastic fall in water flow in the
Teesta River. Actually, what I want to say…the Teesta River, in this dry season, saw the lowest 300 cusecs of water flow while it was around 1,500-1,800 cusecs (cubic feet per second) during the same period in previous years,” he told a meeting at a city hotel.
Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) under the Water Resources Ministry, 2030 Water Resources Group and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group jointly organised the Multi-Stakeholder Engagement on Water Resources Management in Bangladesh.
Anisul Islam said, he is optimistic about signing the long-pending Teesta water sharing treaty with India to secure Bangladesh’s just share of water from the common river.
During his visit to Bangladesh in September 2011, then Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at a public meeting made a commitment to sign the Teesta water sharing treaty, he said. “I think the Indian government will respect it.”
He said, Pashcimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had earlier opposed the Teesta water sharing deal, visited Bangladesh recently and said she does not have any objection to signing the deal rather she will cooperate in this regard.
Anisul Islam said: “I hope the Indian central government and that of Pashcimbanga will live up to their promises.”
State Minister for Water Resources M Nazrul Islam, WARPO director general Salim Bhuiyan, M&H relations responsible (Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka Johan Stellansson, among others, spoke at the meeting.
The Teesta River saw the lowest ever water flow during this dry season in the history of its water flow records, said Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Wednesday.
“We’ve seen a drastic fall in water flow in the
Teesta River. Actually, what I want to say…the Teesta River, in this dry season, saw the lowest 300 cusecs of water flow while it was around 1,500-1,800 cusecs (cubic feet per second) during the same period in previous years,” he told a meeting at a city hotel.
Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) under the Water Resources Ministry, 2030 Water Resources Group and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group jointly organised the Multi-Stakeholder Engagement on Water Resources Management in Bangladesh.
Anisul Islam said, he is optimistic about signing the long-pending Teesta water sharing treaty with India to secure Bangladesh’s just share of water from the common river.
During his visit to Bangladesh in September 2011, then Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at a public meeting made a commitment to sign the Teesta water sharing treaty, he said. “I think the Indian government will respect it.”
He said, Pashcimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had earlier opposed the Teesta water sharing deal, visited Bangladesh recently and said she does not have any objection to signing the deal rather she will cooperate in this regard.
Anisul Islam said: “I hope the Indian central government and that of Pashcimbanga will live up to their promises.”
State Minister for Water Resources M Nazrul Islam, WARPO director general Salim Bhuiyan, M&H relations responsible (Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka Johan Stellansson, among others, spoke at the meeting.
