Staff Reporter: Monitoring of water level in different points of the Ganges and Padma, the two major rivers of India and Bangladesh, started on Wednesday.
The measurement started under the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty 1996 between the two countries.
Experts from two countries including a two-member Indian delegation accompanied by Rejaul Karim, Executive Engineer of Hydrology of Pabna, and two other Bangladeshi experts started the survey of water at Hardinge Bridge point.
The Indian delegation members are Nashid Iqbal and Rahul PR, Deputy Director and Sub-Divisional Engineer of Indian Central Water Commission.
At the same time, a four-member Bangladesh delegation including Md Mujibur Rahman, Executive Engineer of Joint Rivers Commission (JRC), and AKM Anisur Rahman, Executive Engineer of Water Development Board, also started monitoring water level at the Farrakkah point in India.
Officials said, the flow of water in Padma is much better than that of previous years.
The sudden rise of water level in September and October last year is behind this, sources said.
Md Rejaul Karim said. `Though the water level of the river was 80 to 90 thousands cusec at the Hardinge bridge point last year, but it is flowing above one lakh to 1.4 lakh cusec at this moment this year in the same point.`
Officials said that this is the highest ever water level in Padma during dry season.
