The India-Bangladesh secretary-level talks of the Joint River Commission (JRC), removed four years long deadlock over the construction of 14 irrigation projects along the border in Tripura, officials said here today.
Agartala: The India-Bangladesh Secretary-level talks of the Joint River Commission (JRC), removed four years long deadlock over the construction of 14 irrigation projects along the border in Tripura, officials said here on Wednesday.
During the one-day JRC meeting held in Dhaka on Monday, the two countries have agreed to sign a 15-year interim water-sharing treaty on two common rivers - Teesta
DHAKA: In what is seen as a major development in India-Bangladesh relations, New Delhi and Dhaka have agreed to sign a 15-year interim accord on sharing the waters of common rivers Teesta and Feni.
This was decided at a Secretary-level meeting of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint River Commission (JRC) here Monday.
The agreement is expected to be signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit t
Peeved by the inordinate delay in reaching agreements on water sharing with India, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has said that at this rate the two neighbours would need "a millennium" to sign deals on 54 common rivers.
"In 40 years we have done (agreement) for one (Ganges), (and) are on the verge of doing another one (Teesta
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Siliguri, Aug. 18: An alert has been sounded in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts following the rise in the water level of the Teesta after heavy rain lashed the region for 24 hours.
Darjeeling, July 19: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to withdraw its 70-day-old strike at two NHPC project sites from tomorrow following an assurance from the central power agency that it will set up an engineering college in the hills.
