Gargi Parsai

NEW DELHI: With the visiting Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) signalling a desire to expedite work on the outstanding water projects between India and Nepal, the two sides on Tuesday agreed to set up a three-tier joint water management mechanism.

There will be a ministerial-level Joint Rivers Commission, under which there will be a Secretary-level joint committee and then project-level technical committees for each project.