S| icakers at a seminar yes-terday said transcending party affiliation or opinion everyone should urgently unite on one point — realising the equitable share of Ganges water, reports UNB.

Terming Farakka problem as a political problem, they said It should be solved politically to save the northern and southern parts of the country from the desertification pro-cess.

The Institute for Environment and Development Studies (IEDS) organised the semi nar on “Water Crisis and The Environment of Bangladesh" at the National Press Club on the occasion of World Environment Day.

Stale Minister for Water Resources Mostiarraf Hossain Shahjahan. Open University Vice Chancellor M Shamsher All. Prof Kazi Zakir Hossain. Rafiqul Islam Sarkar. A H M Noman and Chowdhury Mohammad Farook. among others addressed the seminar

The seminar placed a stx-point recommendation suggesting the authorities to lodge a case with the International Court of Justice on the Ganges water Issue. fight the environment war' by Identifying the problems, make consensus on the water crisis to solve the problem unitedly and to develop a self-sufficient water crisis management system.