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Int'l Confce on Water, Flood Management Begins

Water sharing deal with India for Teesta stressed

Staff Correspondent
Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzaque yesterday said the government is trying to sign an agreement on water sharing with India for the river Teesta.
Not only the trans-boundary rivers or distribution of water with India, but the government has also a complete package of issues to be settled regionally, he added.
The minister said border, transit, distribution of common natural resources, maritime boundary and coordination against terrorism are
among the key issues to be prominent in the negotiations.
Razzaque told reporters on the sidelines at the three-day second biennial 'International Conference on Water and Flood Management' organised by Institute ofWater and Flood Management of Buet at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city.
Speaking as the chief guest, he said being a small downstream country of a mighty river system, the country’ has little control over its water resources.
About India's stance on the issues, he mentioned the
comments made by Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee during his recent visit to Dhaka that all the issue would be settled after the upcoming general elections in India.
The minister said, “Problems may be sensitive and awkward, but will have to be solved on the negotiating table. We are taking preparation to settle the issues with neighbours."
.Among 57 trans-boundary rivers, the country has agreement for sharing only one that is the Ganges.
Buet Vice Chancellor Prof AMM Safiullah mentioned the challenges facing the country
for management and the complexities of its water resources system.
He said the system is largely depended on the intricate river network with fluctuating sediment and flow, delicate groundwater system severely contaminated by arsenic and large areas of natural depressions locally called Haor' Baor' and Berl', adding that the priorities and scales of problems are very different in nature in the rural setting and rapidly growing urban centers.
Fritz Meijndert, deputy ambassador and head of Development Cooperation at Dutch embassy, also addressed the programme and put emphasis on the river erosion management and the concept namely Building with nature'.
He said Bangladesh has a climate change strategy, but it lacks the broader vision and commitment which is needed to properly address the issues in the coming 10 or even 50 years.
Absence of common approach and long-term vision bears a high risk, the envoyadded.
Prof Abul Fazal M Saleh, chairman of the organising committee, and Prof Anisul Haque, director of the institute, also addressed the ceremony.