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Deal on sharing Teesta water soon

Dhaka won't hand over Anup Chetia, says Dipu Moni

Staff Correspondent
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday said a treaty would soon be signed with India on sharing the water of common riverTeesta.
"We discussed and agreed to sign a deal on sharing water of the river Teesta." Dipu Moni. who returned home on Thursday after a four-day visit to India, told journalists at the ministry.
"Both the sides agreed to expedite the ongoing negotiation process so that a treaty is signed soon," she said, adding that the deal might be signed
when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would go on a visit to India.
Dipu Moni hoped that the agreement would be inked
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soon after the joint hydrological observation team comprising experts from Bangladesh and India prepared the draft on water availability and other related issues.
During dry season, the river Teesta faces water crunch as India has constructed Gozaldoba Barrage in the upstream and divert water from the common river that enters greater Rangpur region ofBangladesh.
Bangladesh and India had dialogues on sharing of water of the Teesta foryears.
According to Bangladesh Water Development Board, Bangladesh's Teesta barrage (first phase) in the downstream covers irrigation of 750,000 hectares of land.
Asked whether Anup Chetia to be handed over to India, the foreign minister said Dhaka's agreement with New Delhi is, only on transferring sentenced persons. "Anup Chetia has already finished his jail term and will not come under the purview of the agreement,” she said.
As per the agreement, Indian citizens sentenced in Bangladesh would be able to finish their rest of the jail terms in India if they apply to Bangladesh government. This goes vice versa for Bangladeshi prisoners in India.
Indian separatist leader Anup Chetia was caught in Bangladesh in 1997 for intruding into Bangladesh. He has recently finished his jail term.
Terming the four-day visit very successful the foreign minister said New Delhi would allow products from land locked Nepal and Bhutan via India.
Dipu Moni said both the countries have agreed to discuss and resolve all the existing issues as a package programme."