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Teesta Deal

Dhaka, Delhi exchange data of water flow

Our Correspondent, New Delhi
Five months after India and Bangladesh failed to ink Teesta water-sharing deal, the two neighbors yesterday resumed efforts for revisiting the proposed treaty as officials of both sides exchanged data on water flow of the common river.
The technical experts exchanged the data at a meeting of the intergovernmental Joint Rivers Commission in Kolkata, official sources in India and Bangladesh said.
The meeting mainly discussed the water flow of the Ganges river, a biennial exercise since the treaty on it was signed in 1996, and the two sides took the opportunity to exchange the data on Teesta, said the sources.
However, this is the first time the data on Teesta was exchanged formally since the efforts for an interim 15-year accord on sharing of Teesta water had fallen through last September during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka following Paschimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's reservations.
The sources said fresh efforts on Teesta accord would start gaining momentum following the exchange.
The Mamata Banerjee government has been taken on board this time. The data prepared by India contains inputs of the Paschimbanga government.
The involvement of the Paschimbanga government is of prime importance as far as the government of India is concerned, said the sources.
In fact, in case of Teesta, both sides are also thinking of involving Sikkim, the uppermost riparian state where Teesta originates.
The sources said as further move on Teesta may take some time, New Delhi is hope-ful that it would clinch the deal once consent of all parties concerned is available to avoid last-minute hitch.
This is in line with Singh's remarks to the Indian media on his return from Dhaka last September that the states would be consulted and taken into confidence before arriving at any agreement on common river watersharing, on land boundary and on exchange of enclaves, said the sources.
Besides Teesta and the Ganges, the two countries are also in talks for signing of similar agreements on 52 other common rivers including Feni, Dudh Kumar, Manu, Khowai, Gomti and Muhuri.
The sources said Paschimbanga and any of the other Indian state, through which the 54 rivers flow into Bangladesh, will be kept onboard while signing water sharing agreements.
The Indian government had gone along with Paschimbanga government's desire to use Sui River for demarcation of South Berubari sector, a local media report said.