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Teesta deal anytime soon

Says Rizvi

Staff Correspondent
The much-awaited deal on Teesta water-sharing will be signed with India anytime soon, said Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi yesterday.
"India's central government is trying to bring the West Bengal government into such a position that it agrees with the Teesta deal," Rizvi said at a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital.
India and Bangladesh were expected to sign the treaty during Indian Premier Manmohan Singh's visit to Bangladesh in early September last year. But the effort fell through due to last-minute objections from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over “percentage of water”.
"Though the deal is yet to be signed, Bangladesh is getting its share of water," said the adviser while addressing the discussion on regional unity for harmony and prosperity.
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He said the land boundary agreement was already approved by the Indian cabinet and it would be ratified soon. Its ratification by the Indian parliament would settle the longstanding disputes between India and Bangladesh over enclaves and areas under adverse possession.
Rizvi said relations among the South Asian neighbours had been adverse since 1947. He said because of certain limitations in the framework of Saarc, “now bilateral and sub-regional initiatives are being taken to improve the relations for prosperity of the region's people”.
He said power and transit connectivity in the region covering Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh and even Myanmar would boost trade and investments tremendously.
"Bangladesh's GDP growth could go up by two percent more if power deficiency is removed," he told the discussion, organised by Movement for World Peace and Human Rights, Bangladesh.
Columnist Tarapada Acharya demanded that India ease visa regime with Bangladesh to check illegal migration and border smuggling.
General Secretary of the organisation Fanindra Sarkar in his keynote paper said even though India was largely dependent on Bangladesh for its economic advancement, “we cannot utilise the scope".
There have been debates over the Teesta treaty and the Tipaimukh dam project, he said, but despite repeated pledges, both the governments had failed to bring people in confidence.
He said cooperation, not the policy of war, would bring peace and harmony, and help in human development and eradicating poverty.