India, Bangladesh and three dying rivers
October 19, 2018
Dam building and pollution have turned these transboundary rivers into dirty sludge, unable to sustain life
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October 19, 2018
Dam building and pollution have turned these transboundary rivers into dirty sludge, unable to sustain life
April 25, 2017
Exclusive interview with Bangladesh’s former top diplomat on the Teesta, India-Bangladesh water relations, the Farakka Barrage, and the future of the Ganga Treaty
April 14, 2017
Amid all the talk of failure of the Teesta water sharing agreement between Bangladesh and India last weekend, few mentioned that the river has hardly any water now
May 27, 2015
Bangladesh and India are about to sign some important deals, but they may not include the Teesta water sharing treaty, the most important one from Bangladesh’s point of view
February 25, 2015
Bangladesh is once again hoping for a Teesta river treaty with India, following the Dhaka visit of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
June 28, 2014
During a goodwill trip, India’s new foreign minister assured Bangladesh the Teesta treaty would be signed, without saying how India would resolve its internal problems that had scuppered the deal earlier
April 24, 2014
Transboundary river Teesta is back to being almost dry after India released water for a day and hopes were raised in Bangladesh
April 17, 2014
A solution to the problem of sharing the Teesta waters continues to elude India and Bangladesh, pushing villagers in northern Bangladesh to the brink of desperation as the river dries up
November 08, 2013
Local people in Sikkim have been opposing the 24 dams being built on the Teesta river, which are disturbing their sacred mountain. The 2011 earthquake came as no surprise to these indigenous people
September 16, 2013
The controversial Tipaimukh hydro project on a transboundary river that flows from India to Bangladesh may be stalled again due to polls looming in both countries