Teesta

Siliguri, Aug. 18: An alert has been sounded in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts following the rise in the water level of the Teesta after heavy rain lashed the region for 24 hours.

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Darjeeling, July 19: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to withdraw its 70-day-old strike at two NHPC project sites from tomorrow following an assurance from the central power agency that it will set up an engineering college in the hills.

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- CSlearance after changes in barrage height OUR CORRESPONDENT Gangtok, June 13: The Centre has given permission for the resumption of survey and investigations for three power projects with a combined potential of 709MW on the Teesta and its tributaries in North Sikkim.

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Sarikah Atreya The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given permission for continuation of survey and investigations for three mega power projects out of six projects in North Sikkim that had been put on hold following adverse reports submitted by Centre of Inter-Disciplinary Studies of Mountains and Hill Environment (CISME) last year.

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Fighting for water is not as rare as we think it is. Brawls and loss of life are reported every summer from different parts of the country. Yet, there is very little urgency about using water more efficiently. VIBHA SHARMA reports on the worsening situation * DIAMONDS AND OIL ETC ARE WORTH NOTHING IN THE ABSENCE OF WATER * MOST PEOPLE FEEL WATER SHOULD COME FREE

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After a gap of five years, India and Bangladesh on Thursday resumed discussions on the sharing of the Teesta river waters and issues relating to other rivers.

The water resources secretaries of the two countries met here in the morning, followed by the ministeriallevel joint river commission meeting later in the day.

The talks will continue on Friday.

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NEW DELHI, 18 MARCH: As the two-day water talks began here, Bangladesh today hoped to reach an interim agreement on the vexed issue of Teesta river water sharing at the meeting being held after a gap of five years while India insisted on sorting out certain technical issues first.

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Truckloads of trash dumped in river
RAJEEV RAVIDAS
Waste being dumped in the Teesta at Labarbote near Kalimpong. Picture by Chinlop Fudong Lepcha

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Haroon Habib

DHAKA: Bangladesh and India have agreed to resolve outstanding issues relating to water sharing and decided that they will jointly start work for the protection of banks of the common rivers.

The consensus came at the end of the two-day crucial water talks at the Secretary level here on Tuesday.

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