How is river Teesta helpful to farmers and fishermen ?
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Teesta, 4th largest transboundary river after GBM river is a life line for both Indian states and it's strong ally Bangladesh. Originates from kangse glacier, from Sikkim and flows through Sikkim - West Bengal - Bangladesh sweeping a length of 414 km out of which about 190 km lies in India and about 120 in Bangladesh. It meets the mighty Brahmaputra( jamuna ) and meets the bay of Bengal finally.
What's the issue ?
Teesta is very important for various reasons for both India and Bangladesh. The sharing of waters after satisfying all parties remained an elusive target.
Economic issues ?
Teesta sweeps about 2700 sq km in Bangladesh which heavy depends on its water for agricultural, fishing and other economic needs at the same time northern parts of Bengal also depends on the same water for irrigation. Hence, during lean period when the 60 billion cubic meter flow gets reduced to 500 million it gives rise to issues of sharing waters .
Political roadblocks ?
Several arrangements like the first ad-hoc in which 39 and 36 % were allocated to India and Bangladesh respectively ,the set up of joint river commission, hopes of reaching a pragmatic solution in 2011, 2013 all remains failed due to major opposition from W.bengal. Recent visit of Bangladesh PM in 2017 has given hope to solve the issue at the earliest.
What can be done ?
Proposed solutions include
1. Release of 25% of water from upstream barrage by W.bengal in addition to 25% already available in downstream barrage.
2. Augmenting the flow during lean period by Interlinking of rivers to supply additional water. MKSG interlinking project is a viable solution.
3. Creation of huge reservoirs in India to store the increased monsoonal flow and release it during lean period.
Strategic importance ?
This remains as a litmus test of relation between the neighbours as Bangladesh is a strong all weather friends and present Awami league government has helped India a lot to counter anti India activities in North East. To make sure future cooperation which will benefit India with chicken neck problem with northeast to safeguard it's interest from outside powers like china and ensure regional cooperation India needs to find a viable solution even if it has to give more to Bangladesh , India will gain in long run.
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