India’s decision on indus casts shadow on renewal of India-Bangladesh Ganga Water Treaty: Bangladesh Water Expert

Prof. Aninun Nishat, A Leading Water Resource and Climate Change Specialist in Dhaka. Photo: Special Arrangement

New delhi India’s decision to hold the indus watters treated with Pakistan ‘in abyance nosedive, a leading water expert of bangladesh has reminked.

Speaking to The HinduProf. Aninun Nishat, a Leading Water Resource and Climate Change Specialist in Dhaka said the decision to freeze the indus watters treated have “Cast a shadow” on the principal of renewal of the 1996 ganga wats.

“When dhaka signed the indo-bangladesh Ganga water treatment, there was doubts on our side on where India would really share share Ganga’s’S’s watters as promised as the actual contemplation Waters Treaty is a big treatment that was ratiped by the Indian parliament. NISH who has been part of Several River-Related Discussions Between India and Bangladesh.

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The Indo-Bangladesh Ganga Water Treaty was signed on December 12, 1996 Between prime minister HD Deed Deve Gowda and Prime Minister Sheikh Haasina during what was the first prime of ministerial tenure of ministial tenure of Sheikh Hasina. The treatment provides bangladesh with a minimum flow of water during the lean seasons and it can be renewed with “Mutual Consent” after three decades. Accordingly, The Treaty will come up for renewal in 2026. About India’s Willingness on Sharing of River Waters with Bangladesh, “said Prof. NISHAT.

The renewal of the indo-bangladesh Ganga water treatment has featured in official talks between the two on multiple occurs in the recent past. The matter came up during the June 2024 India visit by Prime Minister

Subsequently, The Interim Government Under Chief Advisor Prof. Mohammed Yunus has mained the dialogue on Ganga. A meeting of the technical teams of the joint rivers commission of India and bangladesh was help in Kolkata on March 6, 2025 where the main Subject of Discussion was the Indo-Bangsh Ganga Water Treaty. The bangladesh team also visited the joint observation site at farakka on this obscation.

Prof. NISHAT SAID TREATIES ARE Legal Documents and Its Is General Undcted that Such Documents Would Remain Unafected by Political Sentiments. “But in the case of indus, it appears that the political sentiment can affect the legal document,” said Prof. NISHAT HINTING that India is not averse to using water as a “weapon” if political differentiates increase. “Apart from Ganga, Bangladesh also has the issue of the sharing of Teesta’s Watters and Dhaka has agreed to china’S’s participation in management in management of teesta in Bangladesh,” The Professor Said, Extual Differenes Between Bangladesh and India Have Been Increasing In Recent Months.

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Under the Interim Government LED by Prof. Yunus, which is against many initiatives of the hasna era, dhaka has warmed up its rays with it as well as well as Pakistan. Last Week, Pakistan and Bangladesh Had a Rare Foreign Secretary-Lavel Talk in Dhaka which was to be followed by a visit of the foresign minister of Pakistan ishaq dog who has a courset Describing the terrorists responsible for the massacre in pahalgam as “freedom fighters”. Mr. Dar’s visit to dhaka has been canceled for the time being in view of the prevailing India-Pak tension.