JRC ministerial-level meeting concluded

JRC ministerial-level meeting concluded, Larger issues of cooperation on river resources and river-related issues were discussed during the ministerial-level meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint River Commission (JRC) concluded here this afternoon.

JRC ministerial-level meeting concluded

Beginning at around 1:00 pm, the formal ministerial-level meeting of the JRC
continued till 3:30 pm at Sushma Swaraj Bhaban here, sources said.

“Larger issues of cooperation on water resources and water-related issues
were discussed in the secretary-level meeting on Tuesday…the issues were
also discussed in the ministerial-level meeting today,” said official
spokesperson of the Indian ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi here this
evening.

India’s Jal Shakti (Water Resources) Minister Gajendra Singh Shakhawat and
State Minister for Water Resources of Bangladesh Zahid Faruk led their
respective sides in the meeting.

Deputy Minister of Bangladesh Water Resources Ministry Enamul Haque Shameem
also joined the meeting.

Meanwhile, the secretary-level meeting of the Bangladesh India Joint River
Commission (JRC) was held here on Tuesday.

Sources, preferring not to be quoted, said that issues relating to the
Kushiyara river, sharing of data on the flow of water in the rivers flowing
in India’s North-East region and Teesta, issues were discussed, among others.

The issues relating to the renewal of the Ganges water sharing treaty was
prominently discussed in the meeting.