Bangladesh will seek a “guarantee clause” in the renewed Ganges Water Treaty with India and is ready to approach international forums to protect its water rights, according to media reports.
Water Resources Minister Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee made the remarks on Tuesday at a seminar titled “Ganges Water Treaty: Issues for Renegotiation” organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs in Dhaka, the state-owned BSS news agency reported.
The remarks came as the India-Bangladesh Ganges Water Treaty, signed in 1996 to govern dry-season sharing of the river’s waters, is due to expire in December.
Water-sharing has remained a key issue in bilateral ties between New Delhi and Dhaka, with Bangladesh pushing for a renewed pact and India maintaining that bilateral discussions on renewal had not yet begun.
Anee on Tuesday said Dhaka remained committed to renegotiating the treaty and hoped that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman would make a strong case for Bangladesh at the .
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