Four years ago, when Bangladesh and India reached an understanding on sharing the Teesta water, people built their hopes up for an increased flow in the shared river.
But soon what they saw in reality dashed their hopes: the much-needed Teesta deal fell through.
In the meantime, with no headway towards signing the deal, the lifeline for millions in the country’s northern region kept getting only leaner.
“The Teesta faced the worst ever situation in the last lean period. The entire river went dry this year,” said Feroze, convener of Teesta Rakkha Sangram Committee, an organisation working to realise due share of the trans-boundary river.
“Never before in my lifetime did I witness anything as such,” said Feroze, who hailed from Purba Kachua village of Gangachara upazila in Rangpur. thedailystar.net
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