Despite Delhi’s nod, the sub-regional plan to augment the water flow of the Ganges River, on which more than 40% of Bangladeshis depend for agriculture, stumbles as the Nepalese government sought further time before approving the regional initiative.The foreign and water resources ministries said Dhaka asked Kathmandu to attend a meeting of the Tri-Nation Joint Working Group at a convenient time, but the interim Nepalese authorities said they “have no mandate for approving such an initiative.” Read More
