The factor recently discussed at an assembly of the Joint Rivers Commission with Bangladesh. The 38th assembly of the India-Bangladesh Rivers Joint Commission at a ministerial point held in New Delhi on Thursday. The Indian delegation led by Minister Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The Bangladeshi delegation was led by Zaheed Farooque, Minister of State for Water Resources. Enamul Hoque Shameem, Deputy Minister of Water Resources, also a member of the Bangladeshi delegation.
Bangladesh has asked for flood information from additional stations upstream in the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Barak and other rivers to get more accurate and prolonged flood forecasts in the country, but India has argued that enough knowledge is provided to forecast flooding to the neighboring country, they said. The sources also said India had extended the era to transmit flood information until October 31, which was previously until October 15.
The assembly also decided that through the Technical Committee a popular operation procedure or protocol to share knowledge on floods will be ready and until then the existing mechanism will continue to work. The assembly is vital because it was held after 12 one-year interruptions, technical interactions within the framework of the JRC have continued in the meantime. The assembly was preceded by interactions at the headquarters of the Secretariat of Water Resources on Tuesday.
According to a report by Jal Shakti’s ministry, India and Bangladesh share 54 rivers, seven of which were previously known to expand a framework of water-sharing agreements as a priority. During the meeting, it was agreed to expand this domain of ongoing cooperation to come with 8 additional rivers for data exchange. The factor will be further discussed in the JRC Technical Committee.
India provides five-day forecasts based on IMD rain forecasts that are in the public domain and can be used in Bangladesh. 5, whose defense cooperation and regional stability will likely be in the middle of his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official said.
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