Farakka Treaty: Bangladesh adamant on Farakka Treaty, puts new condition to improve relations with India

Farakka Treaty Renewal Bangladesh Demands: The important issue of water between India and Bangladesh has once again started deepening. The ruling BNP government of Bangladesh has made it clear that to maintain good relations with India, the Ganga water agreement will have to be renewed. Rural Development Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has given this important statement.

He says that this 30 year old Farakka Treaty is completely ending in December 2026. Therefore it should be rebuilt as per the current expectations and needs of Bangladesh. He gave this clear message to India during a big program organized in Dhaka.

Demand to renew old treaty

Bangladesh says that talks on a new treaty should start soon. Until a new agreement is reached, the old treaty should be continued. The minister said there should be no time limit for future agreements. After crossing from India to Bangladesh, Ganga is called Padma River. This river is very important there for farming, drinking water and fish farming. Due to Farakka Barrage, the water level there reduces considerably during the dry season.

Due to less water, salinity has increased in many important areas of Bangladesh. Due to this, the farmers there are suffering huge losses in their agriculture. To solve this, the government has passed a new project on Padma river. This new barrage project is expected to be completely ready by the year 2033. Dhaka says its aim is to reduce the ill effects of Farakka Barrage. However, some experts have given a big warning about the rise in water level due to this.

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teesta water agreement

Earlier, BNP leaders had also raised many big questions on the Teesta water agreement. He had alleged that the Teesta agreement is still stuck because of the Mamata government. After BJP’s victory, he is hopeful that these talks will move forward. A very clear and direct answer has been given by India on this important issue. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said bilateral mechanisms exist for water disputes. The two countries regularly interact on issues of 54 shared rivers.

The BNP government has now directly linked the Ganga water agreement to the relations between the two countries. In such a situation, water politics can become a big issue in the future. This can have a deep impact on the future relations between India and Bangladesh.