CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bangladesh on withdrawal of upto 153 cusecs of water each by India and Bangladesh from common border river Kushiyara.

Detailed explanation-2: -A new chapter in the Indo-Bangladesh relations opened up with signing of a Treaty by the Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh on 12th December 1996 (Link below) on the sharing of Ganga/Ganges waters. The Treaty shall remain in force for a period of thirty years to be renewable by mutual consent.

Detailed explanation-3: -India and Bangladesh recently signed an agreement to share water from the Kushiara river, and water management experts have derided it as “a drop in the ocean.” There are 54 rivers that flow between the two countries, and Kushiara River is one of the minor waterways.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Proposed Tipaimukh Dam: An Overview. A more recent source of discord between India and Bangladesh is India’s plan to build an embankment dam over the river Barak, the upper part of river Meghna in India, to control flooding and generate power.

Detailed explanation-5: -The main purpose of the MoU is flood control and disaster mitigation in downstream areas. Thus, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with People’s Republic of China was signed on April, 2005 upon provision of hydrological information of the River Sutlej/Langqen Zangbo in Flood Season by China to India.