INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -River water is the major dispute area between these two nations. Ganga, Farakka, and Teesta river water issues are widely known as a bone of contention between India and Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the dispute about? The point of contention between India and Bangladesh is mainly the lean season flow in the Teesta draining into Bangladesh. The river covers nearly the entire floodplains of Sikkim while draining 2, 800 sq km of Bangladesh, governing the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is Teesta Water Dispute? Teesta Water dispute is a dispute on Teesta river sharing agreement between India and Bangladesh. Bangladesh wanted equitable distribution of Teesta water with India on the lines of Ganga Water Treaty of 1996, but nothing materialised.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Teesta river basin extends from Sikkim in India in the eastern Himalayas, through West Bengal to the northern Rangpur division in Bangladesh. The river joins the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh before it flows into the Bay of Bengal after meeting with the Ganges and the Meghna.