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India and Bangladesh held the 38th meeting of the ministerial level Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) on Thursday in New Delhi where both sides finalised the text of the MoU on interim water of the Kushiyara river.

State Minister for Water Resources says Kushiyara river water sharing deal will be signed during PM Hasina’s India visit.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on interim sharing of the Kushiyara river water will be signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India scheduled for the first week of September, said State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Farooque yesterday.

The Joint Rivers Commission has not been much effective in resolving the issues of water sharing of transboundary rivers due to a lack of commitment from India and also for Bangladesh's technical incapacity to be persuasive.

The JRC meeting, the first since 2010, comes ahead of Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasinas three-day visit to India

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. India and Bangladesh on Thursday discussed issues related to water-sharing treaties of Teesta, Ganga and other rivers at a minister-level meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC), Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said. India News | India, Bangladesh Hold Minister-level Meet on Water Sharing.

After a gap of over 12 long years, Bangladesh and India are holding a minister-level meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission in New Delhi on August 25 to discuss unresolved issues of water sharing of transboundary rivers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be visiting India at a time when global and regional geopolitics is witnessing unprecedented levels of tension and uncertainty.

Common Rivers: Dhaka, Delhi to hold JRC meeting ahead of PM’s visit

Ahead of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas visit to India in the first week of September