Recalling the historic Farakka Long March Day, the International Farakka Committee (IFC) on Sunday urged Dhaka and Delhi to sign a treaty to keep 54 common rivers flowing through the two countries from their sources to the sea.
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Implement the Teesta Project expanding its coverage: IFC
Dhaka, Sept 26: The Teesta in Bangladesh has practically turned into a dead river because of excessive siltation for being deprived of its natural flow for decades. The absence of flow causes damage to the environment and sufferings to the…
Settle water-sharing issue on basin-wide management: IFC
Dhaka, Oct 3 (UNB) – International Farakka Committee has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to pursue for settling the water-sharing issue on basin-wide management of the Teesta and other common rivers during her India visit to save the rivers’ natural…
Accept basin-wide management formula for common rivers: IFC
Dhaka, Aug 30 – Bangladesh and India need to opt for sustainable management of rivers to keep those alive from the points of origin to their outfall into the sea through basin-wide management which is now the universally accepted formula…
IFC urges pol parties: Include river-water rights in manifestos
Dhaka, Sept 30: The International Farakka Committee (IFC), an international environmental organization working as water rights watch group, has urged all patriotic political parties and organisations in Bangladesh to have the issue of sustainable basin-wide management of common rivers as the main…