India-Bangladesh Joint Water Commission | 19 Dec 2019

The India-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission’s (JRC) technical-level talks have been cancelled recently.

The JRC was expected to draft the framework agreement of the interim sharing of the Feni river's waters with Tripura.
- Bangladesh had agreed to share 1.82 cusecs of water with Tripura.
- The Feni river forms part of the India-Bangladesh border. It originates in the South Tripura district and meets the Bay of Bengal after it flows into Bangladesh.
The meeting cancellation is also expected to delay the preparation of a draft framework for the interim sharing agreements regarding several other rivers like the Manu, Muhuri, Khowai, Gomati, Dharla and Dudhkumar.

An Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) is functioning since 1972.
It was established to ensure the most effective joint efforts in maximizing the benefits of common river systems. India and Bangladesh share 54 rivers.
The JRC is headed by Water Resources Ministers of both the countries.
It also includes a system of transmission of flood forecasting data on major rivers like Ganga, Teesta, Brahmaputra and Barak during the monsoon season from India to Bangladesh.