Kolkata: The expert commission set up by
West Bengal government to find an acceptable solution to the
Teesta water-sharing issue between India and Bangladesh is yet
to submit its report.
''A portion of my research is still to be completed. I
will have to study the flow of water in February and March.
I also need to get some dates from the Centre which I will
incorporate in my report,'' commission chairman Kalyan Rudra
said after a meeting with Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh
here.
Last year, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had pulled out
of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's entourage to Dhaka over
differences on the Teesta water-sharing issue.
On November 15 last year, Banerjee had appointed Rudra as
the head of the commission to work out a scientific solution
to the distribution of the Teesta water between India and
Bangladesh.
The next day after a meeting here with Bangladesh Foreign
Minister Dipu Moni, where the controversial Teesta water
sharing issue had figured prominently, Banerjee had informed
about the appointment of the expert committee.
PTI
First Published: Friday, February 17, 2012, 00:11