Statute of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission

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About Statute of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission

Signed: 1972/11/24

Agreement Type: agreement, trans-national

Included in Agreement
Riparians - India, Bangladesh
Water Resources - Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin

All Facts about Statute of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission


This document, signed in Dacca, represents a primary agreement between the included parties.[1] The primary issue covered by this document is flood control/relief.[1]

Comments on this agreement from the TFDD International Freshwater Treaties Database include:Created a commission to "maintain liaison between the participating countries in order to ensure the most effective joint efforts in maximising the benefits from common river systems to both the countries," among other flood control responsibilities[1]and regarding allocations: -.[1]

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Riparians Water Features

Agreement includes riparian- India, Bangladesh


Includes Water Resource- Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin


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Associated organizational projects- Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission






External Links

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Statute of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission entry in the Transboundary Freshwater Agreements Database, a Product of the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database. Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University. Additional information about the TFDD can be found at: <http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu>. Entry accessed online August 30 2014 at: http://ocid.nacse.org/tfdd/treaties.php?page=full&origin=river&tn=353