Like every year Bangladesh and India will record water level at different points of the Ganges and the Padma from today till May 31, 2014 as agreed in the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, 1996.
A two-member Indian team, comprised of Indian Central Water Council Executive Engineer SK Chaturbedi and Assistant Engineer the CWC G Venu Gopal, arrived in Bangladesh yesterday.
On the other hand, a five-member team led by Md Iqbal Hossain, executive engineer of Hydrology, Pabna will start recording water level at 8,000m upstream of the Padma at Hardinge Bridge point from 7am today.
“The joint team will record the water level at Hardinge Bridge point and Farakka point in India according to treaty,” Iqbal Hossain said.
The joint experts will record each 10-day cycle of water level at Hardinge Bridge point and file a report.
“According to the treaty we are supposed to get 35,000cusec water at Hardinge bridge point from January, 1,” said Md Mofazzal Hossain, one of the members of the Bangladeshi team.
“Just 50,000-70,000cusec water used to flow at Hardinge Bridge point in the first week of January, but this year over 1.15 lakh cusec water is flowing at present,” Mofazzal Hossain added.