Hyderabad: The Central government has approved three crucial irrigation projects in Telangana on Tuesday. The Union Jal Shakti Ministry has given clearance to the three irrigation projects located in three districts in Telangana. Earlier in the day, Jal Shakti Ministry Secretary Pankaj Kumar chaired a Technical Advisory Committee meeting in New Delhi and cleared Mukteshwar
Teesta Water-Sharing Deal: No progress until polls end in West Bengal Our Correspondent, New Delhi Our Correspondent, New Delhi
India has conveyed to Bangladesh that any progress on the long-pending Teesta water-sharing issue will be possible only after the completion of the assembly elections in West Bengal.
This was communicated to Bangladesh yesterday during the talks between the water resources secretaries of Bangladesh and India in New Delhi after Dhaka raised the issue, officials said.
The eight-phased West Bengal polls will end on April 29 and the counting of votes is scheduled for May 2.
The Indian response came after Senior Secretary Kabir Bin Anwar, who led the Bangladesh side in yesterday s meeting, stressed on signing of the interim agreement on sharing of Teesta water as agreed by both the countries in 2011, said a press release issued by the Bangladesh side.