SANGSAD BHABAN, June 13, 2019 (BSS) – The government has taken a plan to
form a commission on Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basins to manage
water resources in trans-boundary rivers and get equity share of water from
these rivers.
“…we have undertaken a plan to form an organisation on Ganges-
Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins, such as River Basin Organisation or River
Basin Commission,” Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said while placing the
budget for fiscal 2019-20 in the Parliament here today.
In his budget speech, he said the commission is expected to be formed under
the Framework Agreement on Cooperation for Development signed between
Bangladesh and India in 2011 for water resource management and development of
cross-border rivers through sub-regional cooperation.