The transboundary Teesta River’s distribution has been the subject of a decades-old conflict between India and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is pushing for the completion of a billion-dollar megaproject and wants a larger share than it currently does.
Since the resignation of Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August, however, relations between Dhaka and New Delhi have been at an all-time low.
So what’s holding up the project? Why does West Bengal, an Indian state, oppose it? And how is China involved?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests:
Taqbir Huda, a former South Asian regional researcher at Amnesty International and a human rights lawyer from Bangladesh, is a former Amnesty International researcher in South Asia.
Filippo Menga, an associate professor of geography at the Italian university of Bergamo, is
Source: Aljazeera
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