Bangladesh concerned over water sharing & volatility of supply in Ban
Other general problems with the project – displacement of local Manipuri, ecologically sensitive area & highly seismic region
Motor vehicle
Motor Vehicles Agreement with BBIN
Elaborated in SAARC
Bus route
between Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala
Existed earlier in form of 2 separate bus services between Kolkata Dhaka & Dhaka Agartala
Another Dhaka- Shillong- Guwahati flagged
Both will help in the better interconnection of NE with mainland
Time will reduce from3 days to 1 day between Kolkata-Agartala
Road
Bridge across Feni River in Tripura being built
Will help to transport goods to India via Bangladesh
Land Swap Deal
100th Constitutional Amendment ACT
17,000 acres of land to Bangladesh in return for 7,000 acres in
111 enclaves in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya,
1974 Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh,
The number of people 52,000, of which about 15,000 are on the Indian side of the border.
The residents have choice to stay or move to parent country
India Rs 4k crore for heir rehabilitation
Election Laws bill (Amendment), 2016 to allow them to vote
Security
Sunderban Moitry – Exercise between BSF and border guards of Ban
Construction
India to develop Sylhet City
Challenges
String of pearls
Refugee/ cross border migration
5 lakh Bang visit India annually officially
Many more unofficially
2 crore a rough figure of Bangladeshi illegal immigrants in India
Pak using Ban to send terrorists/ fake currency
Hindu minorities persecution
Opposition under Khaleda Zia remains Anti India
Trafficking
NCRB data – WB & Assam bulk of trafficking
Water Sharing
54 total trans national rivers – Should instead focus on them
Issue
TEESTA
India an an Upper Riparian State yields Considerable influence on the river
er, after negotiation, an ad-hoc agreement was reached. As per the agreement, 36% of water of the Teesta flows was allocated to Bangladesh, 39% to India and a further 25 % remained unallocated.
But even this deal has remained pending for more than 2 decades. After many unsuccessful attempts to reach a consensus on the issue, a new bilateral interim deal was to be signed in 2011 to reach an equitable sharing of the water. But it was once again put on hold as the chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee opposed the deal.
Later, in 2013, an agreement was drafted which allowed for the 50:50 allocation of teesta waters between the countries during the lean season, when the real problems of allocation crop up. However, that was not acceptable.
North BENGAL – dependent on TEESSTA _ RICE _ May alter this cropping attern – West Bengal has been opposing the treaty fearing that the loss of higher volume of water to the lower riparian would cause problems in the northern region of state, especially during drier months. It is estimated that the Teesta River has a mean annual flow of 60 billion cubic metres but a significant amount of this water flows only during wet season i.e. between June and September, leaving scant flow during the dry season i.e. October to April/May wherein the average flow gets reduced to about 500 million cubic metres (MCM) per month. This creates issues of equitable sharing during lean season.
Teesta water is also crucial for Bangladesh, especially in the leanest period from December to March
Farakka Barrage
Tipaimukh Project
Barak River
e construction and operation of the Farakka Barrage by India to increase water supply in the river Hoogly. Bangladesh insists that it does not receive a fair share of the Ganges waters during the drier seasons, and gets flooded during the monsoons when India releases excess waters. See also Sharing of Ganges Waters.
There have also been disputes regarding the transfer of Teen Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh. Part of Bangladesh is surrounded by the Indian state of West Bengal. On 26 June 1992, India leased three bigha land to Bangladesh to connect this enclave with mainland Bangladesh. There was a dispute regarding the indefinite nature of the lease. The dispute was resolved by an mutual agreement between India and Bangladesh in 2011.[7]
Continuous border killing of Indian and Bangladeshi people
The Assam Accord (1985) was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement in New Delhi on 15 August 1985.
. Assamese people had assimilated Bangladeshis who had migrated till 1966.
As per the Accord, those Bangladeshis who came between 1966 and 1971 will be barred from voting for ten years.
international borders will be sealed and all persons who crossed over from Bangladesh after 1971 are to be deported.
Though the accord brought an end to the agitation, some of the key clauses are yet to be implemented, which has kept some of the issues festering.
1971 war
Why India entered the war
1. There were human right violations in east Pakistan. Children and women were mistreated. 2. Refugee problem made India’s position vulnerable. More than 80 lakh people entered India. This led to stress in north east. 3. Long Term -Strategic- Pak attacking from 2 fronts 4. The Bangla independent faction under M Rehman called Mukti Bahini asked for India’s help. 5. Pakistan felt insecure and started bombing in north west of India, leaving India no option other than entering war.
