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Dhaka, New Delhi renew water treaty

DHAKA: India and Bangladesh have renewed the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Travel for two more years.

Bangladesh Shipping Minister Afsarul Amin said there was no change in the terms. He, however, said the agreement had to be updated if Bangladesh was to benefit further from the arrangement.

Bangladesh Shipping Secretary Mohammed Masud Elahi and visiting Indian Additional Shipping Secretary Bijay Chhibber signed the agreement on the concluding day of a two-day meeting on Tuesday. Both sides said the renewal was to enhance inland water trade.

The bilateral agreement which was to expire on March 31 is for the use of waterways for commerce and keeping river routes navigable. The protocol, signed in 1972, is renewed every two years. Both countries allow each other four points as ports of call to ferry goods.

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