Why Mamata may be right on Teesta

Mamata Banerjee may have a point on Teesta, after all. Indeed, why must India rush into river water agreements with other countries that it rues afterwards? The Ganga accord with Bangladesh has led to worrying rise in silt on the Indian side, and the Indus Waters Treaty must be the only example in the world where the upper riparian state has chosen to deny itself 80% of the water that flows into Pakistan through the Indus system’s six rivers. India gets just about 20% of the waters!

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