India's violation of water sharing deal hampers irrigation Raheed Ejaz New Delhi deprives Dhaka of its agreed share of the Ganges water as stipulated by the Gangers Water Sharing Treaty 1996 causing the tributaries to dry up and hampering seriously irrigation in the south-west. India has also not heeded the complaints Bangladesh earlier registered with the Indian authorities. In nine schedules, from January 1 to March 31, India provided Bangladesh with 67,256 cusecs less water than what is specified by the agreement schedule, according to the statistics of the Joint Rivers Commission. A high official of the water resource ministry told New Age on Wednesday that Dhaka wrote to Delhi last week protesting against India's decision to release less water through the Farakka Barrage and urged New Delhi to abide by the agreement.