Pact on water management mechanism

  • 16/09/2008

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: With the visiting Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) signalling a desire to expedite work on the outstanding water projects between India and Nepal, the two sides on Tuesday agreed to set up a three-tier joint water management mechanism. There will be a ministerial-level Joint Rivers Commission, under which there will be a Secretary-level joint committee and then project-level technical committees for each project. This was agreed upon at a bi-lateral meeting between Nepal Water Resources Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel and Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz. The agreement was hailed by Mr. Soz as