Pact on water management mechanism
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16/09/2008
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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