Review Ganges water treaty

Chief Minister of India's state of Bihar Nitish Kumar yesterday demanded that India seek a review of the Ganges water sharing treaty with Bangladesh as "gross injustice" has been done to Bihar through the accord.
While talking to reporters in the state capital Patna, he said the treaty was signed in 1996 when United Front was in power in India. The then government of Bihar and others should have strongly objected to the accord, he added.
The water sharing problem has continued since India's independence but now the Gangas water sharing treaty signed with Bangladesh needs to be reviewed, Nitish said.
Asked whether he supports formation of a committee to address the dispute over the Teesta water sharing, he said, "It is unfortunate that the states are being overlooked ... we don't have any say in such accord."
The chief minister continued that Farakka barrage was constructed and an accord was signed on sharing of Gangas water with Bangladesh and as the water was being regulated to Bangladesh, a unit of state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) shut down, affecting power supply to Bihar.
On Paschimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's stand on the Teesta water-sharing, he said "An affected state has raised the issue of its interest... it has the right to rake up it."