A meeting on the implementation of the Teesta Master Plan was held on Thursday afternoon at the Cabinet Division in the Prime Minister’s Office, chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. After the meeting, Water Resources Minister Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee told reporters that the discussion focused on integrated water management in the Teesta basin. Ministers from the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, the State Minister for Water Resources, advisers, secretaries, and other relevant officials attended the meeting.
The minister said that the Teesta Master Plan had been presented to the nation as a pre-election commitment, and the government is now working to fulfill that pledge. Efforts are underway to accelerate the integrated water management process. He added that a team of experts has already begun work on the project, and an eight-member expert committee has been formed to support the implementation.
According to the minister, the committee is expected to submit its report within the next one to one and a half months, marking a key step toward advancing the plan’s execution.