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In the two eras of the Ganges water-sharing agreement, the joint water flow monitoring measurement between Bangladesh and India found 24,330 cusecs less water in the Padma River than last year. The information came after a six-member water monitoring team from the two countries measured the water level of the Padma River at Pakshi Hardinge Bridge Point in Ishwardi on Saturday. This information has been confirmed by the Hydrology Department of the Water Development Board.
A total of 6,244 cusecs of water are known to have been found at Hardinge Bridge Point at noon on the first day of the survey this year. At this time last year, the water at the same point was one lakh two thousand 574 cusecs. According to him, 24,330 cusecs less water were found than last year. This measurement and monitoring will continue until May 31 next year.
According to sources from the Water Development Board, a two-member delegation from India and a four-member delegation from Bangladesh began the observation at noon yesterday. The members of the Indian delegation are Venkateswara Louis, Deputy Director of the Central Rivers Commission and Nagendra Kumar, Deputy Director. Reich Uddin, Acting Executive Engineer, Water Hydrology, Pabna Water Development Board, Morshedul Islam, Subdivision Engineer, Northern Measurement Division, Water Development Board (Paubo) and Mofazzal Hossain and Tahidul Islam are the leaders of the team.
According to sources, on December 12, 1997, the water distribution agreement between Bangladesh and the Indian Ganges was signed. And as of January 1 of the following year, the Ganges water distribution agreement between the two countries by India came into force. Under the agreement, the five months of the dry season will go into effect from January 1 to May 31 of each year to ensure a fair amount of water. Under the agreement, the delegations of the two countries present information to the river commissions of the two countries every year after monitoring the flow of the Ganges and Padma.
Engineer Morshedul Islam said there are currently approximately 6,244 water cusecs at Hardinge Bridge Point. In the first 10 days since January 1 of last year, there was a 61,000 lakh cusecs of water in the Ganges at Farakka Point. Of this, Bangladesh’s share was 60,071 cusecs and that of India was 40,000 cusecs. At the same time, the amount of water at Hardinge Bridge Point was one lakh two thousand 574 cusecs. Compared to last year, this time there are less than 24,000 water cusecs at Pakshi Hardinge Bridge Point.
Engineer Reich Uddin said that the Bangladesh and Indian delegation have been jointly monitoring the availability of water in the Padma River since January 1 of each year according to the Ganges agreement. The information obtained by measuring the availability of water in three phases every ten days is sent to the river commissions of the two countries and the corresponding ministries. The water level at Hardinge Bridge Point was 6.21 meters at 9 am yesterday and the water level dropped to 6.19 meters at 3 pm on the first day of Padma’s water flow measurement-observation. However, if you want to know the exact amount of water available, you must wait 10 more days.
Going to the Hardinge Bridge point of the Padma River, you can see that there is water at the base of the 9 pillars of the bridge. However, the char has fallen just 100 meters north of the bridge. From there, the river began to divide into several channels.
Several people, including Padma River fisherman Hawladar Bidhan, Shashi and Rubel, and boatman Abdul Majid, said that the water level in the Padma River was much lower this year than last.
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