📌 Why in News?
A durable post-2026 arrangement should contain periodic scientific review rather than a rigid 30-year freeze; climate-adjustment clauses; real-time data sharing; guaranteed environmental flow; drought emergency protocols; joint sediment studies; participation of affected Indian basin states in domestic consultations; fisheries and biodiversity provisions; and stronger flood forecasting.
Such a model would turn the Ganga agreement from a water-allocation treaty into a river-governance treaty.
Syllabus & Relevance
Paper: GS-2
Theme: International Relations
Static Foundation
BPSC Special Box Farakka Barrage: West Bengal.
Treaty: India-Bangladesh.
Signed: 12 December 1996.
Expiry/renewal point: December 2026.
Lean-season sharing: 1 January-31 May.
Measurement: ten-day periods.
Bihar projected additional requirement cited in 2026 debate: about 2,000 cusecs by 2050.
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