India has no right to hinder Teesta water flow: BNP

The BNP on Tuesday said India has no right to hinder the flow of Teesta River waters. It blamed the Awami League-led government for not getting a deal done on the sharing of Teesta waters with India. “Teesta waters is our right, because it’s an international river. India has no right to hinder its water flow and we cannot depend on its mercy,” BNP’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at a rally in Gazipur’s Kaliyakoir during the party’s long march towards Teesta Barrage in Nilphamari. The two-day march started from Dhaka’s Uttara area in the morning. “India has built dams on 54 rivers including the Teesta… India has deprived the 30 million people of northern Bangladesh from it’s right to Teesta waters,” said the senior BNP leader at the first rally of the many along its long march, according to bdnews24.com.