Technical team to visit Bangladesh soon to discuss Teesta conservation: Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that a technical team would soon visit Bangladesh to discuss the conservation and management of the Teesta River.

“We have decided to initiate technical-level talks on the renewal of the 1996 Ganga Water Treaty. For the conservation and management of Teesta river in Bangladesh, a technical team will visit Bangladesh soon," PM Modi said after a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Saturday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently in New Delhi on a two-day state visit to India, was accorded a warm ceremonial reception by her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan.