The impoverishment of political discourse and legal rights in transboundary Teesta water management

Abstract

AbstractBangladesh has consistently claimed an equitable distribution of Teesta river water sharing. However, it consistently has a lower use and share than India. This qualitative article investigates the issues to the unresolved Teesta water agreement which challenges to transboundary water management between the two riparian countries. The political debates between India and Bangladesh and how riparian water rights are understood in light of the international law are the scope of this article. This article also uses and exemplifies global empirical pieces of evidence to relate to the case of Teesta water sharing. In the findings, this article highlights a new quest of water diplomacy for sustainable Teesta water sharing. These questions are discussed and debated throughout the article. The methodology of this article is confined to two sources: primary data from international conventions, laws, regulations, and court judgments; and secondary data, which are gathered from journals, newspapers, websites, periodicals, dissertations, research reports, and other documents related to the research topic. The descriptive and suggestive nature of the qualitative data analysis method has been highlighted.