Water rights in South Asia must be based on justice: Speakers

Bangladesh, Oct. 1 -- Water rights in South Asia should be established on the basis of justice, mutual understanding and cooperation rather than political dominance, speakers said at a seminar in Chattogram on Wednesday.

The South Asia Youth for Peace and Prosperity Society organised the seminar titled "Hydropolitics in South Asia: Water Sharing, Power and Geopolitics" at the conference room of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Chittagong. Professor Dr Md Iqbal Sarwar of the department chaired the seminar.

Presenting the keynote paper, Muhammad Tanbirul Islam, a faculty member of the Department of Bangladesh Studies at the University of Chittagong, said hydropolitics in South Asia cannot be underst...