Dhaka, April 25 -- India Ganga/Ganges Water Treaty, which is expiring in December this year, needs to be 'reviewed and reformed comprehensively' before going for a renewed treaty by engaging economists, urban planners, sociologists and environmentalists in the planning, as Dhaka shares the 'risk' of not sharing it appropriately.

"MoFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) has to do a lot of homework and data sharing is key. We need to keep in mind that the situation in 1996 and 2026 is not the same. This can't be seen only from engineering or diplomatic prisms; they should include economists, urban planners, and sociologists in the planning," international affairs expert Prof Shahab Enam Khan told UNB.

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