Bangladesh is keen that India implement the Sankosh river water diversion project to give the former its due share of water from the Ganges as enshrined in the Indo-Bangladesh agreement. According to sources, implementation of the river project would help achieve the twin purposes of providing adequate water to Calcutta port as well as a regular flow to the river Padma in Bangladesh.
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