{"id":88391,"date":"2020-08-22T20:04:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T14:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=17034"},"modified":"2020-08-22T20:04:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T14:34:26","slug":"explained-china-twist-in-india-bangladesh-teesta-river-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-china-twist-in-india-bangladesh-teesta-river-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: China twist in India-Bangladesh Teesta river challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Bangladesh is discussing an almost $1 billion loan from China for a comprehensive management and restoration project on the Teesta river.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/kHkTSrzLC7bFXBDh7huSgsDPEPyaOD59vYHPkXPsCoYKs1rZStKJwygeT-O4sdcgv1KI6gx5DQULwhWMZeUzAHbzHtlqOpVVXmJ061lKCJRMksr5R81h3nmCMjqaqBreK0kLrhVG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Teesta River: <\/strong>It is a tributary of the Brahmaputra (known as Jamuna in Bangladesh), flowing through India and Bangladesh.<\/li><li><strong>Origin<\/strong>: The river rises in the eastern Himalayas flows through the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal through Bangladesh and enters the Bay of Bengal.<\/li><li><strong>Drainage<\/strong>: It covers nearly the entire floodplains of Sikkim while draining 2,800 sq km of Bangladesh.For West Bengal, it is the lifeline of half-a-dozen districts in North Bengal.<\/li><li><strong>Dispute: <\/strong>The dispute over Teesta is the most contentious issue between India and Bangladesh.However, Teesta river water sharing agreement has not been signed due to opposition from West Bengal.(River is a State subject and is notable in this context).<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Bangladesh is discussing an almost $1 billion loan from China for a comprehensive management and restoration project on the Teesta river.&nbsp; Facts: Teesta River: It is a tributary of the Brahmaputra (known as Jamuna in Bangladesh), flowing through India and Bangladesh. Origin: The river rises in the eastern Himalayas flows through the Indian states&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-china-twist-in-india-bangladesh-teesta-river-challenge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: China twist in India-Bangladesh Teesta river challenge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[2559,42,6096],"class_list":["post-88391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","tag-bangladesh","tag-india","tag-teesta-river","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704878645},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}