The JRC team comprised 10 members with five from each country. The Indian team was headed by water specialist MML Goel and the Bangladeshi team was headed by Tawhidul Anwar Khan.

A source in the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) told this correspondent Bangladesh gives priority on ensuring legal share of water of the Teesta because Bangladesh is going to start work on the second phase of the Tk 1,200 cr Teesta Irrigation Project this year. After completion of the work the demand of water in Bangladesh will rise to 45,000 cusec. Now the availability of water is only one fifth of Bangladesh needs in the dry season.

Earlier, the JRC team visited the Gozaldoba Barrage in India built at the upstream of the Teesta.

The team reached the Teesta Barrage Project area at 5 pm on Friday through Burimari Land Port of Bangladesh in Lalmonirhat district.

On arrival, the team visited the main Teesta Barrage and its operation system. Then the team visited the main canal of the Teesta Irrigation Project (TIP).

On Saturday, the team visited the Kaunia area in Rangpur district which was also brought under irrigation project. On conclusion of their visit the team left for Dhaka on Saturday.

In Dhaka a two-day JRC meeting on sharing of river water is scheduled to be held from Saturday.

Under first phase of the Teesta Irrigation Project, in the dry season Bangladesh needed 10,000 cusec of water for irrigation purpose in three districts.