Managing Common Waters in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Region: Looking Ahead

Abstract: Transboundary water problems continue to plague Bangladesh and India throughout the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) region. Through examining the history of the water-related conflicts and analyzing the important issues that are of local or national significance—adverse location problem, waterlogging, information sharing, water sharing, flow augmentation, water quality management, and institutional bottlenecks—avenues of progress available to the parties involved are highlighted.