Overview

• Tripura’s proposal targets supplying all 51 Agartala Municipal Corporation wards with water drawn from flows that enter Bangladesh’s Titas River, easing dependence on iron-contaminated groundwater.
• Saha raised the plan with Bangladesh Assistant High Commissioner Arif Mohammad, noting that the Haora, Kalapania and Katakhal waterways from Tripura mix with the Titas.
• Bangladesh conveyed complaints of skin diseases in Akhaura linked to upstream effluents, and Saha has directed tighter sewage filtering to improve water quality crossing the border.
• No bilateral arrangement or central clearance has been obtained, with the state saying the proposal is finalized internally and will be taken up with the Centre.
• The initiative runs alongside TUDA housing builds, GIS-based urban master plans and ADB-supported works, as Saha presses for lifting caps on loans for externally aided projects after a previous Gomati plan stalled.