The measurement of water level at different points of Padma River is going kicks off Saturday, jointly by Bangladesh and India under the Ganga Water-sharing Treaty-1996, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

Like every year, four members from Bangladesh measure water level at two points in Farakkah and two members from India measure water level at Hardinge Bridge point, sources said.

The Indian team, headed by Shri Venkateswarlu, deputy director of Central Water Commission of India, and Assistant Director of the Commission Shri Nagendra Kumar are likely to reach the Hardinge Bridge point and will measure water level at 2500-ft upstream of the mighty river Padma from tomorrow, said Md Roich Uddin, acting executive engineer of Pabna Hydrology department.

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