Experts from India, China, Nepal, Australia and Singapore on Thursday stressed the need for regional cooperation to reduce risk of disaster and promote resilient livelihood in the Kosi river basin in Bihar and Nepal, reports Business Standard.
"There is urgent need for regional cooperation for effective use of knowledge to address reduction in risk of water-related disaster and vulnerabilities and to improve the livelihood in the Kosi basin," said Dr Eklabya Sharma, Director of programme operations, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. Water expert Asit K. Biswas, a visiting professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, said India and Nepal have not cooperated to develop the Kosi basin in the last 30 years.