Https, July 16 -- Inland waterways development between Bangladesh and India can become a vital and cost-effective way of multimodal connectivity that can improve economic wellbeing of people from both countries, policymakers and experts have said.

Well-developed waterways, as part of a larger multimodal connectivity setup, can ensure good water resource management, which is also a prerequisite for agricultural growth, they said at the inaugural webinar of Asian Confluence NADI conversations organised by Asian Confluence, a premier Indian think tank based in Shillong on Wednesday.

"When we talk of the 54 transboundary rivers of Bangladesh and India, we talk of an opulent harvest of fusing culture, crafts and trade developed over generati...