Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- Public pressure over the long-delayed Teesta River Master Plan has reached a breaking point across Bangladesh in the recent times.

From the northern plains of Rangpur to the coastal campuses of Chittagong, citizens and students have united to demand the government begin work immediately while China signals readiness to proceed.

People of the northern region have urged the interim government to begin the project immediately to save the lives and livelihoods of the people and biodiversity of the northern region.

The project, designed to restore the Teesta's flow, expand irrigation, and protect river-dependent communities from erosion and floods, has been stalled for years amid bureaucratic delays, funding constraints, a...