(1) Sharing the waters of theTeesta river, which originatesin the Himalayas and flowsthrough Sikkim and West Bengalto merge with the Brahmaputrain Assam and (Jamunain Bangladesh), is perhapsthe most contentious issuebetween India and Bangladesh.The river covers nearlythe entire floodplains of Sikkim,while draining 2,800 sqkm of Bangladesh.