The Teesta River has continued to be a very contentious issue between India and Bangladesh for a variety of complex reasons:

-Unequal Water Sharing: Bangladesh regards the existing formula for sharing water as unjustified because it gets less share of the Teesta particularly in lean season and is sorely hit by it affecting its productivity and livelihood dependent on agriculture.

-Political Hurdles: This issue is so much entwined into both domestic and frames international that this is only engaging in rainy days. West Bengal in India has alone opposed every award made on the sharing of waters claiming pecuniary rights in every droplet of waters that comes into contact with the state. It does not help much.

-Environmental Concerns: Construction of dams and barrages on Teesta River in India appears to have vast opts environmental effects inclusive of tremendous attack on River flow, Biodiversity as well as those living along the course of the river in Bangladesh.

-Lack of Trust: Recalcitrant distrust and political willingness bias between the two countries have, therefore, put paid to any form of democratic dialogues and attendant progressive resolution of these contentious matters.

The Teesta River conflict is a highly complicated one to solve and which has got tremendous political, economical and social effects for India as well as for Bangladesh. Solving the problem, therefore, must be to address the conflict from both perspectives but with reference to equitable utilisation of the share water resources besides the environmental concern of the shared river basin.