Indus Water Treaty

After suspending the Indus Water Treaty, the Centre will frame short-, mid- and long-term plans to utilise river waters for irrigation in border states, says Chouhan

India has stanched the flow of water through the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River and is planning similar measures at the Kishanganga Dam on the Jhelum River, a source said. The source familiar with the matter said these hydroelectric dams -- Baglihar in Ramban in Jammu and Kishanganga in north Kashmir -- offer India the ability to regulate the timing of water releases. India's decision to suspend the decades-old treaty follows the killing of 26 people, mostly tourists, in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. The Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank, has governed the use of the Indus River and its tributaries between India and Pakistan since 1960. The Baglihar Dam has been a longstanding point of contention between the two neighbours, with Pakistan having sought World Bank arbitration in the past. The Kishanganga Dam has faced legal and diplomatic scrutiny, especially regarding its impact on the Neelum River, a tributary of the Jhelum.

He is believed to have said that the decision would hurt Pakistan's farmers the most as every farmer wants water

India also reaffirmed its commitment to the Treaty and stated that it will fully participate in the Neutral Expert's process to ensure the matter is resolved fairly

India has sent a formal notice to Pakistan to amend a 60-year old agreement called the Indus Water Treaty. What is the treaty about and why is it in the news again?

The treaty grants India unrestricted access to 33 MAF from the eastern rivers (Sutlej, Beas, Ravi) annually, while Pakistan receives about 135 MAF from the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab)

A Pakistani delegation arrived here on Sunday evening as part of Neutral Expert proceedings to inspect two hydroelectric power projects in Jammu and Kashmir under the Indus Water Treaty, officials said. This is the first visit by a Pakistani delegation to Jammu and Kashmir in more than five years under the dispute settlement mechanism of the 1960 Treaty. India and Pakistan signed the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) after nine years of negotiations, with the World Bank being a signatory of the pact which sets out a mechanism for cooperation and information exchange between the two sides on the use of waters of a number of cross-border rivers. A three-member Pakistan delegation inspected the Pakal Dul and Lower Kalnai hydroelectric power projects under the provisions of the IWT for the last time in January 2019, before the ties between the two countries froze following the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The officials said the visiting experts including Pakistanis wil

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India and Pakistan had signed the IWT in September 1960 after nine-year-long negotiations

During the meeting, both sides will deliberate on the issue of advance flood information and the annual report of the Permanent Commission of Indus Waters

'The annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission will be held in Islamabad, Pakistan between March 1 and 3, 2022'

IWT is one of the world's most successful international water accords that has withstood the test of time and even three full-fledged wars between India and Pakistan

Since signing the treaty, a total of 118 such tours on both the sides have been undertaken by the commission

The Indian side is being represented by a delegation of the Indian Water Commission led by Commissioner P K Saxena

Pakistan has been raising reservations over the designs of the two projects and would like India to either modify it to make them compliant to 1960 Indus Waters Treaty

Pakistan disagrees with the Indian interpretation of IWT and has asked the World Bank to set up a court of arbitration

Treaty was signed in 1960 after 9 years of negotiations between India, Pakistan with the help of the World Bank, which is also a signatory

The river and its five tributaries which spans four countries and supports 215m people

Meeting will be held either by the end of April or beginning of May, according Pakistani media

Water scarcity in basin states since early 1990s has brought the agreement under strain