Indus Water Treaty, Why important for Pakistan?   

Indus Water Treaty aggrement between India and Pakistan in 1960

Indus Water Treaty agreement between India and Pakistan in 1960

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Agricultural land is being largely dependent on the inflow of water from the rivers to the cultivation of crops in Pakistan. This is very important for Pakistan Indus Water Treaty. The agreement requires the time in 1948 when India stopped the waters of the eastern rivers. The two dynamic international communities because of the tensions arising between the fixed and the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan in 1960. Under the agreement, the whole coming year to 168 million acre feet of water on the Indus basin divided between India and Pakistanin the three western rivers, is Sindh, Pakistan recognized the right to 80% of water from the Jhelum and the Chenab, which is 133 million acre feet while India was given control of the eastern rivers Ravi, Beas, Sutlej. Since the source of the western rivers in India and Jammu and Kashmir to India was also measured 3, 6 million acre feet of water storage and limited irrigation and power generation to but India made a provision of the treaty started to use water aggression against Pakistan. Nation has produced more than 15 dams in rivers through the occupied areas of Sindh, the Chenab and Jhelum while preparing to make 45 to 61 dams. In addition, more than 30 irrigation projects have been completed on these rivers. According to recent reports, is now coming to work on more projects than India’s $ 15 billion including the 1856 MW power project sualkut garden. Kishenganga, Rattle, Mare, Lower Kalnai, Pakal Dul Hydroelectric Plant and Wullar Barrage / Tulbul Navigation is also beginning work on the project the goal apparently is to make electricity but it is said to control the water flow through.

India, Pakistan has threatened to end several times to bring the pressure in the Indus Basin Treaty does not see the rivers of diverting but it is so easy …. It is important to learn to look at the source of rivers under the agreement. Ravi source is a mountain range in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh state of India near the small village of ‘R F chulon’. The Beas River Beas Kund is coming out of the territory and get to the Sutlej River on the border town of Ferozepur IndiaThe full dryayyb Beas flows in the baht. If the source of the River Sutlej China area near a lake in Tibet called India Rakish Til. Sutlej River is the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab from China was going to get from Pakistan’s Kasur District Head Sulemanki. On average 19 million acre-feet of water per year from the eastern rivers was in Pakistan.But before and after the IWT India Ravi and Sutlej Dams and diversion of water flow from Rajasthan and other states to build on sale. The annual influx of water from rivers was less than 3 million acre feet, but it was easy to source and East rivers GEOGRAPHY favorable for India. But Pakistan is a different situation on the western rivers, the Mekong emerges from Sindh, China, Tibet and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir enters happened. Jhelum began in Kashmir in the Pir Panjal mountain range is very Nag Stream. This is the world of Azad Kashmir to Srinagar and then enters Pakistan’s Jhelum district.

The Chenab source in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Head Marala in Pakistan is on the river in Sialkot. According to experts, to prevent water from the river Jhelum and Sindh River and it’s easy to turn the other states of India because of Occupied Kashmir valley Himalaya and Pir Punjal Moutain streams and rivers will be enclosed between the large investment required would need to build more than 300 kilometers of tunnels in the mountains for bending. River Chenab way that comes from the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh consists of thin and deep ravines. It is quite difficult to maneuver, but all experts agree that India can increase water use is tied off on those rivers Pakistan will meet, causing a reduction in water while it will Dams India’s ability to control water, Namely India will emit water from the danger of irreparable damage to Pakistan.

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