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K.N. Chandana JahnaviAIR 50· 2024

Question 10GS2GS2

In light of the recent demands to amend the Indus Waters Treaty, discuss the possible implications it could have on the water-sharing mechanism between India and Pakistan.

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INDUS WATER treaty was bracketed by World Bank in 1960 for WATER EQUITABLE sharing between INDIA & PAKISTAN. Diagram shows river distribution: INDUS: 3 WESTERN RIVER - WEST -> PAKISTAN (rivers: sutlej, ravi, chenab from east - INDIA). MECHANISM: river shary, eastern river with INDIA. 3 western river with PAKISTAN. India can have river RAVI hoped on without water on INDUS WATER COMMISSION.

But recent PAKISTAN apprehension on RATTLE paper Kizhangya Denied for Arbitration (3rd tier) has LED INDIA to avail for NEW waterway WEAPONIZATION of water by UTTAR RIFAJAIN state of PAKISTAN CLIMATE CHANGE led GLACIER melt to changing FLOW of rivers. RECENT PAKISTAN floods show LACK of DAMS for water caring into INDIA. INEQUITABLE share & need for INDIA's WESTERN states ex: EVERGREEN revolution. Can create WATER way with CHINESE CPEC for bends zone (INFRA need water). Hence, potential impacts must be countered by Scientific Survey , negotiation based on CHAMPIONE idea of HELSINKI rules of EQUITY in watershare.

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Conclusion

Hence, potential impacts must be countered by Scientific Survey, negotiation based on CHAMPIONE idea of HELSINKI rules of EQUITY in watershare

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Diagram

Map showing Indus River system with three western rivers allocated to Pakistan (Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab from West to Pakistan) and eastern rivers to India, with mechanism showing distribution of 3 western and 3 eastern rivers

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K.N. Chandana Jahnavi

AIR 502024

Subject & Paper

GS2GS2

Topic

India and its Neighborhood - Relations

India-Pakistan Relations

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