Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (foreground) and Pakistani President Ayub Khan (center) sign a treaty for the distribution of the waters of the Indo basin, which ends a 13 -year dispute between India and Pakistan. The help of six nations: the United States, Australia, Canada, West Germany, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, made possible the resolution of an international dispute that sometimes had intensified on the edge of the war between the two nations. (A file photo) Photo credit: Hindu files
India said he would immediately suspend the treaty of the Indo’s waters with Pakistan as part of the measures to degrade diplomatic ties with his neighbor after the militants attacked tourists in Kashmir, killing 26 men.
The treaty had survived two wars among the bitter rivals and resisted many turns and turns in diplomatic ties before New Delhi’s decision on Wednesday.
What is the Treaty of the Water of the Indo?
The neighbors of nuclear weapons do not agree on the use of the water of the rivers that flow down from India to the Indo River basin in Pakistan.
The use of water is governed by the Treaty of the Indo waters, which was mediated by the World Bank and signed by the neighbors in September 1960.
The agreement divided the Indo and its tributaries between the two countries and the regulated water exchange. India was granted the use of water from three Eastern rivers, Sutlej, Beas and Ravi, while Pakistan received most of the three Western rivers: Induso, Jhelum and Chenab.
There is no disposition in the treaty so that none of the countries suspend or end unilaterally the PACT, which has clear dispute resolution systems.
What are the groups about water?
The neighbors of nuclear remote have discussed and disputed several projects in the Indo and their tributaries in India for years.
Pakistan depends a lot on the water of this river system for its hydroelectric and irrigation needs. Pakistan says that India unfairly diverts water with the construction of barriers and dams, a position that India denies.
Pakistan is concerned that the dams of India cut flows in the river, which feeds 80% of its irrigated agriculture. He has asked for an expert in neutral and then an arbitration court to intervene in two recently hydroelectric projects.
India has accused Pakistan of dragging the complaints process, and says that the construction of her Kishangan and Ratle hydroelectric projects is allowed under the treaty. He has also sought the modification of the pact to avoid such delays.
What could change the suspension?
The suspension of the agreement is not expected to have an immediate impact on the flow of water to Pakistan, since India does not have enough storage capacity.
But India’s movement could contribute uncertainty to the Pakistan agricultural system.
The suspension means that India can stop sharing crucial information and data on the release of water from the barriers/dams or on the floods, Indian officials said, adding that New Delhi will not be the union to release minimum amounts of water duration, the thin esanon.
How are Pakistanis reacting to the decision?
Pakistan’s Minister of Power, Awais Lekhari, described the suspension of India from the Indo Water Treaty “an act of water war; a cowardly and illegal movement.”
Ghasharib Shaokat, product manager of Pakistan Agriculture Research, described the treaty the backbone of the agricultural sector of the country.
“It puts our agricultural future on unstable terrain. If water flows become erratic, the entire system takes a special irrigation, such as wheat, rice and sugar cane,” Shaokat said.
“The yields could decrease. Costs could increase. Food prices would like Spike. And small -scale farmers, who already operate with thin margins, would take the worst part of it.”
Khalid Hussain Baath, president of a National Union of Farmers in Pakistan, painted the movement as an act of belligenencia.
“This is a real war,” Baath said since Lahore. “We already have a shortage of water due to climate change. Low rain this year, and limited snow means that the water level is already 20-25% lower than last year.”
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Posted on April 24, 2025
