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    INDUS WATER TREATY

    WHY IN NEWS ?
    - First visit by a Pakistani delegation to Jammu and Kashmir in more than five
    years under the dispute settlement mechanism of the 1960 Treaty.

    ANALYSIS

    KEY POINTS
    - Pakistani delegation arrived as part of neutral expert proceedings to inspect two
    hydroelectric power projects in J&K under the Indus water treaty.
    - India & Pakistan signed the Indus Water Treaty 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

    ABOUT INDUS WATER TREATY


    - Prior to partition, 6 rivers of the Indus basin which originated in the himalayas
    was a common network
    - Partition of india raised questions about the distribution of water between the two
    nations
    - Inter dominion accord of May 4, 1948 laid out that India would release enough
    water to pakistan in return for annual payments
    - India and Pakistan signed the indus water treaty with the intervention of the world
    bank on September 19, 1960 brokered by WORLD BANK
    - The treaty was signed at karachi by field marshal Mohammad ayub khan, the
    President of pakistan , Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, The India PM & Mr. WAB Illif of
    the world bank.
    - Under the indus treaty, all the waters of 3 eastern rivers namely Ravi, sutlej and
    beas were allocated to India for exclusive use
    - Pakistan gets control of 3 western rivers , India gets control of the 3 eastern
    rivers
    3 WESTERN RIVERS : INDUS , CHENAB, JHELUM
    3 EASTERN RIVERS : RAVI, BEAS , SUTLEJ

    - IWT gives India 20% of the water from the Indus river system and the rest 80% of
    the water to Pakistan
    - Under the IWT both countries must set up a permanent indus commission
    mandated to meet annually.

    SOME OF THE PROJECTS TO BE INSPECTED UNDER IWT :


    1) Pakal Dul and Lower Kalnai
    2) Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project
    3) Ratle Hydroelectric Project

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