Hi,
Today I am going to talk about Sindhu water treaty which our great then PM Nehru had signed in 1960. This treaty is about water usage of Sindhu, Jelam and Chenaab river. The treaty in a nutshell reads as follows. ( I have entire treaty copy if you wish to read)
Today I am going to talk about Sindhu water treaty which our great then PM Nehru had signed in 1960. This treaty is about water usage of Sindhu, Jelam and Chenaab river. The treaty in a nutshell reads as follows. ( I have entire treaty copy if you wish to read)
After the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, an understanding on the sharing of water of Indus River between the two countries became necessary to facilitate the development of water resources of this basin. After prolonged talks between the two Governments, the Indus Water Treaty was signed in September According to this Treaty, waters of the three western rivers (the Jhelum, the Chenab, and the Indus itself) were allocated to Pakistan, and those of the three eastern rivers (the Ravi, the Beas and the Sutlej) were allocated to India. Certain restrictions about water utilization were placed on India which is the upper riparian country. The highlights of the Treaty are:
- India has not been allowed to build storages on the rivers where water has been allocated to Pakistan.
- Restrictions have also been imposed on the extension of irrigation development in India. Less significant restrictions have been placed on Pakistan, being the lower riparian.
- The Treaty contains provisions regarding the exchange of data on project operation, extent of irrigated agriculture, etc.
- The Treaty provides for certain institutional arrangements. A permanent Indus Commission consisting of a Commissioner each for India and for Pakistan has been set up and there are periodical meetings and exchanges of visits between the two sides.
- Detailed guidelines were included in the Treaty for conflict-resolution. The Indus Commission is the first step for conflict resolution. If an agreement cannot be reached at the Commission level, the dispute is to be referred to the two governments. If the governments too fail to reach an agreement, the Treaty provides an arbitration mechanism.
This treaty was one of the greatest stupidity our them PM must have ever created
Pakistan is anyway is fool to utilize the water from sindhu to its advantage so till now both the countries are sleeping in peace. But now just imagine...Pakistan has allowed China to construct road highways which will connect Pak and China for business.
This is a great danger because if China decides to use water of Sindhu and constructs Dam on this and diverts the water to china( We all know their construction capabilities), water of Sindhu in India will reduce to mere Pond. SO does Jelum and Chenaab
This is the kind of non-foresight of our them PM who has signed this treaty. He not only sighed it but had also offered 8 Million USD to Pakistan during that time to construct sewage system on Sindhu. Of course lord Mountbatten must have used his wife to poke Naheru to sign such treaty.
I never understood why we did not refuse to sign. This Nehru and Gandhi dynesty has done many such thing but more light on this later.
Hope you appreciate this research which was inspired by one of the article from Gujarat Samachar news paper
Chandresh
