Also, they are the main source of drinking water and irrigation. In India, the importance of rivers has increased even more. Because here rivers are given the status of mother.

Shifting rivers threaten India's top tea region By Reuters May 19, 20102:15 AM PDTUpdated May 19, 2010 ...

To Pakistan, it allots control of the three Western rivers, the Chenab, the Jhelum, and the Indus main stem (together amounting to about 80 percent of the Indus system’s average annual flow). India ...

Upcoming monsoon rains also hold risks for Pakistan because India could choose to release surplus water from the eastern rivers without prior notification, potentially triggering floods, said ...