The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a symbol of cooperation between India and Pakistan since 1960, faces unprecedented challenges ...

Pakistan’s Indus basin faces 15% water flow decline, reservoirs at critical levels: Report On June 5, flow from Punjab’s dams reportedly stood at 124,000 cusecs, down from 144,000 cusecs on ...

Suspended Indus Water Treaty should be reworked to factor in climate change and other realities, say specialists ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre will fast-track environmental clearances of all pending and proposed projects in the Indus River Basin in J&K to utilise the maximum amount of water from the river system in ...

Following the government's decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance after the Pahalgam attack, the Centre will expedite environmental clearances for pending and proposed projects in ...

India has suspended the Indus Water Treaty following the ... any ramification. When Bangladesh raised the Chicken's Neck - Siliguri corridor issue, Sarma hit back by sharing a map of two chicken necks ...

India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty is a strategic and symbolic masterstroke, capitalizing on a broken bilateral relationship and Pakistan’s internal weaknesses.

They include the Bursar project (800 MW) on the Marusudar river within the Indus basin. Also, the Uri Stage II (260 MW) on the Jhelum commissioned in 2013-14 is yet to realise its full potential.

Map of the Indus River basin with tributaries labeled. Yellow regions are non-contributing parts of the watershed (e.g. the Thar Desert). [Photo by Keenan Pepper / CC BY-SA 4.0] The IWT—brokered ...

Home to 268 million habitants, the Indus River basin is situated at a hydrologically fragile location. The basin is ranked first among the world’s 78 water towers in terms of vulnerability, ...

Beginnings of a River. The Indus is an antecedent river, which means it has existed for over 50 million years, since the Indian plate first collided with Asia and gave rise to the Himalayas.

The treaty divided the waters of six rivers – Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, Jhelum, Indus and Chenab – flowing from the Indus river basin, between India and Pakistan. The Indian government’s move has raised ...