Pakistan And India-Water Disputes-News And Updates

[sparklingway]

A barrage of dams that have followed an already controversial Baghlihar is the main issue. It allows India to store water in large amounts, almost indefinitely to control our water supply. Pakistan's agricultural system depends almost exclusively on the irrigation system that provides water from the river as rainfall is negligible in the southern parts of the country.

India has indeed exploited Pakistan's vulnerable situation as we're already too busy in a sea of other problems and has exploited legal loopholes as well. India is not as vulnerable to water flow as Pakistan is. If India hopes to reach an amicable agreement on this issue and move towards peace and prosperity in general, it will not just have to stop plans to build controversial/illegal dams and headworks but also give Pakistan more than what has been settled in the Indus Water Treaty. Pakistan is facing the second highest rates of sedimentation after Philippines and our water storage capabilities are limited. Our agricultural production is dependent almost solely on water flow and we need India to take a good initiative and reach out a hand of friendship rather than acting like an angry child and sticking to its own version.

 

[Prometheus]

We're going to have to destroy those dams

if dams destroyed where water will go???

 

[SekrutYakhni]

if dams destroyed where water will go???

Yes and more "innocent" people will die just because of the dams.
Stop making dams and save innocent lives.

 

[ameer219]

Guys, let's accept reality, Pakistan's water are going to be controlled sooner or later, and if we don't do something about it, we are going to be doomed for life.

Instead of crying over India's stealing our water, whether its true or not, Find Alternatives!.

Look at Singapore for example! When contract of Water from Malaysia, went through some controversy, Singaporeans went on to develop sophisticated facilities which is able to project "reverse osmosis", a remarkable process that cleans water from waste.

If we only we had good leaders...

 

[mshoaib61]

 

[Prometheus]

Yes and more "innocent" people will die just because of the dams.
Stop making dams and save innocent lives.

lol, India is hungry for energy.
Dams will go on

 

[sparklingway]

Singaporeans went on to develop sophisticated facilities which is able to project "reverse osmosis", a remarkable process that cleans water from waste.

Reverse Osmosis plants can fill the domestic needs of a small country like Singapore and are way too crazy for agricultural implementations. Not to mention the cost of these plants.

I realize that you were not suggesting this as a solution but rather an initiative a country takes when it has no choice left, I just felt that I should point it out before anyone suggests that we go this route as well

 

[ameer219]

Reverse Osmosis plants can fill the domestic needs of a small country like Singapore and are way too crazy for agricultural implementations. Not to mention the cost of these plants.

I realize that you were not suggesting this as a solution but rather an initiative a country takes when it has no choice left, I just felt that I should point it out before anyone suggests that we go this route as well

Sir, I am not suggesting we do reverse Osmosis, but I am sure we have many other ways to obtain water sir, If we only can try sir.Such alternatives such as Reservoirs, or water catchment areas, that channels to the agriculture crops,is also a good alternative.

If its true India is really trying to corner us, then we should either present this case to UN as a diplomatic way of protesting, and then, try to make some initiative to at least try to develop another solution, to try to relieve the Indian's pressure.

Militarily solution is a totally bad Idea, because,if we attack the dams first, we would not get the support internationally, and secondly, India's military capability, is better than us, and will be able to counter our strikes, so I suggest, we try to win International reputation.

 

[Bang Galore]

Your "Link" is not working and the original article is from The Nation, a credible Pakistani news source. And its more credible than your times of india.

'India plans 52 projects to control Pakistan's water' | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online

Well ! whatever credibility that had went out of the window with this:

Reiterating their demand for the defence of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, thousands of Pakistani farmers alongside the Farmer Wing of Jamat ud Dawah lead by patriot Professor Hafiz Muhammed Saeed

 

[desiman]

We're going to have to destroy those dams

lol Try it please

 

[desiman]

Great pic. Pak should thank india because no need of the bridges after 52 dams constructed.

lol omg i cant stop laughing, nice one

 

[notsuperstitious]

A barrage of dams that have followed an already controversial Baghlihar is the main issue. It allows India to store water in large amounts, almost indefinitely to control our water supply. Pakistan's agricultural system depends almost exclusively on the irrigation system that provides water from the river as rainfall is negligible in the southern parts of the country.

India has indeed exploited Pakistan's vulnerable situation as we're already too busy in a sea of other problems and has exploited legal loopholes as well. India is not as vulnerable to water flow as Pakistan is. If India hopes to reach an amicable agreement on this issue and move towards peace and prosperity in general, it will not just have to stop plans to build controversial/illegal dams and headworks but also give Pakistan more than what has been settled in the Indus Water Treaty. Pakistan is facing the second highest rates of sedimentation after Philippines and our water storage capabilities are limited. Our agricultural production is dependent almost solely on water flow and we need India to take a good initiative and reach out a hand of friendship rather than acting like an angry child and sticking to its own version.

If the dams are illegal, then they can be challenged.

If you want to renegotiat the treaty, then its Pakistan that will have to take the initiative as they have a problem with the treaty. Instead the chairman is busy selling what sells best in pakitan - 'zionists trying to destroy the great Islamic power Pakistan'... come on... first find a sensible person as chairman, then approach india with the proposed changes, and as with any other treaty there'll be give and take, fair?

He also accused Israel and the US for backing India, which resulted in bulldozing the Indus Water Treaty and lamented the fact that the international community was silent over the issue.

He urged the government to take the issue seriously to Indian water aggression. “If the rulers fail to adopt immediate measures, India will turn us into Somalia and Ethiopia,” he feared.

According to him, the anti-Pakistan forces have united and evolved a plan to turn the country into a desert and the irrigation system is being given to a Swedish company on contract to forward the vested interests of India. He said India was spending billions of dollars on this project with the financial support of Israel. He said it was very much clear that the Indian and Israeli lobbies were working on long-term projects to harm Pakistan.[/QUOTE]

Seriously, how do you select these qualified technocrats?

 

[notsuperstitious]

Well ! whatever credibility that had went out of the window with this:

Exactly, and this is why i feel the thirst is not for water but blood!

 

[Bang Galore]

A barrage of dams that have followed an already controversial Baghlihar is the main issue. It allows India to store water in large amounts, almost indefinitely to control our water supply. Pakistan's agricultural system depends almost exclusively on the irrigation system that provides water from the river as rainfall is negligible in the southern parts of the country.

India has indeed exploited Pakistan's vulnerable situation as we're already too busy in a sea of other problems and has exploited legal loopholes as well. India is not as vulnerable to water flow as Pakistan is. If India hopes to reach an amicable agreement on this issue and move towards peace and prosperity in general, it will not just have to stop plans to build controversial/illegal dams and headworks but also give Pakistan more than what has been settled in the Indus Water Treaty. Pakistan is facing the second highest rates of sedimentation after Philippines and our water storage capabilities are limited. Our agricultural production is dependent almost solely on water flow and we need India to take a good initiative and reach out a hand of friendship rather than acting like an angry child and sticking to its own version.

I completely agree with you that India can be asked to be more generous but surely this barrage of name calling and wild accusations is not exactly conducive to a friendly discussion especially when you are asking India to do more than is needed by legal obligation. If you seek something as a matter of right by way of accusing the other of breaching an agreement than the only method forward would be arbitration which is not something that Pakistan seems to be in a hurry to seek. If however, mutual accommodation is what is being sought than surely these wild allegations which are leading nowhere is not the method that ought to be employed to achieve a result.

Water is not an issue that I would want us to be fighting about, it's something that we need to resolve quickly for the benefit of both our people but that can only be achieved in a spirit of accommodation, not one of confrontation.

 

[Kinetic]

We're going to have to destroy those dams

lol that will flood whole Punjab. And India is not a unsecured country like others come, bomb and go.

The question is India is doing what is good for India, now why doesn't Pakistan build their own dams? These dams are required for prosperity of India.