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What are the findings of the 2024 Hindu Kush Himalayas snow update? | Explained
6 months ago

What are the findings of the 2024 Hindu Kush Himalayas snow update? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Ganga river basin — India’s largest — reached a record low snow persistence in 2024, the Hindu Kush Himalaya snow update of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development has reported. The pattern of high temperatures and altered weather systems explains both the record low snow persistence in 2024 and similar historical records.” “We have …

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Ganges, Brahmaputra among major South Asian river basins to feel impact of climate change: Report
9 months ago

Ganges, Brahmaputra among major South Asian river basins to feel impact of climate change: Report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The alarming impact of climate change will be felt on South Asia's major river basins, including the Ganges, Indus and the Brahmaputra, according to a new report. The scale of climate change impacts in the Indus basin is overwhelming, undermining food security, livelihoods and water security, the report said. While currently there are no major water diversions in …

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Rare Indus dolphin found dead in Harike Lake
9 months, 1 week ago

Rare Indus dolphin found dead in Harike Lake

Hindustan Times  

A rare Indus Dolphin was found dead on the banks of Harike Lake, at the confluence of Satluj and Beas, on the border of Ferozepur and Tarn Taran district. Beas is the only known habitat of the rare Indus dolphin in India. The 7-foot-long Dolphin weighed 100kg and was found dead at gate number 2 of the Ferozepur feeder canal, …

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Centre directs officials to upscale efforts for ‘better utilisation’ of river waters in J&K under Indus Water Treaty
1 year, 6 months ago

Centre directs officials to upscale efforts for ‘better utilisation’ of river waters in J&K under Indus Water Treaty

The Hindu  

The Union government on Friday instructed officials in Jammu & Kashmir to upscale efforts for “better utilisation of the country’s rights under the Indus Waters Treaty “ over the three rivers flowing through the Union Territory. Deputy National Security Advisor Sari Vikram Misri chaired the second meeting of the special task force in Srinagar “to ensure exercise of India’s rights …

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Mohan Guruswamy | Indus waters: Yawning gap between threat and reality
1 year, 9 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | Indus waters: Yawning gap between threat and reality

Deccan Chronicle  

The Narendra Modi government has decided to start talks with Pakistan on the Indus Waters Treaty, and rightly so. The World Bank brokered the IWT between India and Pakistan after many years of intense negotiations to allocate the waters of the Indus river basin. Of the three western rivers “given” to Pakistan, the Indus, that originates from Indian territory near …

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Photos: Pakistan’s fishers submerged in ‘climate anxiety’
2 years, 1 month ago

Photos: Pakistan’s fishers submerged in ‘climate anxiety’

Al Jazeera  

Pir Bhakkar, Sindh – Fishing is the centre of Muhammad Kasim’s life. Unprecedented floods have affected the livelihoods of millions of people across Pakistan, destroying crops and livestock, including fish, two primary sources of income for rural households. The fishing industry, which is worth $650m and is the key source of income for many in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, …

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India is All Set to Harness Hydropower With Eye on the China-Pakistan Axis
2 years, 6 months ago

India is All Set to Harness Hydropower With Eye on the China-Pakistan Axis

News 18  

Sometime around the end of last month, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs sanctioned 4526 crore rupees to construct the 540 MW Kwar hydropower project in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district by Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt. The backdrop to these developments is the Indus Water Treaty signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 to share the waters of six …

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India’s Projects Are Fully Compliant With Indus Water Treaty, Pakistan Told
2 years, 6 months ago

India’s Projects Are Fully Compliant With Indus Water Treaty, Pakistan Told

News 18  

Indian officials part of the Indus Water Commission told Pakistan that India’s projects are fully compliant with the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty. During the Permanent Indus Commission’s 118th meet which ended on Tuesday in New Delhi, India said that it provides information of extraordinary discharges of water from reservoirs and flood flows after Pakistan’s request to provide advance …

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What is the Indus Waters Treaty and why is India seeking its modification?
2 years, 10 months ago

What is the Indus Waters Treaty and why is India seeking its modification?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In a notice to Pakistan on January 25, India said that it has been compelled to call for the ‘modification’ of the 63-year-old Indus Waters Treaty owing to Pakistan’s persistent objections regarding India’s Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects in Kashmir. While Pakistan has rights over the waters of Jhelum, Chenab and Indus, Annexure C of the …

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The Indus Waters Treaty: India and Pakistan’s Water Divorce
3 years, 1 month ago

The Indus Waters Treaty: India and Pakistan’s Water Divorce

The Diplomat  

Imagine yourself walking along the banks of the Jhelum River. The Indus Waters Treaty’s Creation and Contents In 1951, David E. Lilienthal, known for heading the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Atomic Energy Commission in the United States, wrote a famous piece in Collier’s Weekly: “Another Korea in the Making.” The article highlighted how India and Pakistan, almost immediately after …

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Renegotiate Indus Water Treaty to Address Impact of Climate Change: Parliament Panel
3 years, 4 months ago

Renegotiate Indus Water Treaty to Address Impact of Climate Change: Parliament Panel

News 18  

A parliamentary panel has recommended renegotiating the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan to address the impact of climate change on water availability in the river basin and other challenges which are not covered under the agreement. The Standing Committee on Water Resources has also recommended that India should constantly monitor the Chinese actions so as to ensure that they do …

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Renegotiate Indus Water Treaty to address impact of climate change: Parliamentary Panel
3 years, 4 months ago

Renegotiate Indus Water Treaty to address impact of climate change: Parliamentary Panel

The Hindu  

A parliamentary panel has recommended renegotiating the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan to address the impact of climate change on water availability in the river basin, along with other challenges which are not covered under the agreement. The Standing Committee on Water Resources has also recommended that India should constantly monitor the Chinese actions to ensure that they do not …

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Unquiet flow the rivers between India and Pakistan
3 years, 8 months ago

Unquiet flow the rivers between India and Pakistan

Live Mint  

The Indus basin and the system of rivers that water it weigh heavily on the consciousness of the north and north-west of the subcontinent. This may have been possible only because of Ganga Singh’s formidable reputation as a member of the imperial war cabinet and a signatory to the Treaty of Versailles, and because of the role the Bikaner contingents …

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