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New Delhi: A top government panel on Monday took stock of the ongoing modification process of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a pact that was inked 62 years back between India and Pakistan for the management of cross-border rivers. On January 25, India issued a notice to Pakistan seeking a review and modification of the treaty following Islamabad’s ”intransigence” in handling
While the dispute over the Kishanganga dam, and later the Ratle dam, has been decades in the making, the current problems have much more to do with domestic posturing than the substance of the treaty.
Pakistan's counterpart to designate a date for the start of interstate bilateral consultations to correct an ongoing material infringement of the Indus Water Treaty.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar last week said that the Indus Waters Treaty is a technical matter and future course of action will depend on talks between the Indus Commissioners of India and Pakistan.
India's Indus Commissioner issued a notice to Pakistani counterpart to notify a date for the commencement of interstate bilateral negotiations to rectify an ongoing material breach of the Indus Water treaty, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday.