Troubled waters: What does a frozen Indus treaty mean for Ganges treaty renewal?Just days after suspending the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan...
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Just days after suspending the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, some Indian politicians are now going after the Ganga Water Treaty, which is also set to expire next year
The Ganga Water Treaty was designed to manage the division of waters at the Farakka Barrage, particularly during the critical January-May dry season.
The Ganga Water Treaty was designed to manage the division of waters at the Farakka Barrage, particularly during the critical January-May dry season.
The Ganges River, a sacred waterway in India, and the vital Padma in Bangladesh, serves as a lifeline for hundreds of millions. But the landmark 1996 treaty governing its shared flow stands at a precarious juncture.
With its 30-year sacred term expiring in 2026, negotiations for renewal are being overshadowed by inflammatory political rhetoric in India and the chilling precedent of the recently suspended Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, injecting uncertainty into a relationship critical for regional stability.
In the aftermath of the recent Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives, India has announced that they are taking the unprecedented step of freezing the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan — a pact that had survived multiple conflicts.
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