India wants change, Pakistan does not want change
September 23, 20242 Mins Read

International Desk: India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir is nothing new. This time, the 64-year-old Indus River water sharing agreement issue has been added to it. In 1960, India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan's then President General Ayub Khan signed the Indus River Water Sharing Agreement.

Recently, India sent a notice to Pakistan seeking some changes in the agreement. Analysts say that Narendra Modi is planning to withdraw from the historic Indus Treaty between the two neighboring countries.

According to the agreement, India will have complete control over three rivers in the eastern region, the Bipasha, the Irrawaddy and the Shatdru. On the other hand, Pakistan can use the water of Indus, Chandrabhaga and Bista in the western region.

According to Indian experts, only 20 percent of the water of the Indus River has been given to India in the agreement. And the remaining 80 percent is under Pakistan.

India says that the country's population has increased several times since the time when the agreement was signed. There have been many changes in agriculture. India's need to use river water has increased. New Delhi wants to take advantage of this by making some changes in the agreement.

The notice sent to Pakistan did not specify what kind of changes India wanted. According to experts, the Modi government is planning to develop hydropower and other water-based projects using water under Pakistan. Based on that calculation, it is believed that New Delhi will break the previous agreement and propose a new distribution of water from the Indus River.

On the other hand, Pakistan accuses India of disrupting the natural flow of the river by damming it, saying Islamabad does not want any change in the agreement.