Under the ‘Indus Water Treaty’ with Pakistan, India has the exclusive rights over the rivers:
Under the Indus Waters Treaty signed between India and Pakistan in September 1960 (brokered by the World Bank), control over the three ‘Eastern Rivers’—the Ravi, the Beas,…
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Under the ‘Indus Water Treaty’ with Pakistan, India has the exclusive rights over the rivers:
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Under the Indus Waters Treaty signed between India and Pakistan in September 1960 (brokered by the World Bank), control over the three ‘Eastern Rivers’—the Ravi, the Beas, and the Sutlej—was allocated to India for unrestricted use, while the three ‘Western Rivers’—the Indus, the Jhelum, and the Chenab—were allocated largely to Pakistan.
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