India and Pakistan tension escalates with suspension of historic water treaty

The Conversation – Global


The 1960 treaty splits the management of the transnational Indus River basin between the two countries. India gained full rights over the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej, three tributaries of the Indus River known collectively as the eastern rivers. Pakistan gained most of the rights over three western rivers – the Indus main stem and two more tributaries, the Jhelum and Chenab.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following link for more information on Governance.