Indus Waters Story: Issues, Concerns, Perspectives

Ashok Motwani and Sant Kumar Sharma

ISBN 10: 9389611849 / ISBN 13: 9789389611847

Published by Bloomsbury, 2020

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Soon after the Treaty was signed, India went on to construct several hydroelectric power plants and storages on its portion of the Western rivers. Consequently, the building of these structures has become a controversial issue between the two countries, since the Western rivers are controlled by Pakistan and provide more that 90% water to that country. Although the Treaty has survived decades of acrimony and three wars, between India and Pakistan and remains one of the most successful water-sharing arrangements in the world, it has been running into more difficulties in recent times. Following the Uri attack of September 2016 and the Pulwama attack on February 2019, there have been renewed demands to stop sharing water with Pakistan, if not to scrap the Treaty altogether. This book highlights the sensitive issue of water sharing between the two nuclear powers. It explains that how, if not addressed, the dispute could well lead to yet another war. Furthermore, it examines what, within the scope of the Treaty, can be done by India to exercise its rights. What is required for that is an understanding of the nuances of the Treaty, the political will to go ahead with exercising India's rights to the fullest and the enterprise to ask engineers to design projects aimed at doing so. Well researched, balanced and concise, Ashok Motwani and Sant Kumar Sharmaprovide a valuable perspective on Indus Water Treaty.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Indus Waters Story: Issues, Concerns, Perspectives
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9389611849
• ISBN 13: 9789389611847
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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About the Authors

Ashok Motwani associated with Mega Programs: Bharatiya Pravasi Divas, Sindhu Darshan & Goa Film Festival since Inception. Founder Member of Global Organization for PIO’s, edits Diaspora Times for Cultural Bond among Diaspora Countries / Nations, currently is Executive Producer to Series of Short Films on Value Education. His forthcoming books are The Sindh Story II and Nepal Revisited: 2020.

Sant Kumar Sharma born in June 1964. He did MA in English Literature from Jammu University in 1986.
He also did post-graduation in Journalism & Mass Communication from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hissar later.
He has worked with different news organisations since October 1990 when he started working with The Indian Express at Chandigarh.
The Statesman, The Times of India, Star News, Dainik Bhaskar, Naidunia and stints with a couple of local newspapers brought out from Jammu followed. He is based in Jammu since May 2000 and takes keen interest in issues pertaining to J&K.
He also did a one-year Fellowship at Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism & Communication, Bhopal. The university later published his thesis as a book.