Water Disputes | MCQs

Explanation

Pakistan protested against the construction of the Baghlihar Dam by India, claiming it violated the Indus Waters Treaty.

This treaty regulates the use of river waters in the Indus Basin, and Pakistan argued that the dam would adversely affect its water supply.

Explanation

Indus Water Treaty also known as Indus Basin Water Treaty was signed between India and Pakistan to resolve the water dispute on September 19, 1960 and brokered by the World Bank.

The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960 by Jawaharlal Nehru and Ayub Khan.

Explanation

Madhopur Headworks is a barrage on the Ravi River in the Indian state of Punjab.

It is located in the Pathankot district on the border with Jammu and Kashmir. 

The headworks was one of the first irrigation projects constructed in Punjab during the British Raj, within 10 years of the conquest of Punjab

First built: 1875

Length: 2,700 feet (820 m)

Latest built: 1959

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Ferozepur Head Works was constructed under the Sutluj Velly project during the year 1926

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Explanation

The Treaty allocates the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan

while

and the Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India

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Indus Waters Treaty, treaty, signed on September 19, 1960, between India and Pakistan

Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan was brokered by World Bank

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The Treaty was signed at Karachi by Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan,

the then President of Pakistan, Jawaharlal Nehru 

the then Indian Prime Minister, and Mr. W.A.B. Illif 

The Treaty is effective from 1st April 1960 

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