Why would china and pakistan attack in the first place??
just try brother and one thing there will be no Pakistan
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Why would china and pakistan attack in the first place??
COAS who keeps on giving Lunatic statements & his Generals like Lmaba who think they can reach Rawalpindi in 48 hours
& as for planning commission Chief it doesn't really matter, he can say what ever he wants but COAS of glorious IA ahem ahem
You will steal our water & we will just see it been stolen, WHY?
Forget about every Third person, Is there is war mongering by any high rank military official from Pakistan? No
just try brother and one thing there will be no Pakistan
How do you know we are really stealing your water and is not a bid by Pakistan for Hate-India propaganda.
India has resumed construction of the Tipaimukh dam on the Barack River which ends a kilometer north of Jakiganj in Sylhet division in the north-east of Bangladesh. The river then divide into two – the Surma and Kushiara before entering Bangladesh.The dam construction work was stalled in March 2007 in the face of protests within and outside India. The Tipaimukh dam will be built 200 km from the Amolshid border, at Jakiganj, to construct a 162.5M water reservoir for hydro-power generation. The dam when completed in 2012 is supposed to provide 1500 megawatts (actually 400 MW) of power to the Indian state of Assam barrage is to be built 100 km from the Bangladesh border at Fulertal in India on same river for irrigation purposes.These two arrangements on the same Barrack River will bring a major disaster for Bangladesh, practically contributing to the drying up of 350 km long Surma and the 110 km long Kushiara Rivers which water most of the north-eastern regions of Bangladesh. As a result agriculture in large portions of Bangladesh will be affected, particularly in winter,n 1976 India put into operation the Farakka dam which more or less destroyed the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin, most of which lies in the deltaic plains of Bangladesh and in 1990 India also constructed a dam along the Teesta river thereby virtually making ineffective much of the Teesta dam project constructed down-stream in Bangladesh to support irrigation and agriculture in the north-west region of the country. India has evolved plans to divert waters, from the north of the country to its drought-prone southern and eastern states.Although the Indian and Bangladeshi governments have a water sharing agreement for the Ganges, there are none for the other 53 rivers that cross the border. With the Tipaimukh dam now underway, India seems to be going ahead with its mega-project of diverting river waters from its north to its south and east, thereby putting Bangladesh’s very survival at stake.
Chenab inflow ebbs as India withdraws water from Tawi
Saturday, March 28, 2009
By Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: India has dealt another blow to the Punjab’s water interests by establishing the Tawi-Ravi irrigation system some four years back, with New Delhi withdrawing 857 cusecs of water on a daily basis from the river, which is a Chenab tributary.
A senior official at the Water and Power Ministry revealed to The News on Friday the withdrawal of water by India would damage the irrigation of crops in Sialkot, Narowal and Shakargarh. Water from Tawi river’s left bank at the Bahu Fort point in Jammu is lifted 31 meters by pumps.
Daily water sheets issued by Irsa also jolted authorities concerned as Chenab’s historic flows drastically reduced from 18,800 cusecs to over 10,000 cusecs these days. When contacted, Pakistan’s Indus Waters Commissioner Syed Jamaat Ali Shah said he was aware that India had built the irrigation system. Under the treaty, he explained, India could build such schemes to irrigate 1,300,000 acres of land with western rivers’ water.
“But under the Indus Waters Treaty, India is bound to inform Pakistan six months before initiating any water scheme or dam on Pakistan’s rivers,” he pointed out. But Irsa and the Punjab irrigation department are perturbed over the decline in Chenab River from historic average flows.
Asked about the source of this sensitive information, the official replied that Arshad H Abbasi, director of the planning commission in the recent past and currently working as research fellow with SDPI (Sustainable Development Policy Institute), had informed the environment and water and power ministries through a letter.
The Indus System of Rivers comprises three eastern rivers - Sutlej, Bias and Ravi - and as many western rivers - Indus, Jhelum and Chenab. Under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, waters of the eastern rivers stand allocated to India and western rivers to Pakistan.
However, India interlinked Tawi and Ravi rivers with the Ravi-Tawi Lift Irrigation Project, withdrawing up to 857 cusecs of water daily from Tawi. Under the Indus Waters Treaty, Chenab water was allocated to Pakistan and Tawi is a major left bank tributary of the river, which originates from the lapse of the Kali Kundi glacier and the adjoining area southwest of Bhadarwah in Doda district.
The official said Abbasi also asked the government to check the irrigation provision as given in Annexure ìCî of the Indus Waters Treaty. The Ranbir and Partap canal systems were constructed by India before the signing of the Indus Waters Treaty. The agriculture use of water permitted to India from western rivers is 912,477 acres and over and above 642,000 acres of land being irrigated from the western rivers on the effective date ñ April 1, 1960.
Abbasi’s letter, a copy of which has been made available to The News, says with permissible withdrawals from Ranbir and Partap canals, India is entitled to water additional irrigated cropped area (ICA) of 70,000 acres from Indus, 150,000 from Jhelum and only 50,000 from Chenab.
Thus only 270,000 acres could be irrigated from western rivers but India has developed three major canals after 1960 - the Kashmir canal system, the high canal system in Jammu and the Ravi-Tawi Link irrigation system.
New Delhi submitted the justification that since India has not built any conservation storage on western rivers; rather it wastes about 35 million acres feet of water every year. India can develop irrigation by withdrawals from western rivers.
Moreover, the Igo-phey canal has been commissioned for irrigation in Leh and Kurbathang canal in Kargil. Some more canals under construction in the Ladakh region would surrender India’s right to build dams on Indus.
As per the treaty, only 0.15 million acres feet of water can be used for generating hydroelectric power on Indus and 0.35 MAF for irrigation. With the completion of these canals, India cannot build any dam on Indus.
However, at the same time, India initiated major hydropower projects on western rivers, particularly on Chenab, Pakal Dul, Kiru and Kawar, Bursar, Karthoi, Rattle and Shamnot hydropower projects.
Three main projects — Baglihar, Dul Hasti and Salal — have already been completed. If the projects, which are in the pipeline, get completed, then it would inflict an irreparable loss on Pakistan’s agriculture.
The official, quoting the letter, said Abbasi stressed enhancing the capacity of Pakistan’s Indus Waters Commission and making it digitised so that it could be run on modern lines.“This will help detect any misadventure of India; satellite altimetry technology is widely used now to measure surface water quantity.” The letter also argued that International bodies such as the World Bank ought to help the Indus Waters Commission build trust and avert any serious conflict between the two countries.
Crisis deepens as India blocks Chenab flow
By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: India has closed Chenab water flow and as a result the shortage in Pakistan has become more severe.
Sources told Dawn on Sunday that the water blockade by India could adversely affect the Kharif crops, particularly cotton and sugarcane which were in maturity stage and required final watering, and the sowing of Rabi crops early next month.
They said that the Pakistan Indus Water Commission had taken up the matter with the federal government and convened a meeting on Tuesday to take stock of the situation and try to reach a diplomatic solution with New Delhi.
If the Chenab closure prolongs, the sowing of Rabi crops, particularly wheat, would be hit severely.
The government had to import more than two million tons of wheat this year despite a record production of more than 23 million tons.
The water shortage could force Pakistan to import more wheat next year, adding to the foreign exchange pressure and worsening its balance of payments crisis.
The authorities are already estimating more than 35 per cent shortage of irrigation water during the next Rabi season following a decline in the melting of snow in Northern Areas, higher withdrawals by provinces during Kharif and increased hydropower generation.
The sources said India’s unilateral decision to stop the Chenab flows had put additional pressure on the irrigation system of Pakistan, which used to receive more than 23,000 cusecs a day until last week, but it had now been brought down to almost zero.
Meanwhile, the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has convened a meeting of its technical committee on Sept 20 to ascertain the overall water availability for the Rabi season, beginning on Oct 1.
Irsa’s advisory committee will meet on Sept 25 to finalise provincial shares for Kharif on the basis of estimates to be put forth by the technical committee, Irsa chairman Bashir Ahmed Dahar told Dawn.
Responding to a question, he said Irsa had powers and capacity to resolve the issues of water sharing and discharges in consultation with the provincial governments and it had never sought federal government’s intervention to prevail upon one province or the other to accept its decisions.
Exercising these powers, Irsa has increased releases from the Mangla reservoir for Punjab’s final watering by 10,000 cusecs to about 39,000 cusecs. On the other hand, Punjab continued to draw about 49,000 cusecs from Tarbela against its share of about 40,000 cusecs.
Once higher releases from Mangla reached the system, Punjab’s share from Tarbela would be reduced to 40,000 cusecs, the sources said. Irsa had asked Punjab last week to reduce withdrawal by 8,000 cusecs from Chashma-Jhelum canal, but it continued to draw about 18,000 cusecs till Sunday.
The sources said releases in CJ-Link would be reduced to 10,000 cusecs on Monday or Tuesday to preserve reasonable resources in the Indus System for Rabi crops.
Crisis deepens as India blocks Chenab flow -DAWN - Top Stories; September 15, 2008
hey hey angry women /girl
pls remove hate and anger from ur heart because anger will not help any one
just wake up early in the morning and go for morning walk and see beauty around you so that you can feel good
just try brother and one thing there will be no Pakistan
hey hey angry women /girl
pls remove hate and anger from ur heart because anger will not help any one
just wake up early in the morning and go for morning walk and see beauty around you so that you can feel good
just ask from your self is this Pakistan you want where your country is going dont tell me just ask from ur heart
jai hind
50 page thread in 2 days ? this must be a record
come back when you wake up
I suggest u close this thread. The very same thing is being debated again and again since page 1
even the ak47 rifles is in service since 1949...Whats your point ?