Thousands Protest at Wahga Border against India.
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Again and again you protest in ground nothing can change, My little advice is goto International Court or International Bank for IWT, else your energy, will, mindset of common people and the forum space will be wasted
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I do not know how a protest in pakistan will affect India?? learn to Use water Wisely, We are giving u water According to the treaty, You guys do not know how to use it, Thats not our problem, keep protesting till You get bored...
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Pak takes water route to attack India
10 Mar 2010, 0423 hrs IST, ET Bureau
NEW DELHI: Water sharing is becoming yet another irritant in the Indo-Pak relationship with Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed’s rhetoric against India
on the matter being seen as part of the Pakistani propaganda.
At a public rally, Saeed accused India of constructing illegal dams and diverting water from Pakistani rivers and went on to launch a movement against India. The fact that Saeed, who is seen as a proxy for the ISI, is now focusing on water issues is being seen as part and parcel of the Pakistani “propaganda”. The Pakistan government had started highlighting water as a major concern ahead of the foreign secretary level engagement and has since continued to do so. Sources said Pakistan is trying to deflect its own water problems and inter provincial water issues by creating the India bogey. Water is also seen as an emotive issue that can easily whip up anti-India sentiment.
Sources pointed out it is convenient to blame India when other factors are responsible for Pakistan’s water woes. It is also being seen as a ploy to get a larger share of the water. The steady rise in the Pakistani population, particularly in Punjab in Pakistan, increased use of water and intensive irrigation are being seen as reasons for Pakistan’s water woes. Also, data has shown that water volume in both the eastern and western rivers are fluctuating due to fluctuating snowmelt and rainfall. Only the Indus river has bucked the trend with water levels actually increasing.
Water sharing between India and Pakistan is guided by the Indus water treaty. Under the treaty, Pakistan has water rights over three western rivers—the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab — while India has complete access to the eastern rivers—Sutlej Beas and Ravi. At the same time, Article II of the Indus Water Treaty also gives India certain rights over the western rivers including domestic use, navigation, limited agriculture use including irrigation over 1.34347 million acres and generation of hydropower. India is also allowed to create storage on western rivers of up to 3.6 million acre feet of storage.
Sources said that contrary to “the propaganda”, India has not built any storage facility on the western rivers and till 2008/9 has only irrigated 0.7924 million acres. At this point, India has 33 river projects that are completed or in different stages of completion. Sources said information on all the projects had been shared with Pakistan. But there was a pattern, sources pointed out that, in the way Pakistan has raised technical issues to stall or delay the implementation of projects.
India and Pakistan have continued to hold meetings of the Indus water commissioners through the lowest points in the relationship. And even after the Mumbai attacks, the commissioners have been meeting to discuss water related issues.
10 Mar 2010, 0423 hrs IST, ET Bureau
NEW DELHI: Water sharing is becoming yet another irritant in the Indo-Pak relationship with Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed’s rhetoric against India
on the matter being seen as part of the Pakistani propaganda.
At a public rally, Saeed accused India of constructing illegal dams and diverting water from Pakistani rivers and went on to launch a movement against India. The fact that Saeed, who is seen as a proxy for the ISI, is now focusing on water issues is being seen as part and parcel of the Pakistani “propaganda”. The Pakistan government had started highlighting water as a major concern ahead of the foreign secretary level engagement and has since continued to do so. Sources said Pakistan is trying to deflect its own water problems and inter provincial water issues by creating the India bogey. Water is also seen as an emotive issue that can easily whip up anti-India sentiment.
Sources pointed out it is convenient to blame India when other factors are responsible for Pakistan’s water woes. It is also being seen as a ploy to get a larger share of the water. The steady rise in the Pakistani population, particularly in Punjab in Pakistan, increased use of water and intensive irrigation are being seen as reasons for Pakistan’s water woes. Also, data has shown that water volume in both the eastern and western rivers are fluctuating due to fluctuating snowmelt and rainfall. Only the Indus river has bucked the trend with water levels actually increasing.
Water sharing between India and Pakistan is guided by the Indus water treaty. Under the treaty, Pakistan has water rights over three western rivers—the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab — while India has complete access to the eastern rivers—Sutlej Beas and Ravi. At the same time, Article II of the Indus Water Treaty also gives India certain rights over the western rivers including domestic use, navigation, limited agriculture use including irrigation over 1.34347 million acres and generation of hydropower. India is also allowed to create storage on western rivers of up to 3.6 million acre feet of storage.
Sources said that contrary to “the propaganda”, India has not built any storage facility on the western rivers and till 2008/9 has only irrigated 0.7924 million acres. At this point, India has 33 river projects that are completed or in different stages of completion. Sources said information on all the projects had been shared with Pakistan. But there was a pattern, sources pointed out that, in the way Pakistan has raised technical issues to stall or delay the implementation of projects.
India and Pakistan have continued to hold meetings of the Indus water commissioners through the lowest points in the relationship. And even after the Mumbai attacks, the commissioners have been meeting to discuss water related issues.
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Why are they protesting now??/ they have to protest when the dams are completed and when it actually diverts the water right..
Its too early to protest now. because the dam has a few years from now to get completed.
Protest is like when "more than a billion people protest against events like 26/11".
Its too early to protest now. because the dam has a few years from now to get completed.
Protest is like when "more than a billion people protest against events like 26/11".
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