The treaty divides the six major rivers of the Indus basin into two categories ... as flat land for such projects is scarce and the geological stability of the region is precarious.

The idea of inking a treaty around the Indus came about because of the manner in which the maps of India and Pakistan ... was drawn right across the Indus Basin, with India as the upper riparian ...

Reports say the Indus Basin rivers support Pakistan’s 25% GDP and play an existential role in maintaining the country’s food security. NEW DELHI: India has suspended the 65-year-old Indus ...

World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the previous 100 years had been over oil, "the wars of the next century will be fought over water." ...

It could prompt China to block the Brahmaputra River, which supplies around 30 percent of India’s fresh water and about 44 ...

Under the Treaty, the World Bank agreed to provide financial and logistical support in the formation and functioning of the Indus Basin Development Fund. The main function of the World Bank is ...

More than 80 per cent of Pakistan’s irrigation depends on water from the Indus Basin. Disruption of water supplies is bound to aggravate the existing water scarcity, reduce crop yields ...

The current flareup escalated quickly, but has a long history. At the Indus Basin Water Project at the Ohio State University, we are engaged in a multiyear project investigating the transboundary ...

More than 80% of Pakistan’s agriculture and around a third of its hydropower generation depend on the waters of the Indus basin. However, experts say that India lacks the massive storage ...